- Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
- Title:
- Peter Wheeler, 01 April 2007.
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Peter, 1922
Short, Bob, 1932 - Contributor to Resource:
- Short, Bob, 1932-
- Date of Original:
- 2007-04-01
- Subject:
- Georgia--State Department of Veterans Service
University of Georgia
Governors--Georgia
Governors
Politics and government
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae
Georgia--Politics and government
Georgia - People:
- Wheeler, Peter, 1922-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Wheeler discusses his early life and his career as Georgia's Commissioner of Veterans Services since 1949. He describes his working relationships with governors and prominent figures in their administrations.
Finding aid available in repository.
Interviewed by Bob Short.
Pete Wheeler was born in Crawford, Georgia on October 19, 1922. He attended the University of Georgia, where he majored in education, and was called to active duty in the U.S. Army upon his graduation in 1943. He was discharged from the Army in 1946, and attended the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta at night, while working for the Federal Office of Price Administration. In 1949 he was named commissioner of Veterans Services in the Herman Talmadge administration, an office he has held for 14 terms under 11 governors. Wheeler was president of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs in 1964-1965, served on the National Veterans Day Committee, and was chairman of the National World War II Memorial Advisory Board from 1994-2004. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-000-06/video
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 000-06, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (47 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection
http://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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