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Frances McElvaney Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frances McElvaney. Wife of Rev. Bill McElvaney, a prominent civil rights and peace activist in Dallas, Frances McElvaney became locally involved in the women's rights movement in the late 1960s. As part of this effort, she co-founded an education program for young women that was taught at Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas. Interview conducted at Mrs. McElvaney's home in Dallas on January 14, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Frances McElvaney Oral History

Date:

01/14/2008

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0002

Curatorial Note:

Frances McElvaney's late husband, Rev. Bill McElvaney, recorded a Museum oral history in 2006. It can be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26166. He also participated in a public program in January 2013, launching the Museum's 50th anniversary Living History series. That program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with the Reverend William McElvaney - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Frances McElvaney Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frances McElvaney. Wife of Rev. Bill McElvaney, a prominent civil rights and peace activist in Dallas, Frances McElvaney became locally involved in the women's rights movement in the late 1960s. As part of this effort, she co-founded an education program for young women that was taught at Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas. Interview conducted at Mrs. McElvaney's home in Dallas on January 14, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Frances McElvaney Oral History

Date:

01/14/2008

Terms:

Civil rights

Peace

Women's rights

Oral histories

McElvaney, Frances

Dallas

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0002

Curatorial Note:

Frances McElvaney's late husband, Rev. Bill McElvaney, recorded a Museum oral history in 2006. It can be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26166. He also participated in a public program in January 2013, launching the Museum's 50th anniversary Living History series. That program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with the Reverend William McElvaney - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator