Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash Interview with Bill Spell
Identifier
NT_interview_63
Creation Date
9-6-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Bill Spell in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Spell's career background; Daily News editor Fred Sullins; Godwin Advertising Agency and Mississippi media; John Stennis; Charlie Sullivan; J.P. Coleman; oil industry; Fielding Wright; 1952 Democratic National Convention; Democrats for Eisenhower; Claude F. Clayton; Thomas G. Abernethy; John E. Rankin; Walter Sillers; Ross Barnett; James O. Eastland; integration at the University of Mississippi; Spell acting as a lobbyist for Beech Aircraft; Stennis Space Center; working for Stennis; 1971 governors race between Bill Waller and Charlie Sullivan; Stennis and Richard Nixon; Cliff Finch administration; Bankers Trust; J.P. Coleman's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; congressional race between Wayne Dowdy and Lyles Williams; 1983 gubernatorial race between Bill Allain and Leon Bramlett; and Mike Parker.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Spell, Bill; Sullens, Fred; Mass media -- Mississippi; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Sullivan, Charlie; Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991; Petroleum industry and trade -- Mississippi; Wright, Fielding (Fielding Lewis), 1895-1956; Democratic National Convention (1952: Chicago, Ill.); Clayton, Claude F. (Claude Feemster), 1909-1969; Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle, 1903-1998; Rankin, John E. (John Elliott), 1882-1960; Sillers, Walter, 1888-1966; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; University of Mississippi -- Riot, September 30, 1962; Lobbyists; John C. Stennis Space Center; Waller, Bill; Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Finch, Cliff; Banking law; Dowdy, Charles Wayne; Williams, Lyles; Bramlett, Leon; Allain, Bill; Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- United States; Parker, Mike;
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
Finding Aid
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: 10032_BillSpell_2004Sep06; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured