{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"73156"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Halsey Beemer. Beemer met and married his wife, Jane, while serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. Upon his return to the United States, he became a Peace Corps college recruiter and trainer. Beemer later took part in anti-Vietnam War activism while attending graduate school in California.\r\n\r\nInterview conducted via Zoom on May 4, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2022.001.0032"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Halsey Beemer. Beemer met and married his wife, Jane, while serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. Upon his return to the United States, he became a Peace Corps college recruiter and trainer. Beemer later took part in anti-Vietnam War activism while attending graduate school in California.  \r\n\r\nInterview conducted over Zoom on May 4, 2022 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 16 minutes long.\r\n\r\nTechnical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file (.MP4), a Zoom gallery view file (.MP4), a Zoom subtitles file (.VTT), and an isolated Zoom audio track (.MP4A)."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/72891/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"72891"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Halsey Beemer Oral History"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/72891/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Interviews","Civil rights","Oral histories","Vietnam","Protests","Student","Peace Corps","California","Phillipines","Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)","Vietnam (OHC)","Peace Corps (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"05/04/2022"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["0E-10"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Over the course of six years, Halsey Beemer and his siblings, Christopher and Teresa Beemer, compiled a remarkable family history, which was self-published as a 626-page illustrated hardcover book, Beemer Memories and Family Stories, in 2018. The book, which is currently available on Amazon, includes a chapter about Beemer's service in the Peace Corps. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator","Halsey Beemer passed away on May 31, 2023. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger","In this oral history, Mr. Beemer discusses a November 25, 1963 telegram that he received from the Peace Corps regarding the assassination. Shortly after this recording, Mr. Beemer kindly donated the original telegram to the Museum (2022.014.0001). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65720"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 76 Minutes"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["0E-10"]}}]}