John P. Schreitmueller Oral History

Object number2018.001.0016

Date02/09/2018

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject John P. Schreitmueller

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 53 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with John P. Schreitmueller. An elementary school student in Connecticut in 1963, Schreitmueller has maintained a lifelong interest in aviation. He is the author of Of Dreams and Astronauts (1989), a personal narrative about growing up during the U.S. manned space program in the 1960s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 9, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Schreitmueller's 1989 memoir, Of Dreams and Astronauts, won the 1990 Award of Excellence from the Aviation/Space Writers Association. It may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Koha | Details for Of dreams and astronauts (bibliovation.com). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator