Dr. Paul R. Gregory Oral History
Object number2023.001.0007
Date01/20/2023
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dr. Paul R. Gregory
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)
DimensionsDuration: 72 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Paul R. Gregory. Through his father, the late Fort Worth engineer Peter Gregory, Paul Gregory became acquainted with Lee and Marina Oswald in June 1962, shortly after the couple settled in Texas. He spent a significant amount of time with the Oswalds that summer, providing transportation, going on excursions and taking Russian language lessons from Marina. He last saw the Oswalds on November 22, 1962, exactly one year prior to the assassination. The author of The Oswalds (2022), Gregory testified at length to the Warren Commission in 1964.
Interview conducted via Zoom on January 20, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirteen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryPrior to his autobiographical book, The Oswalds (2022), Dr. Paul R. Gregory authored a dozen books on economic history and demography. As of 2023, he is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Houston. He is also emeritus chair of the International Advisory Board of the Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
