The most popular events for the Oral Histories Series http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=series&id=28 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 18:05:06 GMT Oral Histories Betty Skelton Frankman was interviewed about her life and career. Betty Skelton was a pilot who in 1959 was the first woman to volunteer to undergo the same medical and psychological tests as the Mercury 7 astronauts. At the end of the program a collection of photographs was shown with Ms. Frankman's narration. This interview was part of the Aviatrix Pioneers section of an oral history collection at the NASA Johnson Space Center. The interview was done by Carol Butler for the NASA History Office on July 19, 1999, in Cocoa Beach, Florida. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292945-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292945-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Gene Kranz talked about his career at NASA. A retired NASA flight director and manager, he served as a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, including when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon and directing the successful Mission Control team efforts to save the crew of Apollo 13. In this interview he talked about the Apollo missions. This is the first of two parts. This interview was part of an oral history program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on April 28, 1999, in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292341-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292341-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Charles Colson, who served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon, sat down with Timothy Naftali of the Nixon Presidential Library in 2007 and 2008 for two extended oral history interviews. In excerpts from the first of those interviews, Mr. Colson talks about the secret White House tapes, the Watergate break-in, his relationship with the 37th president, and the day that Richard Nixon resigned from office. Timothy Naftali conducted oral history interviews with Charles Colson in Naples, Florida, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on August 17, 2007 and September 24, 2008.. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298457-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298457-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT American History TV is airing a selection of oral history interviews with former and current Asian American members of Congress. This week we hear from Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii who had youthful dreams of being an orthopedic surgeon before he was wounded in combat during World War II with the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-volunteer Japanese American unit. He is now the most senior member of the U.S. Senate. This interview is about a half hour. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307866-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307866-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Woody Williams was interviewed about his life and military service. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service with the 3rd Marine Division in the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral history interviews to record the experiences of World War II veterans and those Americans living and working on the Home Front. The location of the interview is not known. The interview was conducted November 16, 2006. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293167-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293167-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Alan Shepard was interviewed about his career. He was the first American in space, and also was the fifth person to walk on the moon. This interview was part of an oral history collection at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed at his home in Pebble Beach, California, by Roy Neal on February 20, 1998, five months before his death from leukemia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291540-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291540-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Gene Kranz talked about his career at NASA. A retired NASA flight director and manager, he served as a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, including when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon and directing the successful Mission Control team efforts to save the crew of Apollo 13. In this interview he talked about the Apollo missions. This is the second of two parts. This interview was part of an oral history program at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on April 28, 1999, in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292341-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292341-2 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Senator Daniel Inouye reflected on his World War II military service with the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-volunteer unit made up entirely of second-generation Japanese Americans. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallant action, and lost an arm in battle. This interview from the Densho Visual History Collection was conducted June 30, 1998, in Honolulu, Hawaii, by Tom Ikeda and Beverly Kashino for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. This program contains language that some may find offensive. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297695-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297695-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Judge Robert Bork talked about how he got the job as President Nixon's solicitor general, how Nixon lectured him at Camp David about the role of a judge, the issue of executive privilege, the Saturday Night Massacre, and his reaction to the discovery of the so-called "Smoking Gun'' tape. This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali on December 1, 2008, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library at Robert Bork's home in McLean, Virginia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296329-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296329-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Butterfield recalled his time working with President Nixon and described his daily duties in the White House. He was responsible for providing President Nixon with briefing papers, taking care of his personal correspondence, maintaining historical records, and operating the White House taping system. In July 1973 Mr. Butterfield testified before a Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal and revealed the secret White House taping system. This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali on June 12, 2008, in La Jolla, California, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300770-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300770-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Vice President Dick Cheney recalled his service in the Nixon administration under Donald Rumsfeld and then later as assistant director of the Cost of Living Council. This oral history interview was recorded for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. Although never seen on television until November 27, 2010, he recorded this interview with Timothy Naftali in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 2007, while he was still the vice president. