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Mary Lou Macias Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Lou Macias. The widow of the late Gabriel D. Macias, the first Hispanic police officer in Dallas, Macias was at Love Field for the arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at C.C. Young retirement community on July 1, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is nineteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Mary Lou Macias Oral History

Date:

07/01/2010

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 19 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0061

Curatorial Note:

In 2010, I was invited by the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas to speak to three groups of senior citizens who were participating in a cognitive vitality study. After each presentation (April, July and November), I invited seniors to record brief one-on-one oral histories about their memories of President Kennedy and the assassination. This was the first time that the Museum had conducted short, on-the-spot interviews as part of community outreach. These 2010 sessions, during which twenty-five seniors recorded brief interviews, proved to be so successful that the Museum has actively pursued oral history community outreach ever since. Each year, brief interviews are recorded with a wide variety of personalities at retirement homes, churches and community centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If you are interested in scheduling a Museum presentation and oral history outreach in DFW, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. Ms. Macias was interviewed as part of the second group of seniors in the UTD study. All interviews were recorded at C.C. Young retirement community in Dallas. She passed away on March 20, 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Mary Lou Macias Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Lou Macias. The widow of the late Gabriel D. Macias, the first Hispanic police officer in Dallas, Macias was at Love Field for the arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at C.C. Young retirement community on July 1, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is nineteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Mary Lou Macias Oral History

Date:

07/01/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Trip to Texas

Crowds

Interviews

Macias, Mary Lou

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Love Field

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 19 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0061

Curatorial Note:

In 2010, I was invited by the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas to speak to three groups of senior citizens who were participating in a cognitive vitality study. After each presentation (April, July and November), I invited seniors to record brief one-on-one oral histories about their memories of President Kennedy and the assassination. This was the first time that the Museum had conducted short, on-the-spot interviews as part of community outreach. These 2010 sessions, during which twenty-five seniors recorded brief interviews, proved to be so successful that the Museum has actively pursued oral history community outreach ever since. Each year, brief interviews are recorded with a wide variety of personalities at retirement homes, churches and community centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If you are interested in scheduling a Museum presentation and oral history outreach in DFW, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. Ms. Macias was interviewed as part of the second group of seniors in the UTD study. All interviews were recorded at C.C. Young retirement community in Dallas. She passed away on March 20, 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator