- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ernest Vandiver, 1997 March 28
- Creator:
- Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
- Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1997-03-28
- Subject:
- Georgia Cotton Growers Co-Operative Association
University of Georgia
West Georgia College
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Governors--Georgia--Interviews
Governors--Election
Atlanta (Ga.)
Conyers (Ga.)
Lavonia (Ga.)
McRae (Ga.)
Milledgeville (Ga.)
Plains (Ga.)
Winder (Ga.)
Elections--Georgia
Political campaigns--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005--Interviews - People:
- Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009
Bootle, William A., 1902-2005
Bowers, Michael Joseph
Byrd, Garland T. (Garland Turk), 1924-1997
Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927-2014
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Gambrell, E. Smythe (Enoch Smythe), 1896-1986
Gillem, Alvan Cullom, 1888-1973
Gillis, Jim L., 1892-1975
Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982
Groover, Denmark, 1922-2001
Harris, Joe Frank
Harris, Roy Vincent, 1895-1985
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Kennedy, Ethel, 1928-
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Kidd, Culver, 1914-1995
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018
Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Plunkett, Lamar Rich, 1911-1995
Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 1895-1967
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Salinger, Pierre
Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
Smith, George Leon, 1912-1973
Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Thompson, M. E. (Melvin Ernest), 1903-1980
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996
Vandiver, Betty
Kidd, Jane
Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ernest Vandiver, Jr. (1918-2005) was elected Democratic governor in 1958 by a huge margin. He is credited with returning fiscal order to a state tarnished by the scandal-ridden administration of Marvin Griffin. He made campaign promises to upheld segregation, but oversaw the desegregation of Atlanta schools. Prior to his term as governor, Vandiver served as lieutenant governor and state adjutant general.; Andrew Judson Hill, Jr. (1926-2002) served as City Attorney for the City of Lavonia and County Attorney for Franklin County.; Interviewed by Dr. Mel Steely on March 28, 1997 at Vandiver's home in Lavonia, Georgia.; The conversation begins by discussing Vandiver's return from WWII and his subsequent campaign for mayor of Lavonia, GA. Vandiver spends time comparing this early campaign to his later campaigns for adjutant general, lieutenant governor and governor of Georgia. Some time is spent discussing Vandiver's interactions with Governor Jimmy Carter, discussing loyalties and broken promises. Other politicians, such as Garland Byrd, Carl Sanders, George Whitman, and Jim Gillis are also discussed. Vandiver spends some time speaking of Herman Talmadge, whom he had known since he was a boy, and of his wife, Betty Vandiver, and of her uncle, Senator Dick Russell. He talks about the possibility of his becoming the secretary of the Army and an account of an incident involving President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, as well as the integration of schools in Georgia. The conversation turns back to Vandiver's political involvement while in school at UGA, then to advancements and changes in political campaigning. The video transitions and Vandiver's friend, Andrew J. Hill Jr. joins the conversation and they return to the topic of Jimmy Carter and his broken promise to Vandiver. The video pauses briefly again and Vandiver's wife Betty, the niece of Senator Dick Russell, joins the conversation. They talk about their respective relationships with Russell, Russell's character, Tom Murphy, Carter and Russell's relationship, Betty's involvement in her uncle's and husband's respective campaigns, etc.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_vandiver19970328
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:vandiver19970328
- 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 218 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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