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W.E. "Gene" Barnett Oral History
Videotaped oral history with W.E. "Gene" Barnett. Working crowd control at the corner of Elm and Houston Streets, Barnett was the closest Dallas police officer to the Texas School Book Depository entrance at the time of the assassination. Prior to 1963, Barnett knew Jack Ruby and once arrested him for fighting.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 18, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.
W.E. "Gene" Barnett Oral History
01/18/2013
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 58 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0004
In addition to this oral history, Mr. Barnett participated in a 50th anniversary eyewitness panel discussion for news media in 2013. The panel may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary Media Open House - Eyewitness Panel - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
W.E. "Gene" Barnett Oral History
Videotaped oral history with W.E. "Gene" Barnett. Working crowd control at the corner of Elm and Houston Streets, Barnett was the closest Dallas police officer to the Texas School Book Depository entrance at the time of the assassination. Prior to 1963, Barnett knew Jack Ruby and once arrested him for fighting.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 18, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.
W.E. "Gene" Barnett Oral History
01/18/2013
Oral histories
Elm Street
Houston Street
Crowds
Barnett, W. E.
Ruby, Jack
Dallas Police Department
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Law Enforcement (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 58 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0004
In addition to this oral history, Mr. Barnett participated in a 50th anniversary eyewitness panel discussion for news media in 2013. The panel may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary Media Open House - Eyewitness Panel - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator