Alan Elliott Oral History

Object number2022.001.0066

Date09/13/2022

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Alan Elliott

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Alan Elliott. A prolific author of more than twenty-five books, Elliott is co-author of the children’s book Rescuing JFK (2022), about PT-109, as well as several Oak Cliff and Texas history books. He was attending John Neely Bryan Elementary in Oak Cliff at the time of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

In addition to Rescuing JFK (2002), Alan Elliott's books include Oak Cliff (2009, part of the Arcadia Publishing "Images of America" series), Legendary Locals of Oak Cliff (2013) and Texas Ingenuity: Lone Star Inventions, Inventors and Innovators (2016). In addition, as mentioned during this oral history, he is the songwriter of "The Legend of Big Tex" (1981), an unofficial song of the State Fair of Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator