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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Samuel Atchison Oral History

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Samuel Atchison Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Samuel Atchison. A 1963 student at Sunset High School in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Atchison worked part-time as an usher at the Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard. He was scheduled to work the evening of Friday, November 22, 1963, but the theater closed following the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 3, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-nine minutes long.

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Object title:

Samuel Atchison Oral History

Date:

02/03/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Oak Cliff

Student

Childhood

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Texas Theatre

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 29 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0016

Curatorial Note:

Prior to this oral history, Samuel Atchison donated a Texas Theatre paper schedule for November 21-27, 1963. It may be viewed here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/38220. Mr. Atchison passed away on July 9, 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Samuel Atchison Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Samuel Atchison. A 1963 student at Sunset High School in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Atchison worked part-time as an usher at the Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard. He was scheduled to work the evening of Friday, November 22, 1963, but the theater closed following the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 3, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-nine minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Samuel Atchison Oral History

Date:

02/03/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Oak Cliff

Student

Childhood

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Texas Theatre

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 29 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0016

Curatorial Note:

Prior to this oral history, Samuel Atchison donated a Texas Theatre paper schedule for November 21-27, 1963. It may be viewed here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/38220. Mr. Atchison passed away on July 9, 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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