- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Bob Irvin, 2009 May 29
- Creator:
- Irvin, Robert Andrew, 1948-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Steely, Mel
University of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program - Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 2009-05-29
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Legislators--Georgia--Interviews
Ronald Reagan
Agnes Scott College
Emory University. School of Law--Alumni and alumnae
Harvard Business School
Young Republican National Federation (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Fulton County (Ga.)
Green County (Tenn.)
Roswell (Ga.)
World War, 1939-1945
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.)
Lovett School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Irvin, Robert Andrew, 1948---Interviews - People:
- Irvin, Robert Andrew, 1948-
Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986
Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009
Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927-2014
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Coverdell, Paul Douglas, 1939-2000
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
Gingrich, Newt
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Isakson, Johnny, 1944-2021
Linder, John
Lindsey, Archie
Mattingly, Mack, 1931-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Savage, John P.
Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999
Smith, George Leon, 1912-1973
Thompson, Fletcher, 1925-
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Robert A. "Bob" Irvin served in the Georgia House of Representatives during the 1970s and the 1990s, acting as House Republican Leader. Running for the U.S. Senate in 2002, he lost the race to Saxby Chambliss. In 2005, Irvin was the first Republican to call for conservative activist, Ralph Reed, to withdraw from the race for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia.; Interviewed by Dr. Mel Steely on May 29, 2009 at UWG-TV studio.; Irvin was born in 1948 after his parents had meet in Atlanta during World War II. He grew up in Roswell, GA and attended high school just as integration was federally enforced and was moved to a private school for fear that Governor Vandiver would close public schools in response. He got involved in politics at an early age and aligned himself with the Republican Party, joined the Young Republicans, and supported Barry Goldwater for president in 1964 and Bo Callaway for governor in 1966. In the early 1970s, Irvin obtained a law degree from Emory University while running for, and subsequently serving in the legislature. Irvin talks about becoming the Republican Caucus chair and the initiative he took to develop the program and continual leadership of the program, noting a shift that was beginning to take place in the party, citing events such as Watergate and the election of President Ronald Reagan as key events. The conversation ends with Irvin speaking about his decision in 1978 to temporarily leave politics in order to pursue a degree at Harvard Business School.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_irvin20090529
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:irvin20090529
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [interview title], Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, University of West Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 interview (circa 49 mins.)
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
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