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James Reston, Jr. Oral History

Audio oral history interview with James Reston, Jr. A journalist and prolific author, Reston wrote a biography of Texas Governor John Connally, "The Lone Star" (1989), and a book on the Kennedy assassination, "The Accidental Victim" (2013). He worked for the Department of the Interior in 1963. His late father, New York Times reporter and editor James Reston, covered the Kennedy White House.Interview conducted by telephone on Junio 13, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

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James Reston, Jr. Oral History

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06/13/2014

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Duración: 58 minutos

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Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza

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2014.001.0162

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In 2013, I met James Reston, Jr. literally in the middle of Dealey Plaza when he was visiting Dallas for a program at Southern Methodist University. Although he did not have time for a video oral history on that day, he kindly agreed to a telephone interview, which we recorded the next year in Junio 2014. His two books on Governor John Connally and the Kennedy assassination can be found in the Museum's Library Collection here: (Bibliovation | Details for The lone star) and here: Bibliovation | Details for The accidental victim. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

James Reston, Jr.'s father, the late James Barrett Reston (1909-1995) was a longtime journalist and editor at the New York Times, beginning in 1939. During the Kennedy presidency, Reston, Sr. was the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Times and frequently covered the White House. In a poignant article published in New York Times Magazine close to the one-year anniversary of the assassination on Noviembre 15, 1964, Reston notably wrote, "...what was killed in Dallas was not only the President but the promise. The heart of the Kennedy legend is what might have been. All this is apparent in the faces of the people who come daily to his grave on the Arlington Hill." In 1964, he became an associate editor at the New York Times, rising to executive editor and vice president by 1969. Reston retired from the New York Times twenty years later in 1989 and passed away at the age of 86 on Diciembre 6, 1995. The Museum has two of his books in our Library Collection as well as a biography of Reston by John F. Stacks: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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James Reston, Jr. Oral History

Audio oral history interview with James Reston, Jr. A journalist and prolific author, Reston wrote a biography of Texas Governor John Connally, "The Lone Star" (1989), and a book on the Kennedy assassination, "The Accidental Victim" (2013). He worked for the Department of the Interior in 1963. His late father, New York Times reporter and editor James Reston, covered the Kennedy White House.Interview conducted by telephone on Junio 13, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

Detalles del objeto
Título del objeto:

James Reston, Jr. Oral History

Date:

06/13/2014

Condiciones:

Dallas

Asesinato

Pulse

Reportero

Relatos orales

Autor

Investigadores

Teorías de la conspiración

Connally, John

Department of Interior

El New York Times

Casa Blanca

Autores, cineastas e investigadores (OHC)

Medios de comunicación (OHC)

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Nacido digital (.wav file)

Dimensiones:

Duración: 58 minutos

Línea de crédito:

Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza

Número de objeto:

2014.001.0162

Nota curatorial:

In 2013, I met James Reston, Jr. literally in the middle of Dealey Plaza when he was visiting Dallas for a program at Southern Methodist University. Although he did not have time for a video oral history on that day, he kindly agreed to a telephone interview, which we recorded the next year in Junio 2014. His two books on Governor John Connally and the Kennedy assassination can be found in the Museum's Library Collection here: (Bibliovation | Details for The lone star) and here: Bibliovation | Details for The accidental victim. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

James Reston, Jr.'s father, the late James Barrett Reston (1909-1995) was a longtime journalist and editor at the New York Times, beginning in 1939. During the Kennedy presidency, Reston, Sr. was the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Times and frequently covered the White House. In a poignant article published in New York Times Magazine close to the one-year anniversary of the assassination on Noviembre 15, 1964, Reston notably wrote, "...what was killed in Dallas was not only the President but the promise. The heart of the Kennedy legend is what might have been. All this is apparent in the faces of the people who come daily to his grave on the Arlington Hill." In 1964, he became an associate editor at the New York Times, rising to executive editor and vice president by 1969. Reston retired from the New York Times twenty years later in 1989 and passed away at the age of 86 on Diciembre 6, 1995. The Museum has two of his books in our Library Collection as well as a biography of Reston by John F. Stacks: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator