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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0280 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.1. Southern Politics: Bass-DeVries Interviews |
Project description | Interviews, 1973-1975, conducted by Jack Solomon Bass and Walter De Vries with political leaders, journalists, editors, party officials, political scientists, campaign directors, union officials, and civil rights leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as part of a study of politics in the South, 1945-1974. |
Date | December 2, 1974 |
Interviewee | West, John Carl. |
Interviewee occupation | Governors |
Interviewee DOB | 1922 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | In this continuation of interview A-0279, Democrat Governor John Carl West discusses politics in South Carolina, Charles Ravenel’s bid to become governor in 1974, and what he sees as his achievements as governor, including the attraction of industry, decreased racial tensions, and better funding of health and education. |
Subject Topical |
South Carolina--Politics and government. South Carolina--Economic conditions. |
Subject Name |
West, John Carl. Edwards, James B., 1927- South Carolina. State Human Affairs Commission. Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- |
Citation | Interview with John Carl West by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, 2 December 1974. A-0280 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | 04007_A0280_1_1 |