Yvonne Pendleton Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Yvonne Pendleton. A high school sophomore in Alabama at the time of the Kennedy assassination, Pendleton later moved to Dallas to work at the Dallas Times Herald. From 1971 to 1978, she was the paper's award-winning fashion editor.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 6, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Yvonne Pendleton Oral History

Date:

10/06/2006

Terms:

Women's rights

Oral histories

Castleberry, Vivian

Pendleton, Yvonne

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas

Alabama

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0051

Curatorial Note:

As discussed in this interview, Pendleton was hired at the Dallas Times Herald in 1971 by longtime women's news editor Vivian Castleberry (1922-2017). A local journalistic legend, Castleberry participated in several interviews and programs at The Sixth Floor Museum over the years. A 2008 Living History program with Castleberry may be accessed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Vivian Castleberry - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator