L.L. Patten oral history interview, 1971 Aug. 11.

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L.L. Patten oral history interview, 1971 Aug. 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727022

The collection consists of an oral history interview with L.L. Patten on August 11, 1971 in which he discusses Lint Miller; pardons; Marvin Griffin; Roy Harris; Rivers' financial supporters; the 1936 governors race; Patten's Senatorial race in 1936; Rivers' life after politics; political loyalties; Herndon's dissertation; 1936 supporters; Brick Blaylock; George Duckworth; John A. Boykin; Rivers' mausoleum; Rivers' newspaper; Eugene Lashley; Rivers in the legislature [this point is the start of the interview]; Jim Gillis and the highway department; Rivers and Gillis; Pattens appointment to the highway board; Lint Miller; reasons for split between Rivers and Miller; Miller's political ambitions; Rivers as an attorney; Rivers as a speaker; Ralph McGill's opinion of Rivers; Rivers' treatment of others; Rivers' last major speech; Marvin Griffin at Rivers' funeral; school buses; "little New Deal"; education reform; tax reform; corruption in the Rivers administration; the I.R.S.; Rivers' political enemies; Rivers' life after politics; Rivers' will; Rivers' family; and the creation of Lanier County.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...

Lashley, Eugene.

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Duckworth, Henry, 1894-

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Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 1895-1967

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Georgia. Governor (1937-1941 : Rivers)

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Miller, Lint.

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Boykin, John A., b. 1877.

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Patten, L. L. (Lawson Leo), b. 1896.

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Lawson Leo Patten (b.1896), served on the highway board during the Rivers administration from 1939-1940, Georgia House of Representatives (1927-1931), and Georgia Senate from the 6th District (1937-1938). From the description of L.L. Patten oral history interview, 1971 Aug. 11. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727022 ...

Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982

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Marvin Griffin (1907-1982), served as Georgia's Adjutant General (1944-1948), Lt. Governor (1949-1955), and Governor (1955-1959). From the description of Marvin Griffin oral history interview, 1971 Aug. 21. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38726988 Marvin Griffin (1907-1982), Georgia Adjutant General (1944-1948), Lt. Governor (1949-1955), and Georgia Governor (1955-1959). From the description of Marvin Griffin oral history interview, 1976 June. (Ge...

Harris, Roy Vincent, 1895-1985

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Herndon, Jane Walker, 1939-

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Gillis, James L., 1892-1975.

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James Lester (Jim L.) Gillis, also known as Mr. Jim, was born in Soperton, Georgia, on January 6, 1892, and died in Atlanta on March 31, 1975. He represented Montgomery County in the Georgia House of Representatives (1915-1917) and the Sixteenth District in the Georgia Senate (1923-1924), during which term he served as President Pro Tem. A long career on the State Highway Board began as a Member in 1937-1939, followed by several terms as Director under governors Herman Talmadge, Ernest Vandiver,...