Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

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Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

Videotaped oral history with Dr. Kenneth Salyer. An internationally recognized pioneer in craniofacial surgery, Salyer is the founding chairman and director of the International Craniofacial Institute at Medical City Dallas Hospital. In 1963 Salyer was a first-year surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital and participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. His personal memories of the president's head wound do not correspond with subsequently published autopsy photographs.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 11, 2008 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and seventeen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

Date:

04/11/2008

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

77 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0022

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this oral history, Dr. Salyer participated in a videotaped public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 18, 2008. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

Videotaped oral history with Dr. Kenneth Salyer. An internationally recognized pioneer in craniofacial surgery, Salyer is the founding chairman and director of the International Craniofacial Institute at Medical City Dallas Hospital. In 1963 Salyer was a first-year surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital and participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. His personal memories of the president's head wound do not correspond with subsequently published autopsy photographs.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 11, 2008 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and seventeen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dr. Kenneth Salyer Oral History

Date:

04/11/2008

Terms:

Emergency room

Wounds

Doctors

Oral histories

Salyer, Kenneth Everett

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

77 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0022

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this oral history, Dr. Salyer participated in a videotaped public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 18, 2008. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator