/internal/media/dispatcher/74076/fullJane Baker Alford Oral History08/09/2019Duration: 63 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2019.001.00960Videotaped oral history interview with Jane Baker Alford. Alford’s late father, Dallas Police homicide detective T.L. Baker, was heavily involved in the events of the assassination weekend and later testified before the Warren Commission. Alford, a junior high school student in 1963, was outside the police basement when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on August 14, 2019 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 3 minutes long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories656740E-100E-1065994Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Jane Baker Alford. Alford's late father, Dallas police homicide detective T. L. Baker, was heavily involved in the events of the Kennedy assassination weekend and later testified before the Warren Commission. Alford, a junior high school student in 1963, was standing outside of the police basement when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 9, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and three minutes long.Oral historiesChildhoodBasementTestimonyStudentOswald, Lee HarveyRuby, JackDallas Police DepartmentWarren CommissionDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)Dallas police detective T. L. Baker's typed report on his activities during the Kennedy assassination weekend may be found in the Dallas Municipal Archives via the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas: [Report on Officer's Duties, by T. L. Baker #1] - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). Baker's Warren Commission testimony begins on page 248 in volume 4. - Stephen Fagin, Curator