George Schrader Oral History

Object number1993.011.0002

Date02/09/1993

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject George Schrader

Oral history interviewer Wes Wise

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)
Duration: 65 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with George Schrader. Schrader served as Assistant City Manager for Dallas from 1966 to 1972 and City Manager from 1972 to 1981. He was actively involved in the Goals for Dallas program and numerous development and civic improvement projects in the years following the Kennedy assassination. Interview recorded at Mr. Schrader's office on February 9, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Nearly twenty-five years after this 1993 oral history, George Schrader was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Legacies Dallas History Conference at the Dallas Public Library. The Museum recorded Schrader's interview with Dallas historian Mike Hazel as part of our Oral History Project, and it may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Legacies 2018: A Conversation with George Schrader - YouTube. Mr. Schrader passed away on December 31, 2020. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator