Frank O'Grady Oral History
Object number2021.001.0068
Date08/06/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Frank O'Grady
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
DimensionsDuration: 39 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Frank O'Grady. The son of Irish Catholic Kennedy supporters in Cleveland, Ohio, O'Grady was in the second grade in 1963. Inspired by the Kennedy legacy to serve in the military and later teach middle school history, O'Grady has maintained a research interest in the assassination since the mid-1970s.
Interview conducted via Zoom on August 6, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryI met Frank O'Grady in 2021 through our mutual friend, Judge Burt Griffin, who was an assistant staff counsel to the Warren Commission investigation in 1964. Mr. O'Grady assisted Judge Griffin with photographic research for Griffin's book, JFK, Oswald, Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth (2023). - Stephen Fagin, Curator