Audio recording of Marguerite Oswald's statement at a press conference following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by her son, Lee Harvey Oswald, and interviews with Walter Robertson and Doug Lord on the topic of boxing.
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Titles
Main Title:
[Statements by Marguerite Oswald, Walter Robertson, and Doug Lord]
Added Title:
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald
Description
Audio recording of Marguerite Oswald's statement at a press conference following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by her son, Lee Harvey Oswald, and interviews with Walter Robertson and Doug Lord on the topic of boxing.
The tapes within this collection cover the events and commentary of and related to the Kennedy Assassination. News outlet commentary, President Johnson's speech, interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald and his family members, coverage of the Ruby hearing, trial, and interviews are all included in this collection.
Written on Card: "Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, at press conference; Walter Robertson - sports editor Dallas Morning News on boxing; Doug Lord - manager of Curtis Cokes on headgear in boxing & boxing business."
Preferred Citation:
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection (AR0207), University of North Texas Special Collections
Collections
This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection
This collection is entirely comprised of 32 reel-to-reel tapes in individual cases that document the events and people surrounding the Kennedy Assassination.
WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.).[Statements by Marguerite Oswald, Walter Robertson, and Doug Lord],
audio recording,
January 14, 1964;
Dallas, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955226/:
accessed June 5, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.