Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. Oral History

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B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Dallas, Timmins worked directly with the FBI and reported to the Justice Department following the Kennedy assassination. In 1966, he argued the Mannlicher-Carcano forfeiture case in federal court. Timmins maintained a longtime research interest in the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 18, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is three hours and four minutes.

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Object title:

B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. Oral History

Date:

09/18/2003

Terms:

Oral histories

Mannlicher-Carcano

Timmins, B. H. , Jr.

Sanders, Barefoot

Kennedy, Robert F.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Law Enforcement (OHC)

White House and State Officials (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 183 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2003.001.0033

Curatorial Note:

B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. passed away on April 2, 2013. His two oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum, recorded in 2003 and 2004, total nearly five hours. His was the longest interview in the Museum's Oral History Collection for more than a decade until Warren Commission assistant counsel Howard Willens participated in a record eleven-hour oral history in 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Dallas, Timmins worked directly with the FBI and reported to the Justice Department following the Kennedy assassination. In 1966, he argued the Mannlicher-Carcano forfeiture case in federal court. Timmins maintained a longtime research interest in the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 18, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is three hours and four minutes.

Object Details
Object title:

B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. Oral History

Date:

09/18/2003

Terms:

Oral histories

Mannlicher-Carcano

Timmins, B. H. , Jr.

Sanders, Barefoot

Kennedy, Robert F.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Law Enforcement (OHC)

White House and State Officials (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 183 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2003.001.0033

Curatorial Note:

B. H. "Tim" Timmins Jr. passed away on April 2, 2013. His two oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum, recorded in 2003 and 2004, total nearly five hours. His was the longest interview in the Museum's Oral History Collection for more than a decade until Warren Commission assistant counsel Howard Willens participated in a record eleven-hour oral history in 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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