Oral history interviews of the William E. Jenner and Indiana Politics Oral History Project, 1971-1974.

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Oral history interviews of the William E. Jenner and Indiana Politics Oral History Project, 1971-1974.

Focusing on the years in which Jenner served in the Indiana senate, interviewees are primarily Republican politicians or party functionaries during the mid-twentieth century.

Transcripts: 17 v.Sound recordings: 20 sound tape reels (ca. 60 min. each)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7677038

Indiana University

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