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Michael Cochran Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mike Cochran. A reporter with the Associated Press for nearly four decades, Cochran covered President Kennedy in Fort Worth, the assassination aftermath at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral, where he served as a pallbearer. He later covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Interview conducted at Mr. Cochran's home on July 14, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and nineteen minutes long.

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Michael Cochran Oral History

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07/14/1993

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Hi-8 videotape

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2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 79 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0014

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 1993 recording, Mr. Cochran recorded a second oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum nearly twenty years later on October 14, 2013. He passed away on January 11, 2022. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Michael Cochran Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mike Cochran. A reporter with the Associated Press for nearly four decades, Cochran covered President Kennedy in Fort Worth, the assassination aftermath at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral, where he served as a pallbearer. He later covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Interview conducted at Mr. Cochran's home on July 14, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and nineteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Michael Cochran Oral History

Date:

07/14/1993

Terms:

Reporter

Press

Oral histories

Interviews

Fort Worth

Oswald funeral

Jack Ruby trial

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Oswald, Marguerite

Oswald, Marina

Cochran, Mike

Associated Press (AP)

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 79 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0014

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 1993 recording, Mr. Cochran recorded a second oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum nearly twenty years later on October 14, 2013. He passed away on January 11, 2022. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator