/internal/media/dispatcher/75914/fullDr. Samuel Jernigan Oral History10/21/2015Duration: 11 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2015.001.01440Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Samuel Jernigan. Jernigan was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963. His offer to assist with President Kennedy’s treatment in Trauma Room One was declined by hospital personnel.
Interview conducted at The Bentley retirement home in Dallas on October 21, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eleven minutes long.Oral Histories724200E-100E-1045033Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Samuel Jernigan. Jernigan was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963. His offer to assist with President Kennedy’s treatment in Trauma Room One was declined by hospital personnel.
Interview conducted at The Bentley retirement home in Dallas on October 21, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eleven minutes long.Oral historiesDoctorsAssassinationTrauma Room OneHospital staffKennedy, John F.Parkland HospitalDallasParkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)I visited The Bentley retirement community in Dallas on three occasions in 2015. During this visit in October, I recorded oral histories with four residents, including Dr. Samuel Jernigan, a resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital at the time of the Kennedy assassination.
The woman visible in the reflection on the glass cabinet during this recording is the late Imogene Alexander, who was patiently waiting for her opportunity to record a brief oral history. Her interview may be found here: Imogene Alexander Oral History – Search "imogene alexander" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Dr. Samuel C. Jernigan passed away on January 1, 2017 at the age of 87. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorSince 2010, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza has actively engaged in community outreach to grow the institution's ongoing Oral History Project. Unlike the one-on-one interviews recorded onsite at the Museum or via Zoom or telephone, community outreach recordings are typically brief, on-the-spot reflections of President Kennedy and the weekend of the assassination that, on average, run between five to fifteen minutes. During a typical outreach visit to a retirement home, church or community center, I give a half-hour presentation about the assassination and the Museum's project and encourage those in attendance to add their voices to this tapestry of living memory. Following the program, somewhat like a doctor's office, I call on volunteers to sit down with me one-on-one, one after another to briefly share their memories. These impromptu recordings have, over the years, uncovered a wealth of untold stories and hidden gems. Among the dozens of everyday memories of hearing about the Kennedy assassination at work, in a restaurant or at school, are a number of Kennedy motorcade spectators, Parkland Hospital personnel, attendees of the Fort Worth breakfast or Dallas Trade Mart luncheon, acquaintances of Jack Ruby, Peace Corps volunteers, civil rights activists and even one local FBI agent, long since retired from the Bureau. It has been an honor to record these and other unique stories related to the life, death and legacy of President Kennedy and the broader history and culture of the 1960s. If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and are interested in scheduling an oral history outreach visit for your retirement community or organization, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Curator