Waggoner Carr Oral History

Object number1995.043.0023

Date07/24/1995

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Waggoner Carr

Oral history interviewer Wes Wise

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions116 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Waggoner Carr. Mr. Carr served as Attorney General of Texas from 1963 to 1967 and was traveling throughout the state with the presidential party. After the assassination, he served as the Texas liaison to the Warren Commission. Interview conducted at Mr. Carr's office on July 24, 1995 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Carr passed away on February 25, 2004.

Although I was not present for Mr. Carr's oral history interview in 1995, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with him shortly before his death. When the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin invited me to participate in a public program to mark the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination in November 2003, I immediately recommended Mr. Carr also be included in the event. Less than three months before his death at age 85, Carr delivered a wonderful lecture about the day of the shooting and later working with the Warren Commission. Following the program, I had the chance to chat with him for a few minutes, and we talked of possibly recording an updated oral history for the Museum's archives sometime in 2004. Unfortunately, he passed away before we had the opportunity to meet again. - Stephen Fagin, Curator