Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Gil Carmichael

Identifier

NT_interview_9

Creation Date

3-9-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Gil Carmichael as research for Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. A Republican, Gil Carmichael unsuccessfully ran for a state senate seat in 1967; incumbent U.S. Senator James O. Eastland's seat in 1972; Mississipp governor in 1979; and Lieutenant Governor in 1983. Topics covered include his family; education; military service in World War II and Korea; his automobile dealership and real estate businesses; joining the Republican Party in Mississippi; Rubel Phillips; influence of election commissioners; Prentiss Walker; Charlie Sullivan; Republican National Convention in 1968; Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan; Hurricane Camille redevelopment commission; James O. Eastland; school desegregation; James Meredith; Robert Clark; Charles Evers; Ellis Bodron; Walter Brown; Clark Reed; Haley Barbour; Spiro Agnew; appointment to Highway Safety Advisory Committee and the Department of Transportation; need for a new Mississippi Constitution; gun control issue; Leon Bramlett; Gerald Ford; Sonny Montgomery; and James Meredith.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Carmichael, Gil; Republican Party (Miss.); Phillips, Rubel; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Automobile dealers; Real property; Walker, Prentiss, 1917-; Sullivan, Charles L., 1924-1979; Republican National Convention (29th : 1968 : Miami Beach, Fla.); Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Reagan, Ronald; Hurricane Camille, 1969; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; School integration; Clark, Robert G.; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Bodron, Ellis; Brown, Walter; Reed, Clark; Barbour, Haley, 1947-; Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996; United States. Department of Transportation; Mississippi. Constitution (1890); Gun control; Bramlett, Leon; Montgomery, G. V. (Gillespie V.); Meredith, James, 1933-; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006;

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: 10002_GilCarmichael_2004Mar09_1h42min; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured

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