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Mary Hollies Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Hollies. An employee of Scott Foresman publishers in 1963, Hollies worked on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building and occasionally rode the same bus as Lee Harvey Oswald. Her memories of Oswald and the day of the assassination differ from other eyewitnesses and her coworkers.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 18, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 34 minutes long.
Mary Hollies Oral History
01/18/2011
Born digital (.m2ts file)
34 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.001.0003
Mary Hollies gave a statement to Dallas police detective W.E. Potts on February 18, 1964. It can be found here as part of the Dallas Municipal Archives: [Intelligence Report - Mary Hollies Interview, February 18, 1964] - Page 1 of 2 - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). In addition, her similar statement to the FBI, taken on March 19, 1964, is part of Warren Commission Exhibit No. 1381. Her 2011 oral history contradicts most of the details of her official statements, including what floor she was on at the time of the assassination and that she was not acquainted with Lee Harvey Oswald. During this 2011 interview, Hollies suggested that she knew Oswald, who asked her out on dates, and that she saw him carrying a package "almost as tall as him" on November 22, 1963 that Oswald said contained "fishing rods." When I shared with her one of her 1964 statements during this oral history, Hollies dismissed it and said, "I was hiding a lot of information because I was terrified." She also indicated several times that the FBI was tapping her telephone following the assassination. However, her February 1964 statement to the Dallas police states that she had no telephone at the time. Due to these contradictions and her controversial claims about Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, this oral history has generated some research interest over the years. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Mary Hollies Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Hollies. An employee of Scott Foresman publishers in 1963, Hollies worked on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building and occasionally rode the same bus as Lee Harvey Oswald. Her memories of Oswald and the day of the assassination differ from other eyewitnesses and her coworkers.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 18, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 34 minutes long.
Mary Hollies Oral History
01/18/2011
Oral histories
Eyewitnesses
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Hollies, Mary
Texas School Book Depository
Scott Foresman and Company
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
34 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.001.0003
Mary Hollies gave a statement to Dallas police detective W.E. Potts on February 18, 1964. It can be found here as part of the Dallas Municipal Archives: [Intelligence Report - Mary Hollies Interview, February 18, 1964] - Page 1 of 2 - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). In addition, her similar statement to the FBI, taken on March 19, 1964, is part of Warren Commission Exhibit No. 1381. Her 2011 oral history contradicts most of the details of her official statements, including what floor she was on at the time of the assassination and that she was not acquainted with Lee Harvey Oswald. During this 2011 interview, Hollies suggested that she knew Oswald, who asked her out on dates, and that she saw him carrying a package "almost as tall as him" on November 22, 1963 that Oswald said contained "fishing rods." When I shared with her one of her 1964 statements during this oral history, Hollies dismissed it and said, "I was hiding a lot of information because I was terrified." She also indicated several times that the FBI was tapping her telephone following the assassination. However, her February 1964 statement to the Dallas police states that she had no telephone at the time. Due to these contradictions and her controversial claims about Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, this oral history has generated some research interest over the years. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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