Nash & Taggart collection, 2004-2007.

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Nash & Taggart collection, 2004-2007.

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The collection consists of 84 recordings of interviews that authors Jere Nash and Andy Taggart conducted with 60 individuals in the process of conducting research for their book Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006 (University Press of Mississippi, 2006) and a subsequent 2008 edition. It also includes transcripts prepared for the authors for 38 of the recordings (warning note: researchers should only use the transcripts as a guide since spelling errors and other inaccuracies are frequent). Interviewees include governors, members of the U.S. Congress, state legislators, state officials, state party leaders, political candidates, staff members, lawyers, and lobbyists. The subject of discussions range from state political parties, national and state elections, individual politicians, educational reform, the state highway program, gambling, tort reform, and reapportionment. Includes references to: John Ed Ainsworth, Bill Allain, Reuben V. Anderson, Haley Barbour, Alvin J. Bronstein, Gil Carmichael, Hodding Carter, Rick Carter, Chales Clark, Eric Clark, Thad Cochran, Peggy Jean Connor, Danny E. Cupit, Maurice Dantin, Patricia M. Derian, Brad Dye, Wayne Edwards, Glenn Endris, Mike Espy, Charles Evers, Tim Ford, Tommy Gollott, Jack Gordon, Lanny Griffith, Lawrence Guyot, Steve Guyton, John H. Holloman, Charles Klumb, Joey Langston, Jerris Leonard, Scott Levanway, John Maxey, Charles McKellar, Leslie Burl McLemore, Neil R. McMillen, Buddy Medlin, Dick Molpus, Bob Montgomery, Mike Moore, William D. Mounger, Steve Patterson, John Pennebaker, Ed Perry, Crymes G. Pittman, Billy Powell, Clarke Reed, Jack Reed, Dickie Scruggs, Bill Spell, Gene Triggs, Sam Wagoner, Johnnie Walls, Thomas H. Walman, David Watkins, William F. Winter, Wirt A. Yerger, Joe Zucarro.

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University of Mississippi

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