Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1977 July 27.

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Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1977 July 27.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Ellis Gibbs Arnall on July 27, 1977 in which he discusses his lecture and book enterprises; endorsement of Helen Douglas Mankin for Congress in special election; succession amendment; Mankin's personal characteristics; political establishment; Wiley Moore; Bill Hartsfield; Mankin as political maverick; Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of Britain; campaign financing; establishment reaction to Mankin; authority to certify candidates changed from Governor to Secretary of State; county unit system; Mankin's approach to politics; changing politics of South; Mankin as trailblazer; Jimmy Carter; and blacks, women and equality.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403226

Georgia State University

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