The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Papers of Vermont political oral history collection

Repository: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections

Collection Description (CRHP): The only interview in this collection discussing civil rights is that of George Aiken. It is a long oral history with Aiken (200 page transcript), and there is a very small section where Aiken talks about working with President Kennedy and others on the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Collection URL: http://voyager.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?db=LOCAL&BBID=2010573

Date(s): 1968-1981

Digital Status: No

Extent: 15 items

Language: English

Related Archival Items: The George Aiken Papers also exist at this archive and contain audio and video recordings.

Interviewees: George Aiken

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

Civil rights movements--Vermont
Civil rights--Cases
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Vermont--Politics and government

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings
Transcripts