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Harold Norman Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Harold Norman. An order filler at the Texas School Book Depository in 1963, Norman was standing with coworkers in the southeast corner the fifth floor directly beneath the sixth floor sniper's perch at the time of the assassination. He later testified before the Warren Commission. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 31, 1991 by Carl Henry. The interview is forty-three minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Harold Norman Oral History

Date:

07/31/1991

Medium:

Plastic, Magnetic tape

Dimensions:

4 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 43 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1991.005.0001

Curatorial Note:

Harold Norman (1938-1994) can be seen in an image captured by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard seconds after the assassination. Standing on the right side of the southeast corner window on the fifth floor, directly beneath the sniper's perch, Norman is seen looking out the window at the confusion in Dealey Plaza. Next to him is coworker Bonnie Ray Williams. In our online collections database, see Tom Dillard Collection photograph 1994.003.0109 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22812) as well as a close-up crop of the same photograph, 1994.003.0110 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22813). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Harold Norman Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Harold Norman. An order filler at the Texas School Book Depository in 1963, Norman was standing with coworkers in the southeast corner the fifth floor directly beneath the sixth floor sniper's perch at the time of the assassination. He later testified before the Warren Commission. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 31, 1991 by Carl Henry. The interview is forty-three minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Harold Norman Oral History

Date:

07/31/1991

Terms:

Audio cassette

Eyewitnesses

Dealey Plaza

Assassination

Motorcade

Oral histories

Interviews

Sniper's perch

Norman, Harold

Kennedy, John F.

Texas School Book Depository

Warren Commission

Dallas

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Medium:

Plastic, Magnetic tape

Dimensions:

4 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 43 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1991.005.0001

Curatorial Note:

Harold Norman (1938-1994) can be seen in an image captured by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard seconds after the assassination. Standing on the right side of the southeast corner window on the fifth floor, directly beneath the sniper's perch, Norman is seen looking out the window at the confusion in Dealey Plaza. Next to him is coworker Bonnie Ray Williams. In our online collections database, see Tom Dillard Collection photograph 1994.003.0109 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22812) as well as a close-up crop of the same photograph, 1994.003.0110 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22813). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator