Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald

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Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald

Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald from Parkland Memorial Hospital dated Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald was admitted to Parkland after Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot the accussed assassin during a jail transfer.The top portion of the form records Oswald's personal information, followed by information about the surgery. The bottom portion of the page includes a "Clinical Evaluation," followed by a narrative "Description of Operation" that continues onto the back side of the page. "Tom Shires, M.D." is typed at the bottom of the page.

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Object title:

Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Surgery

Doctors

Medical team

Medical records

Shires, George Thomas "Tom"

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Parkland Hospital

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Credit line:

Parkland Hospital Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.001.0010.0007

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Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald

Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald from Parkland Memorial Hospital dated Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald was admitted to Parkland after Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot the accussed assassin during a jail transfer.The top portion of the form records Oswald's personal information, followed by information about the surgery. The bottom portion of the page includes a "Clinical Evaluation," followed by a narrative "Description of Operation" that continues onto the back side of the page. "Tom Shires, M.D." is typed at the bottom of the page.

Object Details
Object title:

Typed Operative Record form for Lee Harvey Oswald

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Surgery

Doctors

Medical team

Medical records

Shires, George Thomas "Tom"

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Credit line:

Parkland Hospital Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.001.0010.0007

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