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296324-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296324-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Senator George McGovern talked about his career, the life of the Senate, and his relationship with former colleague Senator Robert Dole, including their work on the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. He also talked about his relationships with former Presidents Nixon and Ford and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. During 22 years in the U.S. Congress, former Senator McGovern was instrumental in creating programs to alleviate hunger, including Food for Peace, the school lunch program, and food stamps. After his 1972 presidential campaign as the Democratic nominee, he continued his leadership in the battle against world hunger. This never-before-aired July 13, 2007, interview with historian Richard Norton Smith is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292880-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292880-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Secretary of State and of the Treasury James Baker talked about his career. He also talked about former Senator Robert Dole (R-KS). Topics included the 1976, 1980, and 1988 presidential races, Senator Dole's legislative activities, the relationship between Senator Dole and President George H.W. Bush, and Senator Dole's political legacy. This never-before-aired interview with historian Richard Norton Smith is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290757-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290757-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Scott Carpenter was interviewed about his career. He was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. He was also an aquanaut. This interview was part of an oral history program at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on January 27, 1999, at his home in Vail, Colorado. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291542-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291542-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT "Iron Mike" Mervosh talked about his experiences in World War II. He recalled the Battle for Iwo Jima as he experienced it. He was then serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. He served with five different Marine divisions and rose from private to sergeant major during combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He held the rank of sergeant major for 19 and one half years, and when he retired in 1977 he was the most senior enlisted man in all the armed forces. This is the first of two parts. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral history interviews to record the experiences of World War II veterans and those Americans living and working on the Home Front. This interview was recorded on March 19, 2008. The location of the interview is not known. This program contains language that may offend some viewers. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293932-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293932-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Frank Borman talked about his life and career. He was a Gemini and Apollo astronaut who served as commander of Apollo 8, the first NASA mission to fly around the Moon. This interview was part of an oral history program at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Catherine Harwood on April 13, 1999, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293191-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293191-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Lieutenant General Harold Moore (Ret.) talked about the November 1965 battle of the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. It was the first full-scale battle between U.S. troops and the People's Army of Vietnam, and soon after these battles the Vietnamese communist forces began engaging in guerrilla warfare. Then Lieutenant Colonel Moore was the commanding officer on the ground with the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment. He reflected on the nature of war and leadership, and shared recollections of the battle that he knew would reverberate in Washington, D.C., and Hanoi. He was interviewed by Richard Verrone on November 10, 2005, while in Washington, D.C., at a 40th anniversary reunion for veterans of the battle of the Ia Drang Valley. This is the first of two parts of the interview. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301573-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301573-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Arlen Specter left the United States Senate in 2011 after a 30 year career. Soon afterwards, he sat down for a series of extended oral history interviews with the Pennsylvania Cable Network. Specter reflects on events that take him from his Russian immigrant roots to his involvement in some of this country's most momentous events - from his work on the Warren Commission investigating President Kennedy's assassination to the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton. We're airing a selection of these interviews here on American History TV over the next few weeks. In this excerpt, Specter details his role on the Warren Commission, the evolution of the "single bullet theory," and the trip to Dallas to question Jack Ruby, who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald while he was in police custody for the president's assassination. This program is about one hour and 15 minutes. This program includes photographs taken during President Kennedy's autopsy and may be offensive to some viewers http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306994-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306994-2 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT In 1972 Senator George McGovern (D-SD) was the Democratic presidential nominee running against the incumbent President Richard Nixon. He talked about his presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1972, what it was like to run against President Nixon, and his early attempts to make the Watergate scandal known. This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on August 26, 2009, in Yorba Linda, California, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300773-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300773-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Sir David Frost talked about the famous interviews he conducted with former President Richard Nxon three years after his resignation. The interviews, which aired in May 1977, covered topics from Vietnam to Watergate. He talked about how the interviews unfolded, the behind-the-scenes negotiations, and his own recollections of the former president. This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on October 30, 2007, in Washington, D.C., for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296328-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296328-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Senator