C. Keith Causey Oral History
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C. Keith Causey Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with C. Keith Causey. Causey is the son of the late Max E. Causey, the first juror selected for the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Later picked to be jury foreman for the trial, Max Causey kept a journal of his experiences, which his family donated to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2002. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 23, 2002 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.
C. Keith Causey Oral History
08/23/2002
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 59 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.001.0032
At the conclusion of this oral history, Keith Causey shows and discusses his late father's trial-related papers that he donated to The Sixth Floor Museum. The Museum's Max Causey Collection (2002.051) includes his handwritten trial journal as well as eighteen letters, twenty-four photographs, more than thirty newspapers and clippings, a scrapbook and even the briefcase used by Causey at the time of the Ruby trial. Max Causey's journal may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22536. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
C. Keith Causey's cousin (and the late Max Causey's nephew), Dr. John Mark Dempsey, adapted Max Causey's handwritten journal into the book, The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited (2000). Dempsey recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2002 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21512) and 2014. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The examination of Max E. Causey as a potential juror for the Jack Ruby trial may be read in this transcript (Examination of Prospective Jurors, Volume 3) in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/41842. Causey's lengthy examination runs from page 626 to 684. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
C. Keith Causey Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with C. Keith Causey. Causey is the son of the late Max E. Causey, the first juror selected for the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Later picked to be jury foreman for the trial, Max Causey kept a journal of his experiences, which his family donated to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2002. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 23, 2002 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.
C. Keith Causey Oral History
08/23/2002
Jack Ruby trial
Trials
Oral histories
Belli, Melvin
Rose, J. Waymon
Ruby, Jack
Dempsey, John Mark
Causey, Max
Causey, Keith
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 59 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.001.0032
At the conclusion of this oral history, Keith Causey shows and discusses his late father's trial-related papers that he donated to The Sixth Floor Museum. The Museum's Max Causey Collection (2002.051) includes his handwritten trial journal as well as eighteen letters, twenty-four photographs, more than thirty newspapers and clippings, a scrapbook and even the briefcase used by Causey at the time of the Ruby trial. Max Causey's journal may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22536. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
C. Keith Causey's cousin (and the late Max Causey's nephew), Dr. John Mark Dempsey, adapted Max Causey's handwritten journal into the book, The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited (2000). Dempsey recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2002 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21512) and 2014. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The examination of Max E. Causey as a potential juror for the Jack Ruby trial may be read in this transcript (Examination of Prospective Jurors, Volume 3) in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/41842. Causey's lengthy examination runs from page 626 to 684. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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