- Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ron Wildman, 2013 July 24
- Creator:
- Wildman, Ron
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chalout, Mike
- Publisher:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project, Houston County Public Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2013-07-24
- Subject:
- Warner Robins (Ga.)--History
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Warner Robins
Robins Air Force Base (Ga.)
Warner Robins (Ga.)--Politics and government
Hydrogen bomb
Segregation--Georgia--Warner Robins
Warner Robins (Ga.)--Race relations
Little League baseball--Georgia--Warner Robins
Perdue, Sonny, 1946- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Warner Robins, 32.61574, -83.62664
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Ron Wildman conducted by Mike Chalout on July 24, 2013 as part of the Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project.
Grants from Warner Robins Rotary Club and Flint Energies funded the project.
Ron Wildman is introduced -- Wildman describes his origins and early career -- Wildman describes how he came to Warner Robins -- Wildman gives his impressions of Warner Robins when he first arrived -- Wildman talks about his early career in Warner Robins -- Wildman discusses covering news at Robins Air Force Base -- Wildman discusses covering politics in Warner Robins -- Wildman compares the news between Warner Robins and Macon -- Wildman gives his impression of the people of Warner Robins when he first arrived -- Wildman talks about integration in Warner Robins -- Wildman comments on the relationship between the military and civilian populations of Warner Robins -- Wildman describes the changes he has seen in the politics of the area -- Wildman remembers when former Presidents came through Warner Robins -- Presidents who visited Warner Robins included Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon. Wildman describes prominent stories he covered -- Wildman tells how Donald Walker came to be mayor and talks about the Little League World Series Wildman lists the news agencies with whom he was employed - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/hlp_wroh_wildman001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/wroh/id:wildman001
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview ; circa 44:28 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project, Houston County Public Library System
- Holding Institution:
- Houston County Public Library System
- Rights:
-
