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Dr. John McAdams Oral History
Dr. John McAdams Oral History

Dr. John McAdams Oral History

Object number2011.001.0108
Date12/09/2011
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interview subject
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 65 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. John McAdams. A political science professor at Marquette University, McAdams created an extensive website about the Kennedy assassination after becoming interested in the case in 1993. He wrote the book "JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think About Claims of Conspiracy" (2011). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on December 9, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
John Charles McAdams passed away on April 15, 2021 at the age of 75. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dr. McAdams' extensive Kennedy Assassination website was a longtime online resource and archive for the assassination researcher community. After Dr. McAdams passed away in 2021, a group of researchers shifted the site's original contents from Marquette University to a new website so that it could be preserved in its original state. Today, it remains a remarkable time capsule of early online efforts to share information about the assassination. As of 2026, the McAdams site may be accessed here: McAdams's Kennedy Assassination Home Page Index. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Dr. John McAdams' book, JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy (2011) may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for JFK assassination logic.

On the day after this December 2011 oral history, Dr. McAdams participated in a public program at the Museum, moderated by then-curator Gary Mack. The program was recorded as part of the Museum's Oral History Project. - Stephen Fagin, Curator