- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Phil Landrum, 1988 July 25-26
- Creator:
- Landrum, Phil M.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Steely, Mel
Fitz-Simons, Ted
University of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program - Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1988-07-25/1988-07-26
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Legislators--Georgia--Interviews
AFL-CIO
Appalachian Regional Commission
Atlanta journal-constitution
Buford Dam (Ga.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Emory University
Ford Motor Company
Georgia Marble Company
Georgia Power Company
Georgia State Patrol
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Mercer University
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
University of Georgia
University of Michigan
United States. Army
United States. Air Force
West Georgia College
United States. Work Projects Administration
Georgia. General Assembly
United States. Congress. House
Indians of North America--United States
Indians of North America--Georgia
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century
Depressions--1929
United States--Race relations
Georgia--Race relations
Segregation--United States
Segregation--Georgia
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)
Korean War, 1950-1953
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Valdosta, Georgia
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Washington, D. C.
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
World War, 1939-1945 - People:
- Landrum, Phil M.--Interviews
Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Allen, Ivan, III, 1938-1992
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Barden, Graham Arthur, 1896-1967
Bentsen, Lloyd
Boykin, Frank W. (Frank William), 1885-1969
Broun, Paul C. (Paul Collins), 1916-2005
Carmon, Bill
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Cohen, Wilbur
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Flynt, John James, 1914-2007
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Gingrich, Newt
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982
Griffin, Robert
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Harris, Roy Vincent, 1895-1985
Hartsfield, William Berry
Helms, Jesse
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Jenkins, Ed, 1933-
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Martin, Joe, 1943-
McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018
Mitchell, Edward
Mize, John, 1913-1993
O'Neill, Tip
Perkins, Carl Dewey, 1912-1984
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
Preston, Prince H. (Prince Hulon), 1908-1961
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 1895-1967
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
Smith, Howard Worth, 1883-1976
Thompson, M. E. (Melvin Ernest), 1903-1980
Thompson, Frank, 1918-1989
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981
Whitten, Jamie L.
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Wood, John Q.
Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Appling County, 31.74928, -82.28898
United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, 34.24393, -84.4762
United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, Canton, 34.23676, -84.49076
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Elbert County, Bowman, 34.20483, -83.0307
United States, Georgia, Franklin County, 34.37544, -83.22918
United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Carnesville, 34.36983, -83.23516
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Gilmer County, 34.69121, -84.45559
United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Resaca, 34.58036, -84.94328
United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, 33.96173, -84.02363
United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Buford, 34.12066, -84.00435
United States, Georgia, Habersham County, Clarkesville, 34.6126, -83.52489
United States, Georgia, Habersham County, Demorest, 34.5651, -83.54517
United States, Georgia, Hall County, 34.31689, -83.81968
United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
United States, Georgia, Hart County, Hartwell, 34.35288, -82.93209
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635
United States, Georgia, Jenkins County, 32.79247, -81.96353
United States, Georgia, Paulding County, 33.92055, -84.86729
United States, Georgia, Pickens County, Jasper, 34.46787, -84.42909
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Georgia, Ware County, Waycross, 31.21368, -82.3557
United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
United States, Mississippi, Harrison County, Biloxi, 30.39603, -88.88531
United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541
Venezuela, Carabobo, El Carmen, 9.9653213, -67.8276158 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Phil M. Landrum (1907-1990) was born in the northeast Georgia town of Martin on September 10, 1907. He earned a law degree from the Atlanta Law School in 1941 and served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942-1945. After the war, Landrum served as Assistant Attorney General of Georgia from 1946-1947 and as Governor Melvin Thompson's executive secretary from 1947-1948.Landrum then worked in Jasper, Georgia, as an attorney in private practice for several years. He was elected in 1952 as a Democrat to represent the 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A conservative who fought to maintain segregation, he also helped write landmark legislation to curb union corruption. Landrum retired from Congress in 1977 and returned to Jasper, where he died of congestive heart failure in 1990.; Interviewed by Mel Steely and Ted Fitz-Simons on July 25-26, 1988 in Landrum's office.; This interview begins with a discussion on Phil Landrum's childhood and heritage. He talks about how he became a teacher, met his wife, and how he managed to make a relatively substantial living during the years of the Great Depression. Landrum then begins answering questions about his time in the Senate and his relationships with other Georgia politicians, including Ellis Arnall and M. E. Thompson. He explains that he was active in the midst of the Three-Governor Crisis and that he respected Herman Talmadge a great deal for being a good person, though he felt that Talmadge tried to make too many people happy and often said yes when he should have said no. Landrum talks about his relationships in the Georgia legislature and how they transferred into his relationships with people in Washington, D.C. Landrum goes on to answer questions about his time in the Nation's capital and how he and his family adjusted to living in the area. Landrum talks about the use of a letter campaign from his constituents in order to get a bill passed, which could be used for educational purposes. Landrum also discusses his reflections on current elections as well as his happiest moments in congress, both professionally and personally. One of the more interesting topics covered regards the Civil Rights Movement, and Landrum discusses certain African American politicians whom he believed used the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., to get ahead in their careers. He answers questions about the African-American voters in the 1960s and 1970s, and defines himself as a "realist" during the Civil Rights movement. He says he never considered himself a racist, but that he may consider himself a segregationist during that time.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_landrum19880725
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:landrum19880725
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [interview title], Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, University of West Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 transcript; 6 interviews (circa 61 mins.; circa 61 mins.; circa 39 mins.; circa 51 mins.; circa 56 mins.; circa 54 mins.)
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
- Contributing Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Oral history interview with Phil Landrum, 1988 July 25-26
