/internal/media/dispatcher/74225/fullClara Hoffman Oral History06/25/2014Duration: 28 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2014.001.00840Videotaped oral history interview with Clara Hoffman. Hoffman was Director of Nursing at Parkland Memorial Hospital when new their new facility opened on Harry Hines Boulevard in 1954. While attending a conference in San Antonio, she saw President Kennedy during his visit to the city on November 21, 1963.
Interview conducted at [location] on June 25, 2014 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories653000E-100E-1043145Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Clara Hoffman. Hoffman was Director of Nursing at Parkland Memorial Hospital when their new facility opened on Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas in 1954. While attending a PTA state convention in San Antonio, she saw President Kennedy during his visit to the city on November 21, 1963.
Interview conducted at Town Village North Dallas retirement community on June 25, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-eight minutes long.Oral historiesNursesSan AntonioTrip to TexasParkland HospitalDallasSan AntonioParkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Clara Hoffman passed away on January 4, 2018 at the age of 96. In addition to Ms. Hoffman, the Museum recorded oral histories with three others who attended the same PTA state convention and observed the Kennedy motorcade in San Antonio: Ina B. King, Betty Jo Standridge and Marjorie Stipes. - Stephen Fagin, Curator