Corine Sutherland Oral History
Object number2019.001.0048
Date04/26/2019
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Corine Sutherland
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 22 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Corine Sutherland. Sutherland’s late father, Dr. Donald Sutherland, was at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963. Corine Sutherland, four years old at the time, has had an active research interest in the assassination for many years.
Interview conducted by telephone on April 26, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-two minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryCorine Sutherland's father, the late Dr. Donald Alexander Sutherland (1923-2005), worked at both St. Paul Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. At the time of the assassination, Sutherland, director of medical education at St. Paul Hospital, was having lunch with colleagues at Parkland when he heard the STAT call for surgeons in the Emergency room. Although Sutherland did not go down to the trauma center, he soon learned about the shooting in Dealey Plaza. In the early 1960s, he was acquainted with several prominent individuals, including Governor John Connally and conservative activist H.L. Hunt. - Stephen Fagin, Curator