Dr. William R. Beavers Oral History
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Dr. William R. Beavers Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. William R. Beavers. A psychiatrist at Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas, Beavers was at Parkland Memorial Hospital when the Kennedy assassination took place. Later, following the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, Beavers was hired by the Ruby family to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of Ruby. Beavers spent eleven hours with Ruby and was present for his polygraph test. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 8, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-eight minutes long.
Dr. William R. Beavers Oral History
05/08/2013
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 48 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0058
Dr. William R. Beavers passed away on October 24, 2019. The Museum's Dr. William R. Beavers Collection (2013.052), donated at the time of this oral history, includes nearly fifty items related to the psychiatric treatment of Jack Ruby in 1963-64. The collection includes reports, correspondence, clippings and other materials. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Shortly before the Jack Ruby trial, Dr. Beavers testified at the change-of-venue hearing in February 1964, which was an unsuccessful effort by Ruby's defense attorneys to move the high-profile trial outside of Dallas. Dr. Beavers' testimony can be read here in the change-of-venue transcript, volume 3: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/66756. His testimony runs ten pages total (page 559-569). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dr. William R. Beavers Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. William R. Beavers. A psychiatrist at Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas, Beavers was at Parkland Memorial Hospital when the Kennedy assassination took place. Later, following the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, Beavers was hired by the Ruby family to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of Ruby. Beavers spent eleven hours with Ruby and was present for his polygraph test. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 8, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-eight minutes long.
Dr. William R. Beavers Oral History
05/08/2013
Oral histories
Psychological studies
Psychiatry
Polygraph
Assassination
Trials
Jack Ruby trial
Beavers, Dr. William R.
Ruby, Jack
Ruby Family
Woodlawn Hospital
Parkland Hospital
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 48 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0058
Dr. William R. Beavers passed away on October 24, 2019. The Museum's Dr. William R. Beavers Collection (2013.052), donated at the time of this oral history, includes nearly fifty items related to the psychiatric treatment of Jack Ruby in 1963-64. The collection includes reports, correspondence, clippings and other materials. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Shortly before the Jack Ruby trial, Dr. Beavers testified at the change-of-venue hearing in February 1964, which was an unsuccessful effort by Ruby's defense attorneys to move the high-profile trial outside of Dallas. Dr. Beavers' testimony can be read here in the change-of-venue transcript, volume 3: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/66756. His testimony runs ten pages total (page 559-569). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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