Dr. Robert McClelland Oral History
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Dr. Robert McClelland Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Robert McClelland. An instructor in surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963, McClelland participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. He also assisted in the surgery of Governor John Connally and, less than two days later, the treatment of Lee Harvey Oswald. McClelland maintained a research interest in the assassination over the years and was frequently interviewed for book and documentary projects. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 10, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is two hours and five minutes long.
Dr. Robert McClelland Oral History
02/10/2011
Oral histories
Trauma Room One
Doctors
Emergency care
Emergency room
Medical team
Kennedy, John F.
Connally, John
Oswald, Lee Harvey
McClelland, Robert
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Perry, Malcolm O.
Jones, Ronald C.
Carrico, Charles J. "Jim"
Southwestern Medical School
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 125 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.001.0011
Dr. Robert McClelland's blood-stained shirt was put on public display for the first time as part of the Museum's "Two Days in Texas" exhibit (2023-2024). It may be found here in the collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73346. Dr. McClelland's handwritten statement of activities, part of the Museum's Parkland Hospital Collection, may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5133. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In addition to this lengthy 2011 recording, Dr. McClelland also participated in a Museum oral history ten years earlier in 2001 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21284). He returned to the Museum for a memorable public program alongside his Parkland Hospital colleague Dr. Ronald C. Jones in 2013. That discussion may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Parkland Trauma Room One Reunion - YouTube. Dr. McClelland passed away on September 10, 2019. In 2022, the McClelland family donated the blood-stained shirt that Dr. McClelland was wearing in Trauma Room One on November 22, 1963. Dr. McClelland references the shirt during this oral history. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dr. Robert McClelland Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Robert McClelland. An instructor in surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963, McClelland participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. He also assisted in the surgery of Governor John Connally and, less than two days later, the treatment of Lee Harvey Oswald. McClelland maintained a research interest in the assassination over the years and was frequently interviewed for book and documentary projects. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 10, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is two hours and five minutes long.
Dr. Robert McClelland Oral History
02/10/2011
Oral histories
Trauma Room One
Doctors
Emergency care
Emergency room
Medical team
Kennedy, John F.
Connally, John
Oswald, Lee Harvey
McClelland, Robert
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Perry, Malcolm O.
Jones, Ronald C.
Carrico, Charles J. "Jim"
Southwestern Medical School
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 125 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.001.0011
Dr. Robert McClelland's blood-stained shirt was put on public display for the first time as part of the Museum's "Two Days in Texas" exhibit (2023-2024). It may be found here in the collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73346. Dr. McClelland's handwritten statement of activities, part of the Museum's Parkland Hospital Collection, may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5133. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In addition to this lengthy 2011 recording, Dr. McClelland also participated in a Museum oral history ten years earlier in 2001 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21284). He returned to the Museum for a memorable public program alongside his Parkland Hospital colleague Dr. Ronald C. Jones in 2013. That discussion may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Parkland Trauma Room One Reunion - YouTube. Dr. McClelland passed away on September 10, 2019. In 2022, the McClelland family donated the blood-stained shirt that Dr. McClelland was wearing in Trauma Room One on November 22, 1963. Dr. McClelland references the shirt during this oral history. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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