/internal/media/dispatcher/66470/fullRodger Burson Oral History02/13/200248 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2002.001.00050Videotaped oral history interview with Rodger Burson -- Mr. Burson served as the chief architect for the renovation that turned the Texas School Book Depository into the Dallas County Administration Building after the County purchased the building in the 1970s. This interview also includes a brief guided tour with Mr. Burson of five floors of the building.Oral Histories6433321464Oral historyVideotaped 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.
Oral historiesAdams, LindalynHunt, ConoverShook, C. JudsonBurson, RogerTexas School Book DepositoryDallasHistory of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)Rodger Burson passed away on May 14, 2025. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerThis 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