Marvin Griffin oral history interview, 1971 Aug. 21 | WorldCat.org
The collection consists of an oral interview with Marvin Griffin on August 21, 1971 in which he discusses how Griffin became E.D. Rivers' executive secretary; Rivers' personality; Rivers as a New Deal advocate; factionalism in Georgia politics; Griffin's 1954 gubernatorial campaign strategy; politics under the county unit system; the popular support for Eugene Talmadge; Ellis Arnall; the political break between Arnall and Rivers in 1946; reasons for Rivers' 1946 gubernatorial bid; the 1946 governor's race; Rivers' entry into politics; Rivers as a politician; Roy Harris; the 1936 governor's race; Lint Miller; Rivers as governor; modern politics; Francis Powers; Bay of Pigs; Jim Gillis; Thomas Camp; the 1936 George-Talmadge Senate race; Federal intervention in state affairs; Rivers' drinking; Huey Long speaking to the Georgia House of Representatives; James Hamilton Lewis; sales tax; prohibition; school busses; pardons; Carl Sanders; and Griffin's retirement