Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

Object number2008.001.0022

Date04/11/2008

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Kenneth Salyer

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions77 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history with Dr. Kenneth Salyer. An internationally recognized pioneer in craniofacial surgery, Salyer is the founding chairman and director of the International Craniofacial Institute at Medical City Dallas Hospital. In 1963 Salyer was a first-year surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital and participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. His personal memories of the president's head wound do not correspond with subsequently published autopsy photographs. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 11, 2008 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and seventeen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

In addition to this oral history, Dr. Salyer participated in a videotaped public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 18, 2008. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator