Fred Ruby Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Fred Ruby. A student at John J. Pershing Elementary in Dallas in 1963, Ruby is the nephew of Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. After the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, Fred Ruby's family faced harassment, FBI interviews and financial hardship. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 25, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Fred Ruby Oral History

Date:

11/25/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Student

Interviews

Ruby, Jack

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 32 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0142

Curatorial Note:

Several Ruby family members have participated in the Oral History Project over the years. In addition to Fred Ruby, the Museum recorded interviews with Jack Ruby's late brother, Earl, as well as Earl's daughter, Joyce Ruby Berman, and Rondine Volpert, granddaughter of Ann Rubenstein Volpert (one of Jack Ruby's sisters). The consensus among these individuals is that Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963 had a long-lasting emotional and financial impact on the entire Ruby family. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator