William Barry IV Oral History

Object number2022.001.0010

Date03/02/2022

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject William F. Barry IV

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)

DimensionsDuration: 30 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with William Barry IV. Five years old in 1963, Barry is the son of the late William Barry III, an engineer at ABC News radio in Washington D.C. for more than thirty years. Barry III frequently visited the White House and had personal encounters with every president from Dwight Eisenhower to George H.W. Bush. Interview conducted via Zoom on March 2, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

In 2022, William Barry IV donated to the Museum a collection of twenty reel-to-reel audio tapes from ABC News radio in Washington D.C. covering the inauguration and assassination of President John F. Kennedy as well as the 1965 inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson. Subsequently, Mr. Barry also donated an extensive collection of material saved by his late father as chief engineer at ABC News radio in Washington D.C. related to the presidency and the U.S. Space Program. - Stephen Fagin, Curator