Max Womack Oral History
Object number2010.001.0052
Date06/21/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Max Womack
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 20 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Max Womack. A state trooper with the Texas Highway Patrol in 1963, Womack was assigned to the Dallas Trade Mart for the scheduled presidential luncheon. A few days later, he was assigned guard duty for Governor John Connally during his recuperation at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Interview conducted via telephone on June 21, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryMax Womack passed away on October 7, 2020. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger
A number of Texas state troopers and highway patrolmen were assigned guard duty for Governor John Connally at Parkland Memorial Hospital following the assassination. In addition to Max Womack, the Museum also recorded oral histories with Harlin Veasey, Ralph Wadsworth (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/72403), Ralph Allen and Paul Boone (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32311). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
