Janice Norman Bassett Oral History
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Janice Norman Bassett Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Janice Norman Bassett. Bassett was a waitress at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club from December 1962 to July 1963. Following the assassination, her family cared for one of Ruby's dogs. Bassett, who was interviewed by the FBI, visited Ruby in jail in 1966. Interview conducted by telephone on January 16, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.
Janice Norman Bassett Oral History
01/16/2015
Born digital (.wav file)
Duration: 43 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0020
Janice Norman Bassett (nee Jones), also known as "Nessie," was interviewed by the FBI on December 20, 1963. In a two-paragraph summary, which appears as Warren Commission Exhibit No. 1652 in Volume 23, she describes her former employer as "a generous person who gave Christmas gifts to his employees." She also volunteered that Ruby was friendly with several Dallas police officers, offering them "a fifth of whisky" during the holiday season (even though it was illegal at that time for a Dallas nightclub to serve hard liquor) and always refusing to take money from officers. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Janice Norman Bassett Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Janice Norman Bassett. Bassett was a waitress at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club from December 1962 to July 1963. Following the assassination, her family cared for one of Ruby's dogs. Bassett, who was interviewed by the FBI, visited Ruby in jail in 1966. Interview conducted by telephone on January 16, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.
Janice Norman Bassett Oral History
01/16/2015
Oral histories
Ruby, Jack
Carousel Club
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas County Jail
Dallas
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Born digital (.wav file)
Duration: 43 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0020
Janice Norman Bassett (nee Jones), also known as "Nessie," was interviewed by the FBI on December 20, 1963. In a two-paragraph summary, which appears as Warren Commission Exhibit No. 1652 in Volume 23, she describes her former employer as "a generous person who gave Christmas gifts to his employees." She also volunteered that Ruby was friendly with several Dallas police officers, offering them "a fifth of whisky" during the holiday season (even though it was illegal at that time for a Dallas nightclub to serve hard liquor) and always refusing to take money from officers. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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