Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Mark Hazard

Identifier

NT_interview_35

Creation Date

10-12-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Mark Hazard in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Hazard's family and background; Hazard working for U.S. Senator James O. Eastland; Eastland's staff; Hazard's appointment to Farmers Home Administration in Mississippi; John Stennis; Brad Dye; Eastland's involvement in state politics; Cliff Finch; Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign in Mississippi; Eastland and race; Mississippi Democratic Party unification; Eastland's decision not to run for reelection in 1978; Bill Waller; Aaron Henry; Judge Harold Cox; Jimmy Carter's trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Eastland and Stennis's relationship; and Hodding Carter.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Hazard, Mark; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; United States. Farmers Home Administration; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Dye, Brad; Finch, Cliff; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Democratic Party (Miss.); Waller, Bill; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), b. 1901; Carter, Hodding;

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

1900-01-00

Original Format

born digital audio

Original Collection

Nash and Taggart Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

Comments

original file name: 10051_MarkHazard_2004Oct12; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured

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