Descriptive Summary |
7 | Collection Description |
Administrative Information |
Related Materials and Subjects |
Series Descriptions and Folder Listing |
ROGP 000-01 Bob Short on Lester Maddox 2006 |
ROGP 000-02 George Berry on James Carmichael 2006 |
ROGP 000-03 Zell Miller 2006 October 24 |
ROGP 000-04 Bob Short 2007 December 10 |
ROGP 000-05 Bob Short 2008 February 11 |
ROGP 000-06 Pete Wheeler 2007 April 1 |
ROGP 000-07 Bob Short on the three governors controversy 2007 |
ROGP 000-08 Bob Short on the 1962 gubernatorial race 2007 |
ROGP 000-09 Bob Short on the Herman Talmadge-Zell Miller debates 2007 |
ROGP 000-10 Carl Sanders and Norman Underwood on George Busbee 2007 |
ROGP 001 Bruce Russell and Earl Leonard on Richard B. Russell, Jr. 2006 August 31 |
ROGP 002 T. Rogers Wade on Herman Talmadge 2006 September 7 |
ROGP 003 Religion and Politics forum 2006 September 14 |
ROGP 004 Bill Shipp 2006 September 28 |
ROGP 005 Carl Sanders 2006 October 1 |
ROGP 006 Ed Jenkins 2006 October 5 |
ROGP 007 Joe Frank Harris 2006 November 2 |
ROGP 008 Roy Barnes 2006 November 16 |
ROGP 009 Carlton Colwell and Eric Holmes on Politics and Lobbying 2007 January 12 |
ROGP 010 Bubba McDonald on Tom Murphy 2007 January 16 |
ROGP 011 Bert Lance 2007 January 25 |
ROGP 012 Nathan Deal 2007 February 1 |
ROGP 013 Betty Vandiver and Jane Kidd 2007 February 9 |
ROGP 014 Mack Mattingly 2007 February 15 |
ROGP 015 Griffin Bell 2007 February 22 |
ROGP 016 Leroy Johnson 2007 February 27 |
ROGP 017 Sam Griffin on Marvin Griffin 2007 April 1 |
ROGP 018 Johnny Isakson 2007 April 4 |
ROGP 019 Saxby Chambliss 2007 April 16 |
ROGP 020 Cathy Cox 2008 January 10 |
ROGP 021 David Gambrell 2008 January 24 |
ROGP 022 Nancy Schaefer 2008 April 9 |
ROGP 023 Herb Mabry 2008 April 14 |
ROGP 024 Tommy Irvin 2008 April 17 |
ROGP 025 Terry Coleman 2008 April 24 |
ROGP 026 Bubba McDonald 2008 May 1 |
ROGP 027 Mike Bowers 2008 May 7 |
ROGP 028 Larry Walker 2008 May 14 |
ROGP 029 Norman Underwood 2008 May 15 |
ROGP 030 Joel Cowan 2008 May 15 |
ROGP 031 Richard Guthman 2008 May 22 |
ROGP 032 Doug Barnard 2008 May 28 |
ROGP 033 Ned Young 2008 June 2 |
ROGP 034 James Tysinger 2008 June 5 |
ROGP 035 Buddy Darden 2008 June 18 |
ROGP 036 Chip Carter, III 2008 June 23 |
ROGP 037 Ed Jenkins 2008 July 07 |
ROGP 038 John Blackmon 2008 July 8 |
ROGP 039 Michael Thurmond 2008 July 21 |
ROGP 040 James L. Gillis, Jr. 2008 July 25 |
ROGP 041 Hugh Gillis 2008 July 25 |
ROGP 042 Elliott Levitas 2008 August 1 |
ROGP 043 Bill Stuckey 2008 August 11 |
ROGP 044 Bobby Rowan 2008 August 19 |
ROGP 045 Dawson Mathis 2008 August 20 |
ROGP 046 Sam Massell 2008 August 22 |
ROGP 047 John C. Foster 2008 August 25 |
ROGP 048 Betty Sanders 2008 September 3 |
ROGP 049 Helen Lewis 2008 September 15 |
ROGP 050 Eunice Mixon 2008 October 2 |
ROGP 051 Betty Vandiver 2008 October 3 |
ROGP 052 Jim Minter 2008 October 6 |
ROGP 053 Erwin Mitchell 2008 October 20 |
ROGP 054 Ben Blackburn 2008 October 29 |
ROGP 055 Louise McBee 2008 November 3 |
ROGP 056 Mary Anne Summers 2008 November 5 |
ROGP 057 Keith Mason 2008 November 18 |
ROGP 058 David Poythress 2008 December 8 |
ROGP 059 Thurbert Baker 2008 December 8 |
2 | ROGP 060 Harold Murphy 2008 December 15 |
ROGP 061 Shirley Miller 2008 December 16 |
ROGP 062 Wyche Fowler 2008 December 18 |
1 | ROGP 063 Millard Grimes 2009 January 7 |
ROGP 064 Carlton Colwell 2009 January 14 |
ROGP 065 Jim Martin 2009 January 21 |
ROGP 066 Eric Tanenblatt 2009 January 21 |
ROGP 067 George Hooks 2009 January 27 |
1 | ROGP 068 Glenn Anthony 2009 January 29 |
ROGP 069 Marie Barnes 2009 January 29 |
ROGP 070 Harold G. Clarke 2009 February 2 |
ROGP 071 George Berry 2009 February 2 |
ROGP 072 Ed Johnson 2009 February 3 |
ROGP 073 DuBose Porter 2009 February 24 |
ROGP 074 George T. Smith 2009 February 25 |
ROGP 075 Fletcher Thompson 2009 April 6 |
ROGP 076 Aubrey Morris 2009 April 8 |
ROGP 077 Lewis Massey 2009 April 16 |
ROGP 078 Charles Campbell 2009 May 14 |
ROGP 079 Max Cleland 2009 May 5 |
ROGP 080 Bob Holmes 2009 May 13 |
ROGP 081 Steve Wrigley 2009 May 20 |
ROGP 082 Bill Lee 2009 June 5 |
ROGP 083 J. Roy Rowland 2009 June 30 |
ROGP 084 Bobby Kahn 2009 August 21 |
ROGP 085 Tyrone Brooks 2009 September 2 |
ROGP 086 Lonnie King 2009 September 28 |
ROGP 087 Tom Houck 2009 September 28 |
ROGP 088 Willie Bolden 2009 October 7 |
ROGP 089 Matt Towery 2009 October 16 |
ROGP 090 Pierre Howard 2009 November 16 |
ROGP 091 Chuck Clay 2009 November 17 |
ROGP 092 McCracken Poston 2009 November 24 |
ROGP 093 Harry Dixon 2009 December 1 |
ROGP 094 Ford Spinks 2009 December 2 |
ROGP 095 Powell Moore 2009 December 8 |
ROGP 096 Hank Huckaby 2009 December 8 |
ROGP 097 Chuck Clay 2009 December 16 |
ROGP 098 Stephanie Benfield 2009 December 18 |
ROGP 099 Mary Margaret Oliver 2009 December 18 |
ROGP 100 Peter Banks 2010 January 29 |
ROGP 101 Dan Ebersole 2010 February 1 |
ROGP 102 Dick Pettys 2010 February 1 |
ROGP 103 Reid Harris 2010 February 8 |
ROGP 104 Reg Murphy 2010 February 9 |
ROGP 105 Cynthia Wright 2010 Feburary 17 |
ROGP 106 Cathey Steinberg 2010 February 24 |
ROGP 107 Betty Vandiver 2010 February 25 |
ROGP 108 Jane Kidd 2010 February 25 |
ROGP 109 Milton Jones 2010 March 19 |
ROGP 110 Tom Buck 2010 March 31 |
ROGP 111 Carol Jackson 2010 June 3 |
ROGP 112 Forrest Burson 2010 June 16 |
ROGP 113 Wayne Garner 2010 June 16 |
ROGP 114 Jack Etheridge 2010 June 30 |
1 | ROGP 115 Bob Cohn 2010 June 30 |
ROGP 116 Kathy Ashe 2010 July 14 |
ROGP 117 Harry Geisinger 2010 July 14 |
ROGP 118 Bob Shaw 2010 July 28 |
ROGP 119 Mary Beazley 2010 July 28 |
ROGP 120 Jimmy Paulk 2010 September 29 |
1 | ROGP 121 Rusty Paul 2010 October 27 |
ROGP 122 Ron Fennel 2010 November 17 |
ROGP 123 Don Johnson 2010 November 29 |
ROGP 124 Bill Jordan 2010 December 8 |
ROGP 125 Nan Orrock 2010 December 15 |
ROGP 126 T. Rogers Wade 2011 January 28 |
ROGP 127 Tom Baxter 2011 January 28 |
ROGP 128 Karen Handel 2011 April 4 |
ROGP 129 Ralph Reed 2011 July 15 |
ROGP 130 David Morrison 2011 September 19 |
ROGP 131 Abit Massey 2011 September 19 |
ROGP 132 Laughlin McDonald 2012 February 6 |
ROGP 133 Julian Bond 2012 February 27 |
ROGP 134 Bill Stephens 2012 May 2 |
ROGP 136 Roy Moultrie 2012 May 4 |
ROGP 137 Lindsay Thomas 2012 May 4 |
ROGP 138 Doug Teper 2012 May 9 |
1 | ROGP 139 John Lewis 2012 May 12 |
ROGP 140 Eva Galambos 2012 June 26 |
ROGP 141 Marti Fullerton 2012 July 11 |
ROGP 142 Sadie Fields 2012 August 29 |
ROGP 143 Margaret Holliman 2012 October 27 |
ROGP 144 Andrew Young 2012 October 31 |
ROGP 145 Billy Lovett 2012 November 7 |
ROGP 146 Bill Hardman 2013 February 4 |
ROGP 147 Bill Shipp 2013 March 20 |
ROGP 148 George Berry on James Carmichael 2013 April 6 |
ROGP 149 Ray Moore 2013 April 23 |
ROGP 150 Dick Yarbrough 2013 June 12 |
ROGP 151 Casey Cagle 2013 July 31 |
ROGP 152 Frank Albert 2013 October 21 |
ROGP 153 Andrew Young 2014 July 28 |
ROGP 154 Garland Pinholster 2014 August 20 |
ROGP 155 Johnny Isakson 2014 August 29 |
ROGP 156 Ray Holland 2014 October 1 |
ROGP 157 Jay Beck 2015 January 28 |
ROGP 158 Phil Wise 2015 January 28 |
ROGP 159 Sam Doss 2015 May 6 |
ROGP 160 Charlie Graves 2015 May 6 |
ROGP 161 Stacey Abrams 2015 June 9 |
ROGP 162 Frank Moore 2015 June 10 |
ROGP 163 Stacey Abrams 2015 August 25 |
ROGP 164 Jack Watson 2015 November 11 |
ROGP 165 Marion Pope 2016 January 29 |
ROGP 166 Eric Johnson 2016 April 05 |
ROGP 167 Wesley Dunn 2016 May 25 |
ROGP 168 Oliver Welch 2016 July 20 |
ROGP 169 Roland McElroy 2017 November 15 |
Descriptive Summary | |
Title: Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection | |
Creator: Short, Charles Robert, 1932- | |
Inclusive Dates: 2006-2016 | |
Language(s): English | |
Extent: 169 interview(s) | |
Collection Number: RBRL220ROGP | |
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies | |
Abstract: The Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection consists of interviews with politically prominent Georgians conducted by Bob Short since 2007. Interviewees include former governors, members of both the U.S. and Georgia Congresses, secretaries of state, lobbyists, journalists, lawyers, activists, and relatives of prominent politicians. Included with these oral histories are a few public programs recorded at Young Harris College in 2006-2007. Most interviews were recorded in the homes and offices of interviewees or in the Bob Short Oral History Studio at the University of Georgia. The conversations cover many topics at the intersection of politics and public life in modern Georgia, with a particular strength in gubernatorial contests, the Civil Rights movement, reapportionment, the development of Atlanta, the rise of the Republican party in Georgia, political journalism, and the interaction between religion and politics. |
