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| Description: | Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas Democratic politics from 1952-56, and the Fifty-third State Legislature. The interview also includes his opinion on the governor's role in state party organization, the state Democratic Convention of 1951, the gubernatorial election of 1954, veterans land board controversy from 1954-55, as well as insurance scandals of the mid-1950s and the lame-duck governor. |
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| Location(s): | United States - Texas - Travis County - Austin |
| Creation Date: | July 24, 1969 |
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UNT Oral History Program
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UNT Oral Histories
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Total Uses: 24
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Brewer, Thomas B.
Dr. Thomas B. Brewer |
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Gantt, Fred
Dr. Fred Gantt |
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Publisher Name: North Texas State University
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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| Original Creation Date: | July 24, 1969 | |
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| Description: | Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas Democratic politics from 1952-56, and the Fifty-third State Legislature. The interview also includes his opinion on the governor's role in state party organization, the state Democratic Convention of 1951, the gubernatorial election of 1954, veterans land board controversy from 1954-55, as well as insurance scandals of the mid-1950s and the lame-duck governor. |
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64 p. ; 28 cm. |
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| Keyword(s): | oral histories | interviews | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, August 8, 1966 | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, February 6, 1967 | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, October 2, 1967 | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, December 18, 1967 | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, April 18, 1968 | |
| Added Title: | Oral History Interview with Allan Shivers, August 13, 1968 | |
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UNT Oral History Program
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UNT Oral Histories
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| Resource Type: | Book | |
| Format: | Text | |
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