/internal/media/dispatcher/78048/fullLois Schneider Oral History03/11/2025Duration: 38 MinutesBorn digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2025.001.00190Videotaped oral history interview with Lois Schneider. A North Dakota native, Schneider was an exchange student in Sweden at the time of the assassination. Inspired by President Kennedy, she served in the Peace Corps in India from 1968 to 1970.
Interview conducted via Zoom on March 11, 2025 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.
Technical 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).Oral Histories733820E-100E-1074565Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Lois Schneider. A North Dakota native, Schneider was an exchange student in Sweden at the time of the Kennedy assassination. Inspired by President Kennedy, she served in the Peace Corps in India from 1968 to 1970.
Interview conducted via Zoom on March 11, 2025 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.Oral histories1960s1960 presidential electionNewspapersAssassinationScrapbookDonationWorld responseLegacyEducationMoon landingNorth DakotaSwedenIndiaDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Kennedy Collectors (OHC)Peace Corps (OHC)The Museum's Lois Schneider Collection (2025.006) includes the assassination scrapbook from Sweden discussed during this interview as well as a John F. Kennedy songbook and a commemorative plate from Ireland. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThe Museum's Oral History Collection includes several interviews with women who share a similar experience to Lois Schneider through scrapbooking as a response to the Kennedy assassination. Ann Rose (Ann Rose Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) created several scrapbooks in the aftermath of the assassination and Jack Ruby trial (for which her husband was a juror). Leah Rae Elewitz (Leah Rae Elewitz Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) collected content for her assassination scrapbook for nine years. Both women donated their works to the Museum, providing personal interpretations and emotional perspectives on the 1960s. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerWhile the assassination of President Kennedy had a profound impact on the United States, it was also significant on a global scale. The Museum's Collection includes oral histories with individuals who share their memories of the assassination from outside of the United States, including countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Collection includes numerous international newspapers and magazines. A selection of these objects may be found in the Museum's online collections database: Search "world response" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger