/internal/media/dispatcher/73396/fullVincent Donnally Oral History10/11/2017Duration: 23 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2017.001.00900Videotaped oral history interview with Vincent Donnally. An altar boy at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Donnally served as an acolyte during the Funeral Mass for President Kennedy on Monday, November 25, 1963. Donnally’s late father, Dr. Reaumur Donnally, attended Harvard with John F. Kennedy and was his personal physician for several years.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 11, 2017 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 23 minutes long.Oral Histories653970E-100E-1052374Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Vincent Donnally. An altar boy at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Donnally served as an acolyte during the funeral Mass for President Kennedy on Monday, November 25, 1963. Donnally’s late father, Dr. Reaumur Donnally, attended Harvard with John F. Kennedy and was his personal physician for several years.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 11, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-three 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 historiesFuneralFuneral MassFuneral servicesMourningSt. Matthew's CathedralDallasWashington, D.C.Childhood Recollections (OHC)Kennedy Family Acquaintances (OHC)Kennedy Funeral (OHC)Part of this recording was incorporated into the video content of the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy. The exhibit was open on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. After the exhibit closed, the video associated with it was added to the Museum's YouTube channel: Mourning a President | Exhibit Video - YouTube. -- Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits ManagerShortly before participating in this videotaped oral history on October 11, 2017, Mr. Donnally recorded a telephone interview with The Sixth Floor Museum on September 26, 2017. Donnally's twin brother, Reaumur Donnally, was also an altar boy at St. Matthew's Cathedral during the Kennedy funeral. Reaumur Donnally recorded his own telephone oral history on the same day as his brother, September 26, 2017. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator