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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Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

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Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Chrissy Knight Doherty and Karen Knight Neukom. Doherty and Neukom were daughters of the late Reuben Knight, 1960 campaign manager for Senator John F. Kennedy in Wichita County, Texas. Doherty shook hands with Kennedy during his visit to Wichita Falls that year. Reuben Knight attended the Kennedy inauguration in January 1961, and the Knight family went to Dallas Love Field following news of the assassination on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 22, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

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Object title:

Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

Date:

01/22/2013

Terms:

Dallas

Oral histories

1960 presidential election

Inauguration

Elections

Campaign

Presidential campaign

Kennedy supporter

Kennedy, John F.

Love Field

Wichita Falls

1960 Campaign (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 41 minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2013.001.0005

Curatorial Note:

Karen Knight Neukom passed away on January 2, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Chrissy Knight Doherty and Karen Knight Neukom. Doherty and Neukom were daughters of the late Reuben Knight, 1960 campaign manager for Senator John F. Kennedy in Wichita County, Texas. Doherty shook hands with Kennedy during his visit to Wichita Falls that year. Reuben Knight attended the Kennedy inauguration in January 1961, and the Knight family went to Dallas Love Field following news of the assassination on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 22, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

Date:

01/22/2013

Terms:

Dallas

Oral histories

1960 presidential election

Inauguration

Elections

Campaign

Presidential campaign

Kennedy supporter

Kennedy, John F.

Love Field

Wichita Falls

1960 Campaign (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 41 minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2013.001.0005

Curatorial Note:

Karen Knight Neukom passed away on January 2, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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