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Jac Alder Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jac Alder. In 1961, Alder co-founded the historic Theatre Three in Dallas, which tackled controversial subjects including civil rights. He saw the Kennedy motorcade on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 29, 2012 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.
Jac Alder Oral History
10/29/2012
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 65 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2012.001.0091
Jac Alder passed away at the age of 80 on May 22, 2015. Upon his passing, Dallas PBS noted that Alder "may well have been the longest-serving original founder of a professional resident theater company in the country." A lengthy profile of Alder's life and career with images and a video link may be accessed here: Dallas Theater Leader Jac Alder Has Died | Art&Seek | Arts, Music, Culture for North Texas (artandseek.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Jac Alder Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jac Alder. In 1961, Alder co-founded the historic Theatre Three in Dallas, which tackled controversial subjects including civil rights. He saw the Kennedy motorcade on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 29, 2012 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.
Jac Alder Oral History
10/29/2012
Oral histories
Theater
Civil rights
Motorcade
Dallas
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Popular Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 65 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2012.001.0091
Jac Alder passed away at the age of 80 on May 22, 2015. Upon his passing, Dallas PBS noted that Alder "may well have been the longest-serving original founder of a professional resident theater company in the country." A lengthy profile of Alder's life and career with images and a video link may be accessed here: Dallas Theater Leader Jac Alder Has Died | Art&Seek | Arts, Music, Culture for North Texas (artandseek.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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