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Katherine Clayton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Katherine Clayton. Clayton was a history teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas in 1963. She recalls having only two students in her class at the time of the assassination because the others had been excused to observe the presidential motorcade. Interview conducted at the home of friend Katherine Adams on September 8, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twelve minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Katherine Clayton Oral History

Date:

09/08/2010

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 12 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0102

Curatorial Note:

In addition to teacher Katherine Clayton, the Museum has recorded a number of oral histories with former students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. Jefferson alumni in the Oral History Collection include Alan Abrams, Judy Bergstrom, John Carpenter, Betty Duke-Ruhd, Janet Fordham, Richard Gump, Betty Jarrell, Don McDonald, Jerry Patton, David Ritz, Carolyn Roderick, George Sickler, Jan Sittel and William Ward Warren. A 2019 educational program featuring Jefferson High School classmates Jan Sittel and Betty Duke-Ruhd may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Jan Sittel and Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Katherine Clayton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Katherine Clayton. Clayton was a history teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas in 1963. She recalls having only two students in her class at the time of the assassination because the others had been excused to observe the presidential motorcade. Interview conducted at the home of friend Katherine Adams on September 8, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twelve minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Katherine Clayton Oral History

Date:

09/08/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Education

Clayton, Katherine

Thomas Jefferson High School

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 12 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0102

Curatorial Note:

In addition to teacher Katherine Clayton, the Museum has recorded a number of oral histories with former students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. Jefferson alumni in the Oral History Collection include Alan Abrams, Judy Bergstrom, John Carpenter, Betty Duke-Ruhd, Janet Fordham, Richard Gump, Betty Jarrell, Don McDonald, Jerry Patton, David Ritz, Carolyn Roderick, George Sickler, Jan Sittel and William Ward Warren. A 2019 educational program featuring Jefferson High School classmates Jan Sittel and Betty Duke-Ruhd may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Jan Sittel and Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator