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Keith Shelton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Keith Shelton. A political reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Shelton traveled with the presidential party during the November 1963 trip to Texas. Aboard a White House press bus in the Dallas motorcade, he heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza and went to the Dallas Trade Mart. He also covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Shelton, later a longtime journalism professor at the University of North Texas, donated his assassination-related papers to The Sixth Floor Museum. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 21, 1998 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and twenty-eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Keith Shelton Oral History

Date:

02/21/1998

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 88 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.019.0005

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 1998 oral history, Keith Shelton returned to The Sixth Floor Museum for a second interview in 2011. He also participated in a Living History public program in 2014, which may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Keith Shelton - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Keith Shelton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Keith Shelton. A political reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Shelton traveled with the presidential party during the November 1963 trip to Texas. Aboard a White House press bus in the Dallas motorcade, he heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza and went to the Dallas Trade Mart. He also covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Shelton, later a longtime journalism professor at the University of North Texas, donated his assassination-related papers to The Sixth Floor Museum. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 21, 1998 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and twenty-eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Keith Shelton Oral History

Date:

02/21/1998

Terms:

Oral histories

Press

Newspapers

Trip to Texas

Shelton, Keith

Dallas Times Herald

Democratic Party

Dallas

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 88 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.019.0005

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 1998 oral history, Keith Shelton returned to The Sixth Floor Museum for a second interview in 2011. He also participated in a Living History public program in 2014, which may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Keith Shelton - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator