Crawford Pilcher oral history interview, 1993 Feb. 23.

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Crawford Pilcher oral history interview, 1993 Feb. 23.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477716

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Crawford Pilcher on February 23, 1993 in which he discusses his personal background; "Little New Deal" under Governor Rivers; the Rivers administration; Cocking affair; Pilcher as Assistant Attorney General; railroad freight case; Fred Hand; Jimmy Pippin; the Henry Grady Hotel; Roy Harris; Ham Lokey; Jack Ray; James Carmichael; Eugene Talmadge; three-governor controversy; Henry Duckworth; Talmadges' campaign for governor; Bill Hartsfield; county unit system; Marvin Thompson; Georgia Power and Light rate inequity; SEC; Federal Power Commission; NARUC (National Association of Rural Utility Companies); Southern Natural Gas lawsuit; Georgia Power rate case; Southern Bell rates; Knowles Davis; Properties Commission; Southern Railroad; Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association; 1968 Democratic National Convention; leaving Democratic party; and Smyrna Federal Savings and Loan.

1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (66 p.)

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404398

Georgia State University

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