Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Clarke Reed (Part 1 of 3)

Identifier

NT_interview_59a

Creation Date

6-25-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Clarke Reed, a former chair of the Mississippi Republican Party, in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Reed's background; Republican Party in Mississippi; Rubel Phillips; 1964 Republican National Convention; Hodding Carter III; William F. Buckley Jr.; Barry Goldwater; Prentiss Walker; Reed's election as chair of Mississippi Republican Party; Wirt A. Younger Jr.; impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on the party; Richard M. Nixon; southern chairmen of the state Republican parties committee; Hurricane Camille and Nixon's visit to the Gulf Coast; Nixon and school desegregation; 1976 Republican Rules Committee; Trent Lott; David Bowen; Haley Barbour as executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party; Gil Carmichael; Ronald Reagan; Gerald Ford; 1976 Republican National Convention; and Richard Schweiker.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Reed, Clarke; Republican Party (Miss.); Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Phillips, Rubel; Republican National Convention (28th : 1964 : San Francisco, Calif.); Carter, Hodding; Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008; Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998; Walker, Prentiss, 1917-; Younger, Wirt A.; Walker, Prentiss, 1917-; Republican National Committee (U.S.); Republican National Convention (1968 : Miami, Fla.); School integration; Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.); Lott, Trent, 1941-; Bowen, David; Barbour, Haley, 1947-; Carmichael, Gil; Reagan, Ronald; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006; Schweiker, Richard S. (Richard Schultz), 1926-;

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: 10010_ClarkeReed1_2004June25

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