Adlene Harrison Oral History
Object number2009.001.0072
Date09/10/2009
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Adlene Harrison
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions69 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Adlene Harrison. The first female mayor of Dallas (1976) and later the first chairman of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (1981-1986), Harrison was the only female member of the City of Dallas Planning Commission in 1963. She and her husband attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day of the assassination.
Interview conducted at Ms. Harrison's home on September 10, 2009 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and nine minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAlthough historically considered the first female mayor Dallas, Adlene Harrison was not elected to that position. When Mayor Wes Wise (1971-76) resigned from office to run, unsucessfully, for U.S. Congress in 1976, Harrison briefly became the city's acting mayor. By the end of that year, Robert Folsom (1976-81) had been elected mayor. Several years later, with fifty-six percent of the vote, Annette Strauss (1987-91) became the first woman elected to the office of mayor of Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Dallas Police Department
11/24/1963
