John P. Schreitmueller Oral History

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Videotaped 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.

Object Details

Object title:

John P. Schreitmueller Oral History

Date:

02/09/2018

Terms:

Oral histories

Author

Student

Aviation

Astronauts

Space program

Dallas

Connecticut

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Space Program (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 53 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0016

Curatorial Note:

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