- Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
- Title:
- Bob Short, 10 December 2007
- Creator:
- Short, Bob, 1932-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Breaden, Craig
- Date of Original:
- 2007-12-10
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources
Republican Party (Ga.)
States' Rights Council of Georgia
Atlanta journal-constitution
Journalists--Georgia
Journalism--Georgia
Press and politics--Georgia
Press and politics--United States
Segregation--Georgia
Segregation--United States
Political campaigns--Georgia
Georgia--Politics and government--1951- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/x-flv
- Description:
- Bob Short discusses his time in the United States Air Force, his work for the Department of Natural Resources and as a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, and his public service in the administrations of Georgia governors Marvin Griffin, Ernest Vandiver, and Carl Sanders. He also discusses the role of the media in politics, segregation and the States' Rights Council, and the rise of the Republican Party in Georgia.
Interviewed by Craig Breaden.
Charles Robert "Bob" Short was born in Clayton, Georgia on April 17, 1932 and educated at Young Harris College, Georgia Southern University and the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. Upon discharge from the Air Force in 1956 he began his career as a sports writer for the Atlanta Journal, and then served in various capacities in the administrations of Georgia Governors Marvin Griffin, Ernest Vandiver, and Carl Sanders. Short coordinated the campaign of President Jimmy Carter when Carter ran for governor of Georgia in 1966, and then worked as press secretary for Carter's opponent in that race, Governor Lester Maddox, in 1967 and 1968. In 1968 he was appointed regional director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness -- the forerunner of FEMA-- by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Entering the private sector in the early 1970s, Short worked for Hoffman LaRoche and Hospital Corporation of America, and for his own firm, Investmart, Inc., a marketing consulting business. Short remained active politically, consulting on a limited scale and serving as special assistant to Governor and Senator Zell Miller and Senator Johnny Isakson. Retired to Blairsville, Georgia, Short wrote the only biography of Lester Maddox, Everything is Pickrick (Mercer University Press, 1999), which won for him the title "Author of the Year" from the Georgia Writers Association. In 2006 he began a lecture and discussion program at neighboring Young Harris College entitled Reflections on Georgia Politics, and then partnered with the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies to make Reflections an oral history series. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-000-04/video
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 000-04, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (82 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 000-04, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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