Oral history interview with David Pryor, June 13, 1974
Subtitle: interview A-038, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: De Vries, Walter, interviewer; Bass, Jack, 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; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Democratic Party (Ark.)
Other titles: Interview A-038, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with David Pryor, June 13, 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: In this interview, Arkansas Democrat David Pryor discusses politics and the Democratic Party in Arkansas and the South. Pryor won seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate; shortly after this interview was conducted, he won the governorship of Arkansas, which he held from 1975 to 1979. Pryor sees himself as part of a new tradition in Arkansas politics, one started by former governor Winthrop Rockefeller and continued by Dale Bumpers. He does not explicitly describe this new tradition, but he does describe his political philosophy throughout the interview: he believes in personal, face-to-face politics, wants to advocate for Arkansans against predatory business interests, and wants to take an active role in bringing about social and economic change.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on March 13, 2008).

Interview participants: David Pryor, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer; Walter De Vries, interviewer.

Duration: 01:00:14.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH 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 Steve Weiss and Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-038, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 26 p.

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

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