Mel Barney Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Mel Barney. A longtime engineer with Texas Instruments, Barney worked with the CIA on a number of high-level security projects during the Cold War. An acquaintance of Jack Ruby, he recalls that Ruby participated in two top-secret flights in 1961. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Enero 8, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Detalles del objeto

Título del objeto:

Mel Barney Oral History

Date:

01/08/2014

Condiciones:

Relatos orales

Guerra Fría

Ensayos

Juicio a Jack Ruby

Ruby, Jack

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Edificio de los tribunales penales del condado de Dallas

Dallas

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Historia y Cultura de Dallas y los años 60 (OHC)

Autores, cineastas e investigadores (OHC)

Guerra Fría y Comunismo (OHC)

Medio:

Nacido digital (archivo .m2ts)

Dimensiones:

Duración: 57 minutos

Línea de crédito:

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

Número de objeto:

2014.001.0002

Nota curatorial:

George Melvin "Mel" Barney passed away on Agosto 3, 2023 at the age of 95. As discussed in this oral history, he authored two books, Four Wars (2011) and Socialism vs. Capitalism (2013). The Museum has a copy of the former in its Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Four wars. Four Wars includes his recollections of Jack Ruby. - Stephen Fagin, Curator