Dole talked about his life and career. Topics included the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, his meeting with Saddam Hussein, the advice he gave President Clinton, his interest in Colin Powell as his presidential running mate, and his work with veterans. This never before aired interview with historian Richard Norton Smith is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/287712-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/287712-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Wally Funk was interviewed about her life and career. In 1961 Mary Wallace Funk volunteered for the ñWomen in Spaceñ Program. A group of women went to the Lovelace Clinic where the Mercury astronauts had undergone their physical examinations and underwent the same medical and psychological tests. She was one of the "Mercury 13," as the "First Lady Astronaut Trainees" who Dr. Randalph Lovelace considered qualified for astronaut training were called. However, NASA withdrew support from the program and the women never went into space. This interview was part of the Aviatrix Pioneers section of an oral history collection at the NASA Johnson Space Center. The interview was done by Carol Butler for the NASA History Office on July 18, 1999, in Cocoa Beach, Florida. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291543-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291543-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Dorothy Gilliam talked about her life and career. In 1961 she was the first African-American woman to work as a reporter for the [Washington Post]. She later became assistant editor for the Style section and eventually moved on to write a weekly column. In 1993 she was elected president of the National Association of Black Journalists. This oral history interview was conducted by Donita Moorhus on December 13, 1993, for the Washington Press Club Foundation as part of its oral history project "Women in Journalism." The interview was conducted in Ms. Gilliam's apartment in Northwest Washington, D.C. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299257-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299257-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Egil "Bud" Krogh talked about his service to President Richard Nixon as deputy counsel to the president and as deputy assistant to the president for domestic affairs between 1969 and 1974. His work in the Nixon White House included law enforcement, narcotics control policy, transportation, housing and as liaison officer to the District of Columbia. Mr. Krogh served four and a half months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy for approving a covert operation investigating the leak of the Pentagon Papers. This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali on September 5, 2007, in Yorba Linda, California, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296322-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296322-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Robert Crippen talked about his life and career as a NASA astronaut and as director of both the space shuttle program and of the Kennedy Space Center. He recalled his pioneering work on the space shuttle program and his experience as a veteran of four flights who logged over 565 hours in space, orbited the earth 374 times, and traveled over 9.4 million miles. The pilot of the first space shuttle mission, he also flew aboard both the Challenger and Columbia shuttles, which were later lost in flight. This program is the first of two parts. This interview by Rebecca Wright was recorded on May 26, 2006, at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for NASA's Johnson Space Center History Collection. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294482-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294482-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Frank Yamasaki talked about his life. He was in high school when Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. The family business was lost when his family was interned at the Minidoka incarceration camp during World War II. Frank Yamasaki protested his loss of civil rights and resisted the military draft, arguing that he was unjustly incarcerated. He lost his case and was imprisoned. He talked about his prewar childhood, his family's internment, and his struggle to force the government to acknowledge the injustice of interning Japanese Americans. This is the first of two parts. This interview from the Densho Visual History Collection was conducted August 18, 1997, at Mr. Yamasaki's home in Lake Forest Park, Washington, by Lori Hoshino and Stephen Fugita for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292823-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292823-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former astronaut Frank Borman talked about the early days of the space program, his role as liaison between NASA and the White House for the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, his impressions of President Nixon, and a bedside conversation with the dying Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali on May 2, 2009, in Billings, Montana, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296330-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296330-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Barbara Babcock talked about her life and career. A former assistant attorney general for the Civil Division in the U.S. Department of Justice and the first director of the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia, she became the first woman appointed to the regular faculty at Stanford University's law school in 1972, and later was the first woman to holde an endowed chair. Topics discussed included her efforts, at President Carter's request, to help identify women for federal judgeships. She was interviewed in her office at Stanford University Law School in Stanford, California, by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell on March 13, 2007, for the American Bar Association's Women Trailblazers in the Law Project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294200-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294200-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT William Safire reflected on his relationship with President Nixon and his work as one of his speechwriters. This is an interview conducted by Timothy Naftali on March 27, 2008, in Washington, D.C., for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300984-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300984-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT In 1969 Jeb Magruder began working as a special assistant to President Nixon. After doing some work on the midterm elections of 1970, he became the deputy campaign director with the Committee for the Re-Election of the President and then went on to work for the Commerce Department. In 1974 he was sentenced to prison on Watergate related charges, prompting him to publish a memoir, [An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate]. Mr. Magruder discussed his early work in politics and the Nixon administration and the re-election campaign. This program is the first of two parts. This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali and Paul Musgrave on March 23, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio, for the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives and Records Administration, soon to be part of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301794-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301794-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Jill Wine-Banks was an assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate investigation in 1974 and 1975. She talked about the prosecution's strategy, the events surrounding the Saturday Night Massacre, her questioning of Nixon secretary Rosemary Woods, and the impact of the president's resignation and subsequent pardon on the Watergate case This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on October 21, 2008, in Washington, D.C., for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296325-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296325-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Antonia Hernandez, president and chief executive officer of the California Community Foundation, talked about her life and career. She served as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1970s, and tater was named president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Ms. Hernandez recounted her decision to become a lawyer and her focus on civil rights and immigration issues. She was interviewed in Los Angeles, California, by Louise LaMothe on October 22, 2007, for the American Bar Association's Women Trailblazers in the Law Project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294199-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294199-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Photographer David Hume Kennerly recalled his coverage of Richard Nixon from his 1968 presidential campaign through his 1974 resignation. President Ford then asked him to join his White House and document his presidency. At the time, Mr. Kennerly was only in his twenties, even though he was already a veteran Vietnam combat photographer and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Other topics included the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy and his service in Vietnam. This interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on January 28, 2008, in Yorba Linda, California, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298517-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298517-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Susumu Ito served during World War II as a second lieutenant in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the famed all Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He recalled his California childhood, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and joining the 442nd. He served even as his family was forcibly held in an Arkansas internment camp. This is the first of two parts. This interview from the Densho Visual History Collection was conducted by Stephen Fugita for Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294102-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294102-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Secretary Jack Kemp talked about his life and career. He also talked about the career of former Senator Robert Dole (R-KS). He served in the House of Representatives while Dole was in the Senate. In 1996 he was Senator Dole's vice-presidential running mate on the Republican ticket. Topics included the controversy in the Republican Party over supply-side economics. This never-before-aired interview with historian Richard Norton Smith is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this May 23, 2007, interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292541-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292541-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT George Elsey talked about highlights of his public service career, which began with his World War II assignment to the White House Map Room"President Roosevelt's intelligence and communications center. Mr. Elsey went on to work for President Truman and returned to government service at the end of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. Topics included presidential candidate Richard Nixon's promise of a "secret plan" to end the Vietnam War. This is the first of two parts of the interview. This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on June 30, 2009, in Yorba Linda, California, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299129-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299129-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle talked about his life and career, including serving in both the House and the Senate. He also talked about his relationship with former Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) and their work together both in the Senate and since leaving office. Topics included his belief that Senator Dole would have made a great president, and negotiations with President Clinton during the 1995 government shutdown. This never-before-aired interview with historian Richard Norton Smith is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of the May 25, 2007, interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293609-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293609-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People's Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles - waged in November 1965 - that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans - outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army - prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Bill Beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray earned him a Silver Star. In this hour-long interview - airing for the first time on television -- Beck recalls a routine mission on a beautiful Sunday afternoon that turned into a life and death struggle. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301572-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301572-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., was interviewed about his career. He was one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury. This interview was part of an oral history program at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on May 21, 1998, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291541-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291541-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Noel Koch talked about his work as a speechwriter for former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS). Mr. Koch recalled his political experiences in the Nixon White House and the 1976 Ford-Dole presidential ticket. Topics including meeting President Nixon and Senator Dole's bear joke. These are excerpts from a never-before-aired interview in the collection of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Historian Brien R. Williams conducted this interview on February 20, 2008. The location is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293826-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293826-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Karen Hastie Williams talked about her life and career. As a child she spent time in the Virgin Islands when her father was the governor. She was a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Spottswood W. Robinson, III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ms. Williams served as chief counsel of the Senate Committee on the Budget from 1977 until 1980. In 1980-81 she served as administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the White House Budget Office during the Carter administration. In 1982, she was the first African American to join Crowell & Moring LLP, where she made partner in two years. She was interviewed in her office in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 1, 2007, for the American Bar Association's Women Trailblazers in the Law Project by Elizabeth Hayes Patterson. