Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History

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Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History

Audio recorded oral history interview with Dr. Earl F. Rose. A distinguished forensic pathologist, Rose served as Dallas County medical examiner from 1963 to 1968. In that capacity, he performed autopsies on Officer J.D. Tippit, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby. He would also have performed President Kennedy's autopsy had his body not been taken immediately back to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted via telephone on November 8, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History

Date:

11/08/2005

Medium:

CD

Dimensions:

68 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0035

Curatorial Note:

Several eyewitnesses at Parkland Memorial Hospital have shared over the years that Dr. Rose was involved in a heated argument and physical struggle with Secret Service agents over the president's remains since, according to state law, the president's body legally could not leave the state without an autopsy having been performed. When asked about this during his 2005 oral history, Rose denied that any confrontation took place. Dr. Rose passed away on May 1, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History

Audio recorded oral history interview with Dr. Earl F. Rose. A distinguished forensic pathologist, Rose served as Dallas County medical examiner from 1963 to 1968. In that capacity, he performed autopsies on Officer J.D. Tippit, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby. He would also have performed President Kennedy's autopsy had his body not been taken immediately back to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted via telephone on November 8, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History

Date:

11/08/2005

Terms:

Autopsy

Oral histories

Ruby, Jack

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Tippit, J.D.

Rose, Earl F.

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

CD

Dimensions:

68 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0035

Curatorial Note:

Several eyewitnesses at Parkland Memorial Hospital have shared over the years that Dr. Rose was involved in a heated argument and physical struggle with Secret Service agents over the president's remains since, according to state law, the president's body legally could not leave the state without an autopsy having been performed. When asked about this during his 2005 oral history, Rose denied that any confrontation took place. Dr. Rose passed away on May 1, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator