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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Mel Barney Oral History

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Mel Barney Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mel Barney. A longtime engineer with Texas Instruments, Barney worked with the CIA on a number of high-level security projects during the Cold War. An acquaintance of Jack Ruby, he recalls that Ruby participated in two top-secret flights in 1961. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 8, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

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Object title:

Mel Barney Oral History

Date:

01/08/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Cold War

Trials

Jack Ruby trial

Ruby, Jack

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

Dallas

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Cold War and Communism (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 57 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0002

Curatorial Note:

George Melvin "Mel" Barney passed away on August 3, 2023 at the age of 95. As discussed in this oral history, he authored two books, Four Wars (2011) and Socialism vs. Capitalism (2013). The Museum has a copy of the former in its Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Four wars. Four Wars includes his recollections of Jack Ruby. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Mel Barney Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mel Barney. A longtime engineer with Texas Instruments, Barney worked with the CIA on a number of high-level security projects during the Cold War. An acquaintance of Jack Ruby, he recalls that Ruby participated in two top-secret flights in 1961. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 8, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Mel Barney Oral History

Date:

01/08/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Cold War

Trials

Jack Ruby trial

Ruby, Jack

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

Dallas

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Cold War and Communism (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 57 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0002

Curatorial Note:

George Melvin "Mel" Barney passed away on August 3, 2023 at the age of 95. As discussed in this oral history, he authored two books, Four Wars (2011) and Socialism vs. Capitalism (2013). The Museum has a copy of the former in its Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Four wars. Four Wars includes his recollections of Jack Ruby. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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