Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

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"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

Videotaped program entitled "Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps," featuring Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Allen Mondell and Paula Selzer. To celebrate International Museum Day and its 2007 theme, "Museums & Universal Heritage," The Sixth Floor Museum presented a gallery talk by Allen Mondell (Sierra Leone, 1963-65) and Paula Selzer (Dominican Republic, 1990-92). Program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 18, 2007. The program is forty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

Date:

05/18/2007

Terms:

Dominican Republiic

Sierra Leone

Volunteers

Oral histories

Shriver, R. Sargent

Mondell, Allen

Selzer, Paula

Peace Corps

Peace Corps Volunteer

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Peace Corps (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 46 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0051

Curatorial Note:

Allen Mondell and his wife, Cynthia, wrote, produced and directed the short films that have been featured in The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza since its opening in 1989. The Mondells recorded a joint oral history in 2002 that may be accessed here: Allen and Cynthia Mondell Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). In addition, Allen Mondell participated in a Living History public program on March 11, 2011: Living History with Allen Mondell (youtube.com). Mondell's co-presenter, Paul Selzer, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2011. She was also part of a 50th anniversary panel of Returned Peace Corps volunteers that was moderated by Allen Mondell in 2011: 50 Years of Service: Peace Corps Volunteers, 1961-2010 (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

Videotaped program entitled "Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps," featuring Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Allen Mondell and Paula Selzer. To celebrate International Museum Day and its 2007 theme, "Museums & Universal Heritage," The Sixth Floor Museum presented a gallery talk by Allen Mondell (Sierra Leone, 1963-65) and Paula Selzer (Dominican Republic, 1990-92). Program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 18, 2007. The program is forty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

"Museums & Universal Heritage: The Peace Corps" Program

Date:

05/18/2007

Terms:

Dominican Republiic

Sierra Leone

Volunteers

Oral histories

Shriver, R. Sargent

Mondell, Allen

Selzer, Paula

Peace Corps

Peace Corps Volunteer

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Peace Corps (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 46 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0051

Curatorial Note:

Allen Mondell and his wife, Cynthia, wrote, produced and directed the short films that have been featured in The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza since its opening in 1989. The Mondells recorded a joint oral history in 2002 that may be accessed here: Allen and Cynthia Mondell Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). In addition, Allen Mondell participated in a Living History public program on March 11, 2011: Living History with Allen Mondell (youtube.com). Mondell's co-presenter, Paul Selzer, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2011. She was also part of a 50th anniversary panel of Returned Peace Corps volunteers that was moderated by Allen Mondell in 2011: 50 Years of Service: Peace Corps Volunteers, 1961-2010 (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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