Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Steve Patterson (Part 1 of 3)

Identifier

NT_interview_54a

Creation Date

5-11-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Steve Patterson in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Steve Patterson is a former state Democratic Party chairman, Mississippi State Auditor, and unsuccesful candidate for Congress in 1988. Topics discussed include Patterson's background; his work for John Stennis, Cliff Finch, Jimmy Carter, William Winter, and Bill Allain; allegations of Allain's homosexuality; James O. Eastland's decision not to run for reelection in 1978; Bill Waller; Cliff Finch; William F. Winter; Maurice Dantin; Charlie Sullivan; John Bell Williams; John Arthur Eaves and Jimmy Carter's inauguration; Jim Herring; 1979 gubernatorial race; Charles Evers; Charles Pickering versus Bill Allain race for Attorney General; rise of the Republican Party in Mississippi.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Patterson, Steve; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Allain, Bill; Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- United States; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Waller, Bill; Finch, Cliff; Winter, William F.; Dantin, Maurice; Sullivan, Charlie; Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Eaves, John Arthur; Herring, Jim; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Pickering, Charles; Republican Party (Miss.);

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: 10009_StevePatterson1_2004May11; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured

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