Audio recording of interviews with George H. W. Bush, Barry Goldwater, Mike McKool, Carolyn Choate, Ben Atwell, William Clark, and others on political parties, the 1964 election, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Audio recording of interviews with George H. W. Bush, Barry Goldwater, Mike McKool, Carolyn Choate, Ben Atwell, William Clark, and others on political parties, the 1964 election, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
The tapes within this collection cover the events and commentary of and related to the Kennedy Assassination. News outlet commentary, President Johnson's speech, interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald and his family members, coverage of the Ruby hearing, trial, and interviews are all included in this collection.
Written on Card: "1. Pres. Johnson's budget & effort on Dallas Sec. of Education ? 2. senator candidate in Texas Republican - talks of adversary Yarborough, Dallas 3. Goldwater on presidential nomination announces candidacy in Arizona 4. Military missiles - Goldwater 5. Response to Goldwater's military statement on missiles Sec of Def. ? 6. Dem. Party needs to unite -former cand. for Dem. County Chairman - Bill Clark elected & announcer is satisfied - Mike McCoop 7. North Dallas Dem. Organization 8. Rep. Atwell on unity movement in Dallas County 9. Mr. Clark on unity movement 10. Speech by Dem. County Exec. Chairman 11. Speech on plan * poll tax drive 12. Oswald get fair trial in Dallas - convicted in media ? member of Dallas Bar Assoc."
Preferred Citation:
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection (AR0207), University of North Texas Special Collections
Collections
This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection
This collection is entirely comprised of 32 reel-to-reel tapes in individual cases that document the events and people surrounding the Kennedy Assassination.
WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.).Assassination Trial,
audio recording,
January 10, 1964;
Dallas, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955227/:
accessed May 4, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.