Barbara Patterson Oral History

Object number2013.001.0164

Date06/21/2013

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Barbara Patterson

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.wav file)

DimensionsDuration: 19 Minutes

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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Barbara Patterson. While her husband was stationed at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth in 1963, Patterson had the opportunity to see President and Mrs. Kennedy at the base on both November 21 and 22, 1963. Interview conducted by telephone on June 21, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is nineteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Although the Museum has recorded multiple oral histories with individuals who saw the Kennedys at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Barbara Patterson is the only one interviewed to date who recalls seeing them arrive on the night of Thursday, November 21, and again the following day when the presidential party left Fort Worth for Dallas shortly before the assassination. - Stephen Fagin, Curator