Rio Sam Pierce Living History Program

Object number2014.001.0028

Date03/01/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Rio Sam Pierce

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.mov file)

DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes

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Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped Living History public program with Rio Sam Pierce. A Dallas police officer for twenty-seven years, Pierce was in charge of basement security on the day of Lee Harvey Oswald's scheduled transfer to the Dallas County Jail on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Pierce drove his vehicle up the Main Street ramp at the same time that some believe Jack Ruby gained access to the basement. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 1, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Prior to this 2014 Living History program, Rio Sam Pierce recorded two oral histories with the Museum in 2002 (Rio Sam Pierce Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) and 2011. He passed away on December 23, 2015 at the age of 92. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

The Rio Pierce Family Collection (2011.038) includes a 21" by 12" hand drawn Dallas Police Department map of the Dallas Trade Mart showing assigned security positions for the presidential luncheon on November 22, 1963. The collection also includes a partial two-page list of Dallas Police Department assignments for the day of the Kennedy assassination. - Stephen Fagin, Curator