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Interview with Chester Eastland about U.S. Senator James O. Eastland (Part 1 of 2)

Dan Smith

Identifier

eastland_cassette_35_A

Creation Date

4-24-1976

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Description

Interview with Chester Eastland about U.S. Senator James O. Eastland (Part 1 of 2)'' Interview took place at Woods and Alma Eastland's old home in the Delta. Topics discussed included Eastland's early years; education; Mississippi legislature; Jack Wright; courtship & marriage to Elizabeth Coleman; law practice in Forest and Ruleville; appointment to U.S. Senate; Chester Eastland's relationship to the senator and his family; financial arrangements within the family; Woods Eastland; 1927 Mississippi River flood; Norman Pentcost; Theodore G. Bilbo; Elizabeth Eastland's family; construction of the senator's home and other buildings on the plantation; Mississippi politics; and Eastland's 1941 cottonseed speech.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Mississippi. Legislature; Floods -- Mississippi River; Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947; Elections -- Mississippi; Cotton

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

44m55s

Original Format

audiocassettes

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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Comments

"Chester Eastland 'Jim Eastland' side 1 of 3" - A side label

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