Physician's lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital
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Physician's lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital
White physician’s lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963. The white button-up coat has long sleeves and a collar. Dr. Jones' name is embroidered on the front, above the breast pocket. Jones was the chief surgery resident in Parkland Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room on November 22, 1963. He was among the team of doctors that tried to resuscitate President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. Less than forty-eight hours later, Jones was part of the surgical team that treated Lee Harvey Oswald. Dr. Jones owned two identical white lab coats at the time of the assassination, donating both to the Museum.
Physician's lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital
1963
Cloth
Other: 43 × 20 in. (109.2 × 50.8 cm)Other (Sleeve to Sleeve): 49 in. (124.5 cm)
Dr. Ronald Coy Jones Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2017.007.0001
Dr. Ronald C. Jones recorded his activities on November 22, 1963 in a written statement that may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5137.
A longtime Museum friend, Dr. Ronald C. Jones was the chief surgery resident in Parkland Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room at the time of the assassination. He was part of the team of doctors who treated both President Kennedy on November 22 and his accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, on November 24, 1963. Dr. Jones owned two white lab coats and two pairs of work shoes at the time, and he decided to keep them following the extraordinary events of the assassination weekend. Unfortunately, Jones could not recall which coat and which pair of shoes he had on during the treatment of Kennedy and Oswald. Therefore, he saved everything and donated two coats and four shoes to our Museum in 2017. Previously, one of his coats and one pair of shoes was displayed on loan from Dr. Jones in a special Museum lobby exhibit, "Parkland Hospital: Voices from History," from November 2005 to October 2006. Of all of the Parkland physicians involved in the assassination story, Dr. Jones has been among the most generous with his time over the years. He recorded oral histories with the Museum in 1997 and 2012, and he participated in several public and private programs between 2005 and 2013. His most memorable program, a 2013 panel featuring Jones alongside Dr. Robert McClelland, may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Parkland Trauma Room One Reunion - YouTube. His longtime friend and colleague, Robert McClelland, also saved clothing from the day of the assassination. Unlike Jones, McClelland did not have time to change into his white lab coat, so he assisted in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One wearing a suit. He kept his blood-stained dress shirt, which the McClelland family donated to the Museum in 2022 following Dr. McClelland's passing in 2019. The shirt may be seen here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73346 -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Physician's lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital
White physician’s lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1963. The white button-up coat has long sleeves and a collar. Dr. Jones' name is embroidered on the front, above the breast pocket. Jones was the chief surgery resident in Parkland Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room on November 22, 1963. He was among the team of doctors that tried to resuscitate President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. Less than forty-eight hours later, Jones was part of the surgical team that treated Lee Harvey Oswald. Dr. Jones owned two identical white lab coats at the time of the assassination, donating both to the Museum.
Physician's lab coat worn by Dr. Ronald C. Jones at Parkland Memorial Hospital
1963
Doctors
Hospital staff
Hospitals
Clothing
Jones, Ronald C.
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Cloth
Other: 43 × 20 in. (109.2 × 50.8 cm)Other (Sleeve to Sleeve): 49 in. (124.5 cm)
Dr. Ronald Coy Jones Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2017.007.0001
Dr. Ronald C. Jones recorded his activities on November 22, 1963 in a written statement that may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5137.
A longtime Museum friend, Dr. Ronald C. Jones was the chief surgery resident in Parkland Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room at the time of the assassination. He was part of the team of doctors who treated both President Kennedy on November 22 and his accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, on November 24, 1963. Dr. Jones owned two white lab coats and two pairs of work shoes at the time, and he decided to keep them following the extraordinary events of the assassination weekend. Unfortunately, Jones could not recall which coat and which pair of shoes he had on during the treatment of Kennedy and Oswald. Therefore, he saved everything and donated two coats and four shoes to our Museum in 2017. Previously, one of his coats and one pair of shoes was displayed on loan from Dr. Jones in a special Museum lobby exhibit, "Parkland Hospital: Voices from History," from November 2005 to October 2006. Of all of the Parkland physicians involved in the assassination story, Dr. Jones has been among the most generous with his time over the years. He recorded oral histories with the Museum in 1997 and 2012, and he participated in several public and private programs between 2005 and 2013. His most memorable program, a 2013 panel featuring Jones alongside Dr. Robert McClelland, may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Parkland Trauma Room One Reunion - YouTube. His longtime friend and colleague, Robert McClelland, also saved clothing from the day of the assassination. Unlike Jones, McClelland did not have time to change into his white lab coat, so he assisted in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One wearing a suit. He kept his blood-stained dress shirt, which the McClelland family donated to the Museum in 2022 following Dr. McClelland's passing in 2019. The shirt may be seen here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73346 -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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