/internal/media/dispatcher/79084/fullRobert P. Fitton Oral History08/22/2024Duration: 76 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2024.001.00600Videotaped oral history interview with Robert P. Fitton. A twelve-year-old Massachusetts native in 1963, Fitton is a prolific science fiction novelist. Among his works is a four-volume series of time travel adventures centered on President Kennedy and the Cold War, an assassination conspiracy, and the broader history of the 1960s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 22, 2024 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long.Oral Histories730320E-100E-1074446Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Robert P. Fitton. A twelve-year-old Massachusetts native in 1963, Fitton is a prolific science fiction novelist. Among his works is a four-volume series of time travel adventures centered on President Kennedy and the Cold War, an assassination conspiracy, and the broader history of the 1960s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 22, 2024 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long.Oral historiesTelevisionTV coverageSocial and political climateCold WarCuban Missile CrisisYouthStudentSpace programAstronautsAssassinationFuneralResearchersAuthorLiteratureNovelsCubaBay of PigsSoviet UnionRussiaAnti-communismMarxismConspiracy theoriesVietnamReportsCastro, FidelShaw, ClayKennedy, John F.Garrison, JimKennedy, Robert F.King, Martin Luther, Jr.Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)U.S. Army IntelligenceFederal Bureau of InvestigationDallasMassachusettsAuthors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Artists (OHC)Cuba (OHC)Cold War and Communism (OHC)Popular Culture (OHC)Robert P. Fitton's extensive writing career can be followed on his website here: https://www.fittonbooks.org/robert-p-fitton-bio. He writes for multiple genres and topics including time travel, science fiction, mystery, adventure, romance, short stories, poetry and novellas. The site provides commentary by Fitton through a number of talks and interviews. The site also links to a blog and a podcast.
His other website is dedicated to his Patch Kincaid series. This site includes information about each of his four Kincaid novels and an incredible research guide with videos and photographic material used for the series. Resources include topics on Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Jim Garrison, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy legacy, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and more. This resource may be accessed here: https://www.jfkassassinationnovel.com/blank. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger Three months prior to this onsite video interview, Robert P. Fitton recorded an oral history with me via Zoom on May 17, 2024. It was such a pleasure to welcome him to the Museum to record this follow-up in person just a few months later. A set of his four novels is now part of the Museum's Library Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Curator