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Jane Baker Alford Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jane Baker Alford. Alford's late father, Dallas police homicide detective T. L. Baker, was heavily involved in the events of the Kennedy assassination weekend and later testified before the Warren Commission. Alford, a junior high school student in 1963, was standing outside of the police basement when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 9, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and three minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jane Baker Alford Oral History

Date:

08/09/2019

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 63 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0096

Curatorial Note:

Dallas police detective T. L. Baker's typed report on his activities during the Kennedy assassination weekend may be found in the Dallas Municipal Archives via the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas: [Report on Officer's Duties, by T. L. Baker #1] - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). Baker's Warren Commission testimony begins on page 248 in volume 4. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Jane Baker Alford Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jane Baker Alford. Alford's late father, Dallas police homicide detective T. L. Baker, was heavily involved in the events of the Kennedy assassination weekend and later testified before the Warren Commission. Alford, a junior high school student in 1963, was standing outside of the police basement when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 9, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and three minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jane Baker Alford Oral History

Date:

08/09/2019

Terms:

Oral histories

Childhood

Basement

Testimony

Student

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Ruby, Jack

Dallas Police Department

Warren Commission

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 63 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0096

Curatorial Note:

Dallas police detective T. L. Baker's typed report on his activities during the Kennedy assassination weekend may be found in the Dallas Municipal Archives via the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas: [Report on Officer's Duties, by T. L. Baker #1] - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). Baker's Warren Commission testimony begins on page 248 in volume 4. - Stephen Fagin, Curator