T. Harry
Williams Center for Oral History Collection
INTERVIEWEE
NAME:
Herman Kohlmeyer COLLECTION:
4700.1183
IDENTIFICATION: New Orleans
businessman and friend of Gillis Long
INTERVIEWER: Gary Huey
PROJECT: Gillis Long
Biography
DATES: 15 August 1986 FOCUS
DATES: 1970s-1980s
ABSTRACT:
Meeting
Gillis Long; Long working for Kohlmeyer's investment banking firm; Long's
childhood poverty; reasons for Long's liberalism; liberalism of Long's
district; reasons for Long's defeat in gubernatorial elections; impact of civil
rights and the Voting Rights Act on Long's political career; securing donations
for political candidates; racial make-up of Long's congressional district; Earl
Long; impact of childhood poverty on Gillis's adult life; Gillis as a
representative of the New South; Ronald Reagan's presidency; Gillis's impact on
the national Democratic Party; fund raising; conservatives giving money to the
campaigns of liberal candidates; reasons political action committees donate to
campaigns; welfare programs; quality of Gillis's staff;
TAPE: 1728 TOTAL PLAYING TIME:
1 hour
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PAGES TRANSCRIPT: 24
RESTRICTIONS:
None