Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson Oral History

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Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson. A third grader at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Dallas, Sides observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. In the 1970s, he joined the Dallas Police Department. His sister, Mel Anderson, was a senior at North Dallas High School in 1963. She also observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 29, 2020 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eighteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson Oral History

Date:

01/29/2020

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 78 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2020.001.0009

Curatorial Note:

Dwaine Sides visited the Museum to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the assassination in November 2019. When he mentioned to a staff member that he had seen the Kennedy motorcade as a third grader, we immediately invited him back to record an oral history. He and his older sister, who also saw the motorcade, recorded this joint interview in late January 2020, just a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic caused The Sixth Floor Museum to close for six months. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson. A third grader at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Dallas, Sides observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. In the 1970s, he joined the Dallas Police Department. His sister, Mel Anderson, was a senior at North Dallas High School in 1963. She also observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 29, 2020 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eighteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dwaine Sides and Mel Anderson Oral History

Date:

01/29/2020

Terms:

Oral histories

Childhood

Student

Motorcade

Lemmon Avenue

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 78 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2020.001.0009

Curatorial Note:

Dwaine Sides visited the Museum to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the assassination in November 2019. When he mentioned to a staff member that he had seen the Kennedy motorcade as a third grader, we immediately invited him back to record an oral history. He and his older sister, who also saw the motorcade, recorded this joint interview in late January 2020, just a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic caused The Sixth Floor Museum to close for six months. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator