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Interviewer
Jim Caron and Geoffrey Sutton
Files
Description
Gerald Ford discusses his relationship with Mike Mansfield and talks about Mansfield’s ability to work across party lines. He talks about the role Mansfield played during the Watergate scandal as Senate Majority Leader and his tenure as Ambassador to Japan. Ford discusses Mansfield’s ambitions and as a legislature. Ford also talks about quitting smoking, attending the University of Michigan in the 1930s, and serving in the Navy during World War Two.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Ford, Gerald; Mansfield, Mike; Mansfield, Mike, political legacy; U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate; U.S. politics and government, 20th century; Nixon, Richard M.; Nixon, Richard M., Watergate; Watergate, political scandal; U.S. ambassadors, Japan; U.S. Navy; World War, 1939-1945; University of Michigan
Original Date
1989
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Mansfield’s America Oral History Project, OH 458, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 458-009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (90 min.) analog + 1 transcript (7 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:21:06 minutes
Local Filename
OH_458_009.mp3; OH_458_009.pdf
Citation
Ford, Gerald, "Gerald Ford Interview, 1989" (1989). Mansfield’s America Oral History Project. 9.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfieldsamerica_oralhistory/9
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