Jim Bendat Oral History
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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.
Jim Bendat Oral History
09/12/2014
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 25 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0120
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
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.
Jim Bendat Oral History
09/12/2014
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)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 25 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0120
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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