Series I. Ellis G. Arnall
Dublin Core
Description
Series I. consists of interviews conducted by Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr., during his research for The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall (1991). The series contains nineteen interviews, some in several parts, and a recording of a speech by Herman Talmadge. Series I documents the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election and the life of Georgia governor Ellis G. Arnall, 1943-1947. Additional interviews with Herman E. Talmadge, Georgia governor, 1948-1955 and U.S. Senator, 1956-1981, record information about Talmadge, his father (Eugene) and family, and politics in Georgia.
Interviews in this Collection (24):
Interview with Herman E. Talmadge, May 8, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN01_1)
Herman E. Talmadge interviewed by Hal Henderson. Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1955 and as United States Senator from 1957 to 1981. Topics include Georgia gubernatorial candidates in the 1966 election, Talmadge's opinions on…
Interview with Bo Callaway, April 21, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN01_2)
Howard H. "Bo" Callaway interviewed by Hal Henderson. Callaway is a businessman and politician who has held several public offices including U.S. Congressman (1965-1967) and U.S. Secretary of the Army (1973-1975). Topics include Callaway’s decision…
Interview with Ernest Vandiver Jr., May 23, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN02)
Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr., interviewed by Hal Henderson. Ernest Vandiver served as governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963. Vandiver talks about the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, including his decision to run and his subsequent decision to…
Interview with Garland Byrd, May 5, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN03_1)
Garland T. Byrd interviewed by Hal Henderson. Byrd served as lieutenant governor of Georgia under Governor Ernest Vandiver (1959-1963). Byrd discusses the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, including his decision to run for governor, other possible…
Interview with Lester Maddox, May 5, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN03_2)
Lester G. Maddox interviewed by Hal Henderson. Maddox served as governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Maddox discusses the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, including his decision to run for governor, his opinions on politics and politicians in…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, May 6, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN04_1)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include Arnall’s decision to run for governor in 1966, his views on the 1966 gubernatorial race, possible candidates in the 1966 gubernatorial race, his views on candidates in the 1966 Democratic…
Interview with James Gray Sr., May 14, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN04_2)
James H. "Jimmy" Gray, Sr., interviewed by Hal Henderson. Gray was editor and publisher of the Albany Herald from 1947 to 1986 and also served as the mayor of Albany (1973-1986). Topics include Gray’s decision to run for governor in 1966, possible…
Interview with Ford Spinks, April 24, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN05)
Ford Spinks interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include Jimmy Carter’s decision to run in the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, Carter’s early supporters, Carter’s campaign expenses; Spinks’ evaluation of other candidates in the 1966 Democratic…
Interview with Carl E. Sanders, June 11, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN06)
Carl E. Sanders interviewed by Hal Henderson. Sanders served as governor of Georgia from 1963 to 1967. Topics include the possiblity of Sanders serving an additional term as Georgia governor, possible candidates in the 1966 gubernatorial race,…
Interview with Ivan Allen Jr., March 28, 1981 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN07)
Ivan Allen, Jr., interviewed by Hal Henderson. Allen served as Governor Ellis Arnall’s executive secretary from 1945 to 1946 and later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. Topics include Ellis Arnall as governor (1943-1947), Arnall’s…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, Part 1, July 19, 1985 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN08)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include the genesis of Henderson’s biography of Arnall and Arnall’s "destiny" to become governor.
Arnall also discusses the 1942 gubernatorial election, including campaign strategies, the Cocking…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, Part 2, July 19, 1985 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN09)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include the Dick Gallogy case and Ed Rivers (1939), Ed Rivers and the election of 1946, and the Arnall administration’s contributions to Georgia history.
Interview with Ellis Arnall, December 10, 1985 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN10)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include M.E. Thompson, Jimmy Carmichael and the election of 1946, Arnall’s relationship with Thompson, the three governors controversy (1946-1947), Arnall's decision to run for governor in 1966; Roy…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, Part 1, February 21, 1986 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN11)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Arnall discusses his family history, talks about his first political race for the Georgia House of Representatives in 1932, and Arnall's relationship with Eugene Talmadge. He talks about his tenure in…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, Part 2, February 21, 1986 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN12)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include the 1945 Georgia constitution, influences on Arnall's career in politics, and his views on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Arnall also discusses his gubernatorial administration…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, Part 3, February 21, 1986 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN13)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include Arnall’s thoughts on M.E. Thompson’s run for governor, Arnall's decision to run for governor in 1966, Arnall's national and state reputation, reasons for his loss of support in Georgia…
Interview with Herman E. Talmadge, March 24, 1986 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN14)
Herman E. Talmadge interviewed by Hal Henderson. Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1955 and as United States Senator from 1957 to 1981. Topics include the political relationship between Eugene Talmadge and Ellis Arnall, the 1942…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, March 26, 1987 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN15)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include prison reform in Georgia, the Robert Elliot Burns case, Arnall's views on taxes and the economy during his gubernatorial administration (1943-1947), differences between Arnall’s and Ed Rivers’…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, June 19, 1987 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN16)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include Arnall's campaign platform during the 1942 gubernatorial election of 1942, the Georgia Constitution of 1945, the constitutional commission, ratification, and the poll tax.
Interview with Herman E. Talmadge, Part 1, June 26, 1988 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN17)
Herman E. Talmadge interviewed by Hal Henderson. Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1955 and as United States Senator from 1957 to 1981. Topics include the genealogy and history of the Talmadge family, Talmadge’s childhood,…
Interview with Herman E. Talmadge, Part 2, June 26, 1987 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN18)
Herman E. Talmadge interviewed by Hal Henderson. Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1955 and as United States Senator from 1957 to 1981. Topics include the three governors controversy (1946-1947), Melvin Ernest (M.E.) Thompson and…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, March 28, 1988 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN19)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Arnall discusses the election of 1948, including the support for M.E. Thompson and reasons why Herman Talmadge won. Arnall also talks about responses to the Talmadges’s and Roy V. Harris’s criticisms against…
Interview with Ellis Arnall, July 31, 1980s (RBRL096HPH-OHARN20)
Ellis Arnall interviewed by Hal Henderson. Topics include Arnall’s opinions on the case against John E. Whitley (1939), his experiences when attorney general under Governor Ed Rivers (1939-1941), and Henderson’s drafts of his biography about Arnall.
Herman E. Talmadge Speech, October 1985 (RBRL096HPH-OHARN21)
Herman E. Talmadge speaking at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Symposium on History and Government. Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1955 and as United States Senator from 1957 to 1981. Topics include Talmadge’s retirement…
Collection Tree
- Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection
- Series I. Ellis G. Arnall