S. Ernest Vandiver oral history interviews, 1986 Mar. 20 and July 28.

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S. Ernest Vandiver oral history interviews, 1986 Mar. 20 and July 28.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477603

The collection consists of oral history interviews with S. Ernest Vandiver on March 20 and July 28, 1986 in which he discusses his childhood; Camp Dixie for Boys; appointment to Adjutant General; 1954 Lt. Governor's campaign; John Greer; Bill Dean; Billy Barrett; Rural Roads Program; Koinonia Farm; 1958 governor's race; Bill Bodenhamer; T.V. "Red" Williams; "No not one" pledge; anti-corruption measures; Billy Bowden; Dixon Oxford; Jim Gillis; Charles Collier; George Hearn; Ray Shirley; Bob Jordan; George L. Smith; Frank Twitty; Carl Sanders; relationship with state legislature and federal judiciary; Southern Democrats for Kennedy; Martin Luther King, Jr's 1960 arrest and release; integration of University of Georgia; Sibley Commission; Garland Byrd; Marvin Griffin; Senator Richard Russell; thoughts about entering 1966 governor's race.

3 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (73 p.)

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