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"Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" Program
"Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" Program

"Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" Program

Object number2013.001.0117
Date09/24/2013
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Ronald C. Jones
Oral history interview subject Robert N. McClelland
Oral history interviewer John McCaa
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 63 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped public program entitled "Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" with Dr. Ronald C. Jones and Dr. Robert N. McClelland. This program, moderated by Dallas broadcaster John McCaa, brought together two of the physicians who treated President Kennedy in Trauma Room One at Parkland Memorial Hospital following the assassination on November 22, 1963. Public program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 24, 2013. The program is one hour and three minutes.
Curatorial Commentary
Program moderator John McCaa, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, was news anchor at Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA-TV from 1984 to 2019. As of 2023, he is a member of the board of the Dallas County Historical Foundation which oversees The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Drs. Jones and McClelland individually recorded oral histories with the Museum on multiple occasions. Dr. Jones recorded interviews in 1997 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/17293) and 2012 and also participated in several Museum programs over the years. Dr. McClelland, who passed away on September 10, 2019, recorded interviews with the Museum in 2001 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21284) and 2011 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/33003).

 Dr. McClelland's handwritten statement of activities from November 22, 1963 may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5133. Dr. Jones's handwritten statement (dated November 23, 1963) is here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5137.

Longtime friends of The Sixth Floor Museum, Drs. Jones and McClelland both made significant donations to the Museum, including clothing that they were wearing in Trauma Room One during the treatment of President Kennedy. - Stephen Fagin, Curator