Alice McCurdy Oral History
Object number2013.001.0085
Date07/26/2013
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Alice McCurdy
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 59 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Alice McCurdy. A campaign volunteer for Senator John F. Kennedy in 1960, McCurdy was a first-year junior high school teacher in Dallas in 1963. She recalls that some of her seventh-grade students cheered when news of the president's shooting was announced.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 26, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAlice McCurdy passed away on April 22, 2022. An excerpt from this oral history was featured in a 2024 "Voices from the Collection" segment on the Museum's YouTube channel on "JFK and the 1960 Campaign." That video may be found here: Voices from the Collection: JFK and the 1960 Campaign. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
