George Schrader Oral History

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Videotaped 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.

Object Details

Object title:

George Schrader Oral History

Date:

02/09/1993

Terms:

Public officials

Oral histories

Schrader, George

City of Dallas

Dallas

Community Leaders (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 65 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0002

Curatorial Note:

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