Osgood Williams oral history interview, April 18, 1988

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: WilliamsO_19880418_P1988-15

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Osgood Williams oral history interview

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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 Troutman; Claude Pittmann; Primus King case; 1950 governor's race; Miles Walker Lewis; Greene County; William Wyatt; Unified Farm Program; Adlai Stevenson; John F. Kennedy; Estes Kefauver; Henry Wallace; Harry Truman; Morris Abram.

Dates

Creation: April 18, 1988

Creator

Williams, Osgood, 1913- (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Osgood Williams served in the Georgia Senate from 1951-1952, was a judge in the Civil Court of Fulton County from 1963-1968, and was a judge on the Atlanta circuit from 1968-1988.