Charles Robert "Bob" Short was born in Clayton, Georgia on April 17, 1932 and educated at Young Harris College, Georgia Southern University and the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. Upon discharge from the Air Force in 1956 he began his career as a sports writer for the Atlanta Journal, and then served in various capacities in the administrations of Georgia Governors Marvin Griffin, Ernest Vandiver, and Carl Sanders. Short coordinated the campaign of Jimmy Carter when Carter ran for governor of Georgia in 1966, and then worked as press secretary for Carter's opponent in that race, Governor Lester Maddox, in 1967 and 1968. In 1968 he was appointed regional director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness -- the forerunner of FEMA-- by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Entering the private sector in the early 1970s, Short worked for Hoffman LaRoche and Hospital Corporation of America, and for his own firm, Investmart, Inc., a marketing consulting business. Short remained active politically, consulting on a limited scale and serving as special assistant to Governor and Senator Zell Miller and Senator Johnny Isakson. Retired to Blairsville, Georgia, Short wrote the only biography of Lester Maddox, Everything is Pickrick (Mercer University Press, 1999), which won him the title "Author of the Year" from the Georgia Writers Association. In 2006 he began a lecture and discussion program at neighboring Young Harris College entitled Reflections on Georgia Politics, and then partnered with the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies to make Reflections an oral history series.
More detailed biographical information for each interviewee can be found in the corresponding individual interview finding aid, which can be linked to through the Reflections on Georgia Politics website.
The Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection consists of interviews with politically prominent Georgians conducted by Bob Short since 2007. Interviewees include former governors, members of both the U.S. and Georgia Congresses, secretaries of state, lobbyists, journalists, lawyers, activists, and relatives of prominent politicians. Included with these oral histories are a few public programs recorded at Young Harris College in 2006-2007. Most interviews were recorded in the homes and offices of interviewees or in the Bob Short Oral History Studio at the University of Georgia. The conversations cover many topics at the intersection of politics and public life in modern Georgia, with a particular strength in gubernatorial contests, the Civil Rights movement, reapportionment, the development of Atlanta, the rise of the Republican party in Georgia, political journalism, and the interaction between religion and politics.
More detailed scope and content information for each interview can be found in the corresponding individual interview finding aid, which can be linked to through the Reflections on Georgia Politics website.
Interviews are arranged chronologically by the date the interview was recorded.
Reflections on Georgia Politics began in the fall of 2006 at Young Harris College, as a lecture and discussion program hosted by Georgia political veteran Bob Short. In late 2007, the Richard B. Russell Library began producing the program as an oral history video series to further illuminate and personalize the tectonic shifts that occurred in Georgia politics in the late twentieth century
Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
Most early interviews were recorded to MiniDV videotape. Beginning with ROGP 111, interviews were recorded as digital AVCHD files. Not all interviews have been transcribed, but for those with transcripts, the bulk of transcription was performed by WordzXpressed in Atlanta, Georgia, a service sponsored by Young Harris College. Transcriptions were formatted and audited by students at the Russell Library.
Resource may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
Finding aid prepared on: 2010.