Downing Musgrove oral history interview, 1971 Aug 11.

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Downing Musgrove oral history interview, 1971 Aug 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727003

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Downing Musgrove on August 11, 1971 in which he discusses E.D. Rivers; tax structures; Rivers as a lawyer; Musgrove's relationship with Rivers; the "4 R's" campaign; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Walter George; the 1938 governor's race; Jim Gillis; the Atlanta press' treatment of Rivers; Gologly (pardons); Governor Cox; the prison system in Georgia; pardons; the Depression's effect on the prison system; the Depression in Atlanta; the origins of the Rivers faction; Eugene Talmadge; the Rivers faction; Rivers as a speaker; Rivers' abilities as a courtroom lawyer; River' honesty; the 1934 governor's race; Rivers' relationship with Assembly; reasons for Rivers entry into the 1946 governors race; three-governor controversy; Rivers' counties; and campaigning under the county unit system.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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Downing Musgrove (1911- ), lawyer, served as secretary to Governor E.D. Rivers from 1937-1940, and later in Georgia House of Representatives. From the description of Downing Musgrove oral history interview, 1971 Aug 11. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727003 Downing Musgrove (1911- ), executive secretary to Georgia Governor E.D. Rivers (1937-1940) and Georgia House of Representatives (1951-1960). From the description of Downing Musgrove oral his...