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Wilborn Hampton Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Wilborn Hampton. The youngest United Press International (UPI) reporter at the Dallas bureau, Hampton took the call from Merriman Smith in the motorcade reporting the president's shooting. Hampton spent time that weekend at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas City Hall, where he attended Oswald's midnight press conference. Years later, while serving as an editor at The New York Times, Hampton wrote a series of young adult history books, including "Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story" (1997).Interview conducted by telephone on November 23, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Wilborn Hampton Oral History

Date:

11/23/2009

Medium:

Born digital (.wav file)

Dimensions:

92 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0089

Curatorial Note:

Wilborn Hampton will be our Living History speaker in April 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

Wilborn Hampton Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Wilborn Hampton. The youngest United Press International (UPI) reporter at the Dallas bureau, Hampton took the call from Merriman Smith in the motorcade reporting the president's shooting. Hampton spent time that weekend at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas City Hall, where he attended Oswald's midnight press conference. Years later, while serving as an editor at The New York Times, Hampton wrote a series of young adult history books, including "Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story" (1997).Interview conducted by telephone on November 23, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Wilborn Hampton Oral History

Date:

11/23/2009

Terms:

Motorcade

Midnight press conference

Oral histories

Hampton, Wilborn

Smith, Merriman

Oswald, Lee Harvey

United Press International (UPI)

Parkland Hospital

The New York Times

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.wav file)

Dimensions:

92 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0089

Curatorial Note:

Wilborn Hampton will be our Living History speaker in April 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator