Sam Childers Oral History
- Oral histories
- U.S. presidents
- Literature
- "The Sixth Floor"
- Dealey Plaza
- Hertz sign
- Memorials
- Researchers
- 1960s
- Exhibitions
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Truman, Harry S.
- West, Jeff
- Mack, Gary
- Porter, Bob
- Hunt, Conover
- Adams, Lindalyn
- Kennedy, John F., Jr.
- Johnson, Luci Baines
- Johnson, Lynda Bird
- Fagin, Stephen
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Southern Methodist University
- Old Red Courthouse
- Dallas
- Tulsa
- Non-Rememberers (OHC)
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
I have known Sam Childers for more than a quarter century and consider him to be a great friend. Sam was employed at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza when I first joined the staff in 2000. We have kept in touch as he has gone on to contribute to several other Dallas institutions, including the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture and the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Beyond DFW, Childers also worked at the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, and was operations director at the Friends of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas. Over the last twenty years, I have also worked closely with Sam on Legacies Dallas History Journal where he has been a longtime editorial assistant and contributor.
In addition to this oral history, Sam was a guest speaker at The Sixth Floor Museum on Presidents Day in 2007, giving a lecture on presidential visits to Dallas that was recorded as part of the Oral History Project. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
