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.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

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

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Jon McConal Oral History

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Jon McConal Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jon "Bunky" McConal. A longtime reporter and columnist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, McConal spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination in the newsroom and interviewed Marguerite Oswald on Sunday. The following day he served as a pallbearer at Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 20, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

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Object title:

Jon McConal Oral History

Date:

10/20/2005

Terms:

Oral histories

McConal, Jon "Bunky"

Oswald, Marguerite

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0031

Curatorial Note:

Jon "Bunky" McConal began a forty-year career at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1961. Prior to retiring in 2000, he estimated that he had traveled approximately 200,000 miles around Texas over the years and interviewed some 10,000 individuals. He also taught journalism courses at both Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University. He passed away on September 5, 2019. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jon McConal Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jon "Bunky" McConal. A longtime reporter and columnist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, McConal spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination in the newsroom and interviewed Marguerite Oswald on Sunday. The following day he served as a pallbearer at Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 20, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jon McConal Oral History

Date:

10/20/2005

Terms:

Oral histories

McConal, Jon "Bunky"

Oswald, Marguerite

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0031

Curatorial Note:

Jon "Bunky" McConal began a forty-year career at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1961. Prior to retiring in 2000, he estimated that he had traveled approximately 200,000 miles around Texas over the years and interviewed some 10,000 individuals. He also taught journalism courses at both Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University. He passed away on September 5, 2019. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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