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Pierce Allman Living History Program
Videotaped Living History program interview with Pierce Allman. Program director at WFAA Radio in 1963, Allman witnessed the Kennedy assassination from the corner of Houston and Elm Streets. He was then one of the first reporters inside the Texas School Book Depository, where he is believed to have encountered Lee Harvey Oswald leaving the building.Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 4, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The program is fifty-five minutes long.
Pierce Allman Living History Program
10/04/2014
Oral histories
Eyewitnesses
Assassination
Houston Street
Elm Street
Reporter
Broadcast journalism
Radio
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Allman, Pierce
WFAA
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
News Media (OHC)
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Born digital (.mov file)
Duration: 55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0124
A longtime friend of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Pierce Allman provided the narration for the Museum's long-running audio guide. He recorded an oral history in 1995, accessible here: Pierce Allman Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). He also participated in several Museum programs over the years, including this 2016 conversation alongside the late Hugh Aynesworth: A Conversation with Hugh Aynesworth and Pierce Allman (youtube.com). Pierce Allman passed away on November 29, 2022. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Pierce Allman Living History Program
Videotaped Living History program interview with Pierce Allman. Program director at WFAA Radio in 1963, Allman witnessed the Kennedy assassination from the corner of Houston and Elm Streets. He was then one of the first reporters inside the Texas School Book Depository, where he is believed to have encountered Lee Harvey Oswald leaving the building.Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 4, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The program is fifty-five minutes long.
Pierce Allman Living History Program
10/04/2014
Oral histories
Eyewitnesses
Assassination
Houston Street
Elm Street
Reporter
Broadcast journalism
Radio
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Allman, Pierce
WFAA
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
News Media (OHC)
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Born digital (.mov file)
Duration: 55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0124
A longtime friend of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Pierce Allman provided the narration for the Museum's long-running audio guide. He recorded an oral history in 1995, accessible here: Pierce Allman Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). He also participated in several Museum programs over the years, including this 2016 conversation alongside the late Hugh Aynesworth: A Conversation with Hugh Aynesworth and Pierce Allman (youtube.com). Pierce Allman passed away on November 29, 2022. - Stephen Fagin, Curator