Oral history interview with Horace Kornegay, January 11, 1989
Subtitle: interview C-0165, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Bulla, Ben F., interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Legislators; Political and social views; Politics and government; Tobacco industry; Government policy
Other titles: Interview C-0165, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Horace Kornegay, January 11, 1989; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Horace Kornegay was born in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1924 and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kornegay attended Wake Forest College in the early 1940s. After putting his education on hold during World War II, Kornegay completed his undergraduate degree; in 1949 he earned his law degree. During the 1950s, Kornegay practiced law in Greensboro and became involved in local politics. In 1960, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, where he served the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina until 1969. Distressed by the encroachment of politics into his family life, Kornegay decided to end his political career early and in 1970 accepted an appointment with the Tobacco Institute. During his years as a congressman and as the president of the Tobacco Institute, Kornegay worked closely with North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan. Here he describes Jordan's leadership style and the efforts of North Carolina politicians to address matters of import to the state, particularly the tobacco, textiles, and furniture industries.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Nov. 18, 2008).

Interview participants: Horace Kornegay, interviewee; Ben Bulla, interviewer.

Duration: 01:40:56.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series C, Notable North Carolinians, interview C-0165, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 31 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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