Rodger Burson Oral History

Object number2002.001.0005

Date02/13/2002

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Rodger Burson

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

Oral history interviewer Arlinda Abbott

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions48 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Rodger Burson. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Rodger Burson worked on the first phase of the adaptive reuse of the Texas School Book Depository building after it was purchased by Dallas County in 1977. He was also part of early efforts to get state and national historical recognition for the Depository building. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 13, 2002 by Arlinda Abbott and Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-eight minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

This oral history with Rodger Burson concluded with a video walkthrough of the former Texas School Book Depository, including the two-story Dallas County Commissioners Courtroom that Burson designed in the late 1970s. In addition to this interview, Mr. Burson, joined by his wife Carolyn, participated in a follow-up oral history recorded on April 18, 2014. -- Stephen Fagin