Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Mavis Belisle Oral History

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Mavis Belisle Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mavis Belisle. A sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin in 1963, Belisle contributed to the university newspaper and was locally involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From 1966 to 1969, she served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia in the western Pacific.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

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Object title:

Mavis Belisle Oral History

Date:

09/13/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Student

Civil rights

Belisle, Mavis

Peace Corps

Austin

Micronesia

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Peace Corps (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0105

Curatorial Note:

Due to her role as a recognized environmental activist, Belisle was interviewed in 2002 as part of the Texas Legacy Project of the Conservation History Association of Texas. Her oral history may be accessed here: Mavis Belisle - Texas Legacy. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Mavis Belisle Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mavis Belisle. A sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin in 1963, Belisle contributed to the university newspaper and was locally involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From 1966 to 1969, she served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia in the western Pacific.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Mavis Belisle Oral History

Date:

09/13/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Student

Civil rights

Belisle, Mavis

Peace Corps

Austin

Micronesia

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Peace Corps (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0105

Curatorial Note:

Due to her role as a recognized environmental activist, Belisle was interviewed in 2002 as part of the Texas Legacy Project of the Conservation History Association of Texas. Her oral history may be accessed here: Mavis Belisle - Texas Legacy. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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