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Jim Anderson Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Anderson. From 1984 to 2010, Anderson was the City of Dallas urban planner in charge of historic preservation. During his career he worked with a number of historic buildings in Dallas, including the Texas School Book Depository, the Old Red Courthouse and the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 25, 2015 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 55 minutes long.
Jim Anderson Oral History
02/25/2015
Oral histories
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
City of Dallas
Texas School Book Depository
Texas Theatre
Old Red Courthouse
Dallas
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0040
Hired by the City of Dallas in September 1984, Jim Anderson was the first urban planner to hold the position of Historic Preservation Planner. His title was later changed to Historic Preservation Officer. In 1991, Anderson had a unique connection to the filming of Oliver Stone's JFK in Dallas. The house next door to Anderson on historic Swiss Avenue in Dallas was briefly rented by the filmmaker and transformed into, as Anderson described it, "a Cuban drug house" for a scene in JFK. Anderson recalled, "They left the house as it was, in disrepair with cobwebs and dirt and dusty. They brought in an old bedroll and a pin-up picture of a little Cuban girl and like a bottle of rum or something there." Meanwhile, the home across from Anderson on Swiss Avenue served as a stand-in for the Oswalds' Fort Worth apartment. "There was an elderly woman who lived there, and she loved the 1960s," remembered Anderson. "They brought all these 1960s television and draperies and things... [and] they actually left some things behind for her." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Jim Anderson Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Anderson. From 1984 to 2010, Anderson was the City of Dallas urban planner in charge of historic preservation. During his career he worked with a number of historic buildings in Dallas, including the Texas School Book Depository, the Old Red Courthouse and the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 25, 2015 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 55 minutes long.
Jim Anderson Oral History
02/25/2015
Oral histories
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
City of Dallas
Texas School Book Depository
Texas Theatre
Old Red Courthouse
Dallas
Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0040
Hired by the City of Dallas in September 1984, Jim Anderson was the first urban planner to hold the position of Historic Preservation Planner. His title was later changed to Historic Preservation Officer. In 1991, Anderson had a unique connection to the filming of Oliver Stone's JFK in Dallas. The house next door to Anderson on historic Swiss Avenue in Dallas was briefly rented by the filmmaker and transformed into, as Anderson described it, "a Cuban drug house" for a scene in JFK. Anderson recalled, "They left the house as it was, in disrepair with cobwebs and dirt and dusty. They brought in an old bedroll and a pin-up picture of a little Cuban girl and like a bottle of rum or something there." Meanwhile, the home across from Anderson on Swiss Avenue served as a stand-in for the Oswalds' Fort Worth apartment. "There was an elderly woman who lived there, and she loved the 1960s," remembered Anderson. "They brought all these 1960s television and draperies and things... [and] they actually left some things behind for her." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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