Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

50

Description:

Stoughton’s background and how he became involved in photography while serving in the Air Force in WWII; Stoughton’s newsreel camera business in the 1950’s; his work in the Army and as a space program photographer at Cape Canaveral; experiences as General Clifton’s photographer for industrial and VIP special events; being a White House photographer during the Kennedy administration; August 1961 trip to Berlin Wall with Vice-President Johnson and Y.R. Okamoto’s coverage of the trip; European trip with President Kennedy; photographing JFK and LBJ in their offices; JFK’s assassination; LBJ’s swearing in; JFK’s burial.

Contributor:

Stoughton, Cecil (Cecil William), 1920-2008

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Cecil Stoughton

Subject:

Assassinations; Outer Space

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details