Williams, Osgood, 1913-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1913-
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Osgood Williams oral history interview, April 18, 1988
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: WilliamsO_19880418_P1988-15
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Memories of Richard Russell as governor; senate race; 1936 re‑election campaign; Gene Talmadge; Huey Long; Ellis Arnall; Cocking affair; county unit system; personal background; Ordinary Court; Roy Harris; Tom Murphy; Ralph McGill; Jim Gillis; Jimmy Carmichael; Marvin Griffin; three‑governor controversy; George B. Hamilton; Governor E. D. Rivers; Tom Watson; "wool hat" boys; Herman Talmadge; Arnall campaign; Carmichael campaign; Bob...
Dates:
April 18, 1988
Osgood Williams oral history interview, May 12, 1988
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: WilliamsO_19880512_P1988-15
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: A.T. Walden; Primus King case; black disfranchisement; Plan of Improvement; James V. Carmichael; Gene Talmadge; Tom Watson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; political parties; voter registration in rural areas for 1946; enfranchisement of blacks; NAACP; Atlanta Negro Voters League; Bill Hartsfield; Buckhead; East Point; Ku Klux Klan; MARTA; Daniel Duke and the flogging trials; John Boykin; County Unit System; W.O. "B" Brooks; Senator Walter George;...
Dates:
May 12, 1988
Osgood Williams oral history interview, June 2, 1988
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: WilliamsO_19880602_P1988-15
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Koinonia Farm; Robert Jordan; Cocking affair; Young Men's Group of the Democratic Party; E.D. Rivers role in the 1946 governor's campaign, Jimmy Carmichael, and Gene Talmadge; M.E. Thompson; Tom Linder's school solution; Williams in the 1952 race; Private School Amendment; school desegregation; Constance Baker Motley; segregation of taxis; Decatur main streetcar line; HOPE; desegregation of the University of Georgia; "B" Brooks; John Sibley;...
Dates:
June 2, 1988