Maurice C. Carroll Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Maurice “Mickey” Carroll. A reporter for the New York Herald Tribune in 1963, Carroll covered the scene at Dallas police headquarters following the Kennedy assassination and witnessed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. He returned to Dallas a few months later to cover the 1964 Jack Ruby trial. Later that year, Carroll co-wrote attorney Melvin Belli’s controversial memoir about the case, Dallas Justice (1964). He later authored the book, Accidental Assassin (2013). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 10, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eleven minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Maurice C. Carroll Oral History

Date:

01/10/2014

Terms:

Reporter

Oral histories

Trials

Jack Ruby trial

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Belli, Melvin

Carroll, Maurice

Ruby, Jack

New York Herald Tribune

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

Dallas

New York

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 71 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0005

Curatorial Note:

Maurice C. "Mickey" Carroll passed away on December 6, 2017. The Museum was fortunate to record several interviews with Mr. Carroll over the years, including one-on-one oral histories in 2007 and 2014 and two public programs in 2014. One of his Living History programs may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Maurice "Mickey" Carroll (youtube.com). Mr. Carroll's books are part of the Museum's Library Collection and may be found here: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator