/internal/media/dispatcher/75438/fullCraig Smith Oral History08/16/2022Duration: 27 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00570Videotaped oral history interview with Craig Smith. A student at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Smith saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. His late mother, Marquita Smith, attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon and saved a bottle that was later donated to the Museum.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 16, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-seven minutes long.Oral Histories659610E-100E-1073395Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Craig Smith. A student at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Smith saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. His late mother, Marquita Smith, attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon and saved a bottle that was later donated to the Museum.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 16, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-seven minutes long.InterviewsOral historiesStudentMotorcadeMain StreetTrade Mart luncheonChildhoodYouthJohnson, Lyndon B.Dallas Trade MartDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Craig Smith's sister, Cynthia Smith-Kelly, also recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2022. It may be viewed here: Cynthia Smith-Kelly Oral History – Search smith (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The bottle of club soda shown and discussed during this interview may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73313. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Established in 1928 on South Glasgow Drive in Dallas, Woodrow Wilson High School is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. The school boasts a number of notable alumni, including Dallas real estate developer Trammell Crow, Dallas mayor Jack Evans, automotive designer Carroll Shelby and U.S. Congressman Jim Mattox. In addition to Craig Smith, several Woodrow Wilson alumni have recorded oral histories with the Museum over the years, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright (Lawrence Wright Oral History – Search lawrence wright (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza); Kathy Kilmore Moak, editor of The Confusion and the Quiet (2013); and Barbara Adamson, co-founder of the Woodrow Wilson High School Alumni Association, Inc. (Barbara Adamson Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza). - Stephen Fagin, Curator