Downing Musgrove oral history interviews, 1988 Oct. 1-2.

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Downing Musgrove oral history interviews, 1988 Oct. 1-2.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477704

The collection consists of oral history interviews with Downing Musgrove on October 1-2, 1988 in which he discusses helping E.D. River's 1932 election; resistance to New Deal programs; old age pension clubs; River's 1936 election; River's programs and financial problems; Lint Miller; River's character; Rivers as campaigner; River's differences with Atlanta newspapers; education; county unit system; experience as a legislative page; Roy Harris; campaign managers; women in River's campaigns; 1946 governor's race; political positions held by Musgrove; the Highway Commission; Corridor Z; Presidential Parkway; importance of roads to politics; Jim Gillis; Red Townsend; and three-governor controversy.

6 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (184 p.)

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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