[Georgia's Political Heritage Program]. 1984-2008.
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Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907- ), Georgia Governor (1943-1947). From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1971 July 24 and September 16. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38726976 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1976 July 6. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476301 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1977 July 27. (Georgia State University). WorldCat r...
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
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Miller, Zell, 1932-
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Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925-
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Weltner, Charles Longstreet
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Charles Weltner, U.S. House of Representatives (1963-1967), Fulton County Superior Court Judge (1963-1967), and Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1981-1991). From the description of Charles Longstreet Weltner oral history interviews, 1986 July 9 and 17. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477735 U.S. representative, lawyer, and judge, of Atlanta, Ga.; b. 1927. From the description of Papers, 1950-1991. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCa...
Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007
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Thomas Bailey Murphy (1924-2007), was born on March 10, 1924 in Bremen, Georgia to Leta Jones and William Harvey Murphy. Thomas was the youngest of four boys. Murphy's political philosophy was shaped by his Primitive Baptist religion, growing up during the Great Depression, and serving in the Pacific during World War Two. Tom Murphy was a good student and held a number of jobs during his youth, including newspaper carrier, movie usher, and soda jerk. He graduated from high school at...
West Georgia College. Georgia's Political Heritage Program.
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Georgia's Political Heritage Program has its roots in a meeting that took place between politicians Newt Gingrich and Herman Talmadge in the early 1980s. On learning that Talmadge was unhappy with the way his papers were being handled at the University of Georgia, Gingrich suggested The University of West Georgia (known as West Georgia College at the time), with Dr. Mel Steely taking the lead, as a repository for Talmadge's oral history. Professor Steely brought the idea to university president ...
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-
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Mattingly, Mack, 1931-
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Mack F. Mattingly (1931- ), Georgia business executive, United States Senator (1981-1986), and United States Ambassador (1987-1993), born in Anderson, Indiana. From the description of Mack F. Mattingly papers, 1964-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477802 ...
