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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0220 |
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 | July 10, 1974 |
Interviewee | Garrett, Virginia. |
Interviewee occupation | Unknown |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | GARRETT, Virginia (b. 1923) A-220 7/10/74 by J. Bass and W. DeVries 1 tape Republican party in Alabama; George Wallace's power within the state political system: 1962 Goldwater presidential campaign; position as head of Republican party's Women's Federation in Alabama; Wallace's ability to "neutralize" Republican support, even in "redneck areas"; dislike of patronage as a political tool; commitment to new leadership; Nixon and Watergate; Nixon's poor appointments; lethargy of Republican party in Alabama due to the invincibility of Wallace. |
Citation | Interview with Virginia Garrett by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, 10 July 1974. A-0220 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. | A-0220_1_1 |