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Herbert Hoxie Oral History

Herbert Hoxie Oral History

Object number2017.001.0005
Date01/17/2017
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Herbert Hoxie
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 44 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Herbert Hoxie. An FBI agent for more than twenty-five years, Hoxie served on the Bureau's Communist squad in California in the 1950s. At the time of the Kennedy assassination, he was the Agent in Charge of the El Paso, Texas field office. Interview conducted at Highland Springs retirement community in Dallas on January 17, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-four minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
This interview with Herbert Hoxie is a great example of why I enjoy doing oral history outreach. Each year, it is my great pleasure to visit retirement homes and community centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to speak with seniors about the Museum and record a series of brief interviews as part of the Oral History Project. I visited Highland Springs retirement community in Dallas on October 25, 2016. After a presentation about the Museum, I recorded brief interviews with five individuals, including Mr. Hoxie. As soon as we started speaking, I knew immediately that we could not possibly cover his interesting career in an abbreviated eight-minute conversation. He very kindly agreed to this much longer follow-up interview early the next year. Mr. Hoxie passed away on April 2, 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator