Mary Hope Suggs and Ann Suggs Smith Oral History

Object number1996.055.0012

Date07/11/1996

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Mary Hope Suggs

Oral history interview subject Ann Smith

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 37 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Mary Hope Suggs and Ann Suggs Smith. Mary Hope Suggs was the widow of J. Thomas Suggs, a longtime executive with the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The Suggs, accompanied by their daughter, Ann Suggs Smith, attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963. Interview recorded at Ms. Smith's home on July 11, 1996 by Bob Porter. The interview is thirty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mary Hope Suggs passed away on March 10, 2000 at the age of 94. Her husband, John Thomas Suggs, passed away on October 20, 1983. - Stephen Fagin, Curator