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Bert Holmes Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Bert Holmes. A longtime editor and columnist at the Dallas Times Herald, Holmes worked for the newspaper for forty-four years. He attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day of the assassination. Interview conducted at Mr. Holmes' home on August 3, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is forty-six minutes long.
Bert Holmes Oral History
08/03/1993
Hi-8 videotape
2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 46 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1993.011.0015
Bert Holmes (1921-2017) joined the staff of the Dallas Times Herald shortly after returning from World War II in 1946. He officially retired in 1990, forty-four years later, although he continued to write community affairs columns until the newspaper folded in December 1991. His wife, Helen Holmes, also participated in the Oral History Project. Her lengthy three-hour interview may be viewed in full in the Museum's online collections database. See Oral History Collection, 1993.011.0010. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Bert Holmes Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Bert Holmes. A longtime editor and columnist at the Dallas Times Herald, Holmes worked for the newspaper for forty-four years. He attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day of the assassination. Interview conducted at Mr. Holmes' home on August 3, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is forty-six minutes long.
Bert Holmes Oral History
08/03/1993
Oral histories
Press
Interviews
Trade Mart luncheon
Assassination
Holmes, Bert
Dallas Trade Mart
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas
News Media (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 46 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1993.011.0015
Bert Holmes (1921-2017) joined the staff of the Dallas Times Herald shortly after returning from World War II in 1946. He officially retired in 1990, forty-four years later, although he continued to write community affairs columns until the newspaper folded in December 1991. His wife, Helen Holmes, also participated in the Oral History Project. Her lengthy three-hour interview may be viewed in full in the Museum's online collections database. See Oral History Collection, 1993.011.0010. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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