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Archie Barnes Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Archie Barnes. A Dallas County deputy sheriff for twenty-six years, Barnes spent three months guarding Jack Ruby in his cell at the Dallas County Jail in 1965. Barnes and Ruby talked extensively and played board games, and Ruby drew pictures for Barnes' children. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 29, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Archie Barnes Oral History

Date:

09/29/2006

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 31 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0049

Curatorial Note:

Archie Barnes passed away on January 20, 2010. The Jack Ruby drawing shown and discussed during this interview was donated to The Sixth Floor Museum by the Barnes family in 2011. It may be found here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32259. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Archie Barnes Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Archie Barnes. A Dallas County deputy sheriff for twenty-six years, Barnes spent three months guarding Jack Ruby in his cell at the Dallas County Jail in 1965. Barnes and Ruby talked extensively and played board games, and Ruby drew pictures for Barnes' children. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 29, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Archie Barnes Oral History

Date:

09/29/2006

Terms:

Oral histories

Ruby, Jack

Decker, Bill

Barnes, Archie

Dallas County Jail

Dallas

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 31 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0049

Curatorial Note:

Archie Barnes passed away on January 20, 2010. The Jack Ruby drawing shown and discussed during this interview was donated to The Sixth Floor Museum by the Barnes family in 2011. It may be found here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32259. - Stephen Fagin, Curator