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Wilborn Hampton Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Wilborn Hampton. The youngest United Press International (UPI) reporter at the Dallas bureau, Hampton took the call from Merriman Smith in the motorcade reporting the president's shooting. Hampton spent time that weekend at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas City Hall, where he attended Oswald's midnight press conference. Years later, while serving as an editor at The New York Times, Hampton wrote a series of young adult history books, including "Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story" (1997).Interview conducted by telephone on November 23, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.
Wilborn Hampton Oral History
11/23/2009
Motorcade
Midnight press conference
Oral histories
Hampton, Wilborn
Smith, Merriman
Oswald, Lee Harvey
United Press International (UPI)
Parkland Hospital
The New York Times
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Born digital (.wav file)
92 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2009.001.0089
Wilborn Hampton will be our Living History speaker in April 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Wilborn Hampton Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Wilborn Hampton. The youngest United Press International (UPI) reporter at the Dallas bureau, Hampton took the call from Merriman Smith in the motorcade reporting the president's shooting. Hampton spent time that weekend at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas City Hall, where he attended Oswald's midnight press conference. Years later, while serving as an editor at The New York Times, Hampton wrote a series of young adult history books, including "Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story" (1997).Interview conducted by telephone on November 23, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.
Wilborn Hampton Oral History
11/23/2009
Motorcade
Midnight press conference
Oral histories
Hampton, Wilborn
Smith, Merriman
Oswald, Lee Harvey
United Press International (UPI)
Parkland Hospital
The New York Times
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Born digital (.wav file)
92 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2009.001.0089
Wilborn Hampton will be our Living History speaker in April 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator