Jerry Bartos Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Jerry Bartos. A former Dallas city councilman (1987-1993), Bartos saw the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue on November 22, 1963. Previously, four days before the 1960 presidential election, he witnessed Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson accosted by demonstrators in downtown Dallas. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 8, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-three minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Jerry Bartos Oral History

Date:

03/08/2004

Terms:

Oral histories

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Johnson, Lady Bird

Bartos, Jerry

Dallas City Council

Adolphus Hotel

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 52 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.001.0009

Curatorial Note:

Jerry Bartos passed away on November 28, 2008. The incident discussed in this interview involving Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson in 1960 was the subject of a Museum gallery talk in 2016. That program may be viewed here: Gallery Talk: When LBJ and Lady Bird came to Dallas in 1960 - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator