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Alan Elliott Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Alan Elliott. A prolific author of more than twenty-five books, Elliott is co-author of the children’s book Rescuing JFK (2022), about PT-109, as well as several Oak Cliff and Texas history books. He was attending John Neely Bryan Elementary in Oak Cliff at the time of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Alan Elliott Oral History
09/13/2022
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 51 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.001.0066
In addition to Rescuing JFK (2002), Alan Elliott's books include Oak Cliff (2009, part of the Arcadia Publishing "Images of America" series), Legendary Locals of Oak Cliff (2013) and Texas Ingenuity: Lone Star Inventions, Inventors and Innovators (2016). In addition, as mentioned during this oral history, he is the songwriter of "The Legend of Big Tex" (1981), an unofficial song of the State Fair of Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Alan Elliott Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Alan Elliott. A prolific author of more than twenty-five books, Elliott is co-author of the children’s book Rescuing JFK (2022), about PT-109, as well as several Oak Cliff and Texas history books. He was attending John Neely Bryan Elementary in Oak Cliff at the time of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Alan Elliott Oral History
09/13/2022
Interviews
Oral histories
Author
Childhood
Oak Cliff
Student
Dallas
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Popular Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 51 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.001.0066
In addition to Rescuing JFK (2002), Alan Elliott's books include Oak Cliff (2009, part of the Arcadia Publishing "Images of America" series), Legendary Locals of Oak Cliff (2013) and Texas Ingenuity: Lone Star Inventions, Inventors and Innovators (2016). In addition, as mentioned during this oral history, he is the songwriter of "The Legend of Big Tex" (1981), an unofficial song of the State Fair of Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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