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293465-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293465-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Eileen Shanahan talked about her life and career. In the early 1960s Eileen Shanahan was the first female reporter in the [New York Times] Washington Bureau to cover anything other than first ladies. After 14 years at the [Times], she became a named plaintiff in the sex discrimination lawsuit against them in 1974. She went on to be a spokesperson for the Carter administration and later a managing editor at a number of other papers. This is the first half of two parts. This oral history interview was conducted by Mary Marshall Clark on May 21, 1994, for the Washington Press Club Foundation as part of its oral history project "Women in Journalism." The interview was conducted in the home of Betsy Wade in New York City. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299577-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299577-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT David Gergen began his political career in 1971 as a staff assistant on President Nixon's speech writing team. He talked about his relationship with President Nixon, the speech writing process, and how he came to write President Nixon's letter of resignation. This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali on August 5, 2009, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302017-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302017-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Rusty Schweickart talked about his life and his career at NASA. In this interview he talked about the Apollo missions. He was on Apollo 9 in March 1969 as the pilot for the first manned flight of the Lunar Module. This interview was part of an oral history program at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Rebecca Wright on October 19, 1999, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293127-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293127-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Former President Richard Nixon's younger sibling, Edward, recalled Depression era family life in Southern California, his brother's World War II service, and the political career that carried Richard Nixon to the White House. Topics included the effect on Richard Nixon of the death of his older brother, Harold. This is the first of two parts of this interview. This oral history interview was conducted by Timothy Naftali, Paul Musgrave, and John Powers, on January 9, 2007, in Yorba Linda, Calif., for the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives and Records Administration, soon to be part of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298712-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298712-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT On April 24, 1995 Justice Blackmun and then-Professor Koh talked about the justice's work habits, Vietnam, the deaths of Justices Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan, the appointments to the Supreme Court of Justices Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist, and the obscenity cases heard by the Court in the 1970s. On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the Library of Congress unsealed the papers of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun on the fifth anniversary of his death. The collection included 38 hours of videotaped oral history interviews conducted with Justice Blackmun in 1994 and 1995 by his former law clerk, Yale professor Harold Koh. The interviews were shot by a Federal Judicial Center videographer. Justice Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served until 1994, when Justice Stephen Breyer took his seat on the Court. Justice Blackmun passed away on March 4, 1999. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/178444-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/178444-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, Bernard Nussbaum discussed his involvement in the impeachment charges against Nixon following the scandal. Bernard Nussbaum was a senior member of the staff advising the House Judiciary Committee on the impeachment. He went on to serve as Counsel to the President of the United States under the Clinton administration. This is the first of two parts and is about one hour. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306436-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306436-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Attorney Lynn Hecht Schafran, director of the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, talked about her life and career. She recalled how she came to specialize in gender discrimination law. She also talked about how a Columbia Law School class taught by now-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped set her own career course. This video interview is a summary of the 14 hours of audio interviews done 2006-2007 by Amy Katz for the oral history collection of the American Bar Association's Women Trailblazers in the Law Project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292824-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292824-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Hal Shook talked about his experiences during World War II, including flying fighter sweeps during the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Normandy. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral history interviews to record the experiences of World War II veterans and those Americans living and working on the Home Front. The location of the interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291479-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291479-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Don Houseman was interviewed about his experiences during World War II. Topics included the Battle of the Bulge and his subsequent wounding and capture by German soldiers. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral history interviews to record the experiences of World War II veterans and those Americans living and working on the Home Front. The location of the interview is not known. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291116-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291116-1 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT