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Jim Kurtz Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Date:

06/28/2007

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

42 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0060

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Date:

06/28/2007

Terms:

Funeral

Student

Television

Oral histories

Kurtz, Jim

Kennedy Funeral (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Kennedy Collectors (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

42 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0060