John Joe Howlett Oral History

Object number2011.001.0032

Date04/06/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject John Joe Howlett

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions59 Minutes

Terms

Collections

Parkland Memorial Hospital
All Online Objects
Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral interview with John Joe Howlett. A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the Dallas field office in 1963, Howlett was at the Dallas Trade Mart, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Dallas Police headquarters on the day of the assassination. In the aftermath, he was heavily involved in the local investigation and helped produce a Secret Service training film from re-creation footage filmed in Dealey Plaza. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 6, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Howlett passed away on October 10, 2013. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger