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Warren W. Taylor Oral History
Warren W. Taylor Oral History

Warren W. Taylor Oral History

Object number2005.001.0027
Date10/14/2005
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 31 Minutes
Collections
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Warren W. Taylor. A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Lyndon Johnson in 1963, Taylor was riding in the backseat of the vice president's Secret Service follow-up car in the Dallas motorcade. Following the Kennedy assassination, Taylor was assigned to protect Lady Bird Johnson. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 14, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
The seventh vehicle in the Dallas motorcade, the vice president's Secret Service follow-up car was driven by Texas Department of Public Safety employee Joe Henry Rich. Riding alongside Rich in the front seat was vice presidential aide Cliff Carter and Secret Service agent Jerry Kivett. Woody Taylor was in the backseat with Secret Service agent Lem Johns. Of the vehicle's five occupants, two recorded oral histories with the Museum. On the same day as this interview with Warren W. Taylor, the late Jerry Kivett recorded his oral history, which may be viewed here: Jerry D. Kivett Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Kivett passed away on June 26, 2010. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Warren "Woody" Taylor can be seen with his arm around Lady Bird Johnson as they departed Parkland Memorial Hospital in this Dallas Times Herald photograph taken on November 22, 1963: Image of Lady Bird Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator