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Jim Bendat Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Bendat. As a twelve-year-old, Bendat met Sen. John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. This encounter inspired an interest in politics, and decades later, as a historian of presidential inaugurations, he wrote the book "Democracy's Big Day" (2012). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.

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Jim Bendat Oral History

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09/12/2014

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Duration: 25 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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2014.001.0120

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Jim Bendat's book, Democracy's Big Day (2012), may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Democracy's big day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jim Bendat Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Bendat. As a twelve-year-old, Bendat met Sen. John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. This encounter inspired an interest in politics, and decades later, as a historian of presidential inaugurations, he wrote the book "Democracy's Big Day" (2012). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jim Bendat Oral History

Date:

09/12/2014

Terms:

Dallas

Oral histories

Student

Inauguration

1960 presidential election

Elections

Campaign

Presidential campaign

Kennedy supporter

Kennedy, John F.

Los Angeles

Democratic National Convention

1960 Campaign (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 25 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0120

Curatorial Note:

Jim Bendat's book, Democracy's Big Day (2012), may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Democracy's big day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator