/internal/media/dispatcher/75315/fullRobert Mayer Oral History07/22/2004Duration: 59 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.001.00300Videotaped oral history interview with Robert Mayer. A politically active Democrat in Dallas, Mayer campaigned for John F. Kennedy and helped organize his 1960 visit to the city. In 1963, he lobbied for tickets for local Kennedy supporters to the bipartisan Dallas Trade Mart luncheon, which he attended on the day of the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 22, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.Oral Histories6451626054Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Robert Mayer. A politically active Democrat in Dallas, Mayer campaigned for John F. Kennedy and helped organize his 1960 visit to the city. In 1963, he lobbied for tickets for local Kennedy supporters to the bipartisan Dallas Trade Mart luncheon, which he attended on the day of the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 22, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.Dallas1960 presidential electionElectionsTrade Mart luncheonCampaignPresidential campaignKennedy supporterOral historiesKennedy, John F.Mayer, RobertCommunity Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)1960 Campaign (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)A noted petroleum engineer, businessman and political activist in Dallas, Robert Mayer passed away on March 30, 2018 at the age of 95. - Stephen Fagin, Curator