George H. W. Bush Oral History
The George H.W. Bush Oral History will be released at a two-day event in Charlottesville, VA. on Oct. 14 and 15. This event, which will start at 1:00PM EST, will be streamed live at millercenter.org.
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The Bush Oral History Project was launched in 1999 as an ambitious effort to record for posterity the recollections and reflections of key figures in the Bush administration. The goal is twofold: to capture for the permanent historical record a picture of the 41st presidency drawn in the words of those who knew it best; and to supplement a documentary record that may be silent or unclear as to the decisive influences on presidential politics and policies during the Bush years.
Now completed, the Bush oral history consists of 44-50 interviews and roughly 425 hours of recorded interviews with cabinet members, senior presidential staff members, transition aides, and campaign advisors. Among those who have been interviewed to date are James Baker III, Nicholas Brady, Andrew Card, Richard Cheney, Richard Darman, Marlin Fitzwater, Boyden Gray, Dan Quayle, Brent Scowcroft, John Sununu, and Richard Thornburgh.
Released transcripts will be available to the public at 1:00PM on October 14, 2011. They will then be deposited, together with the interview briefing books prepared by our research staff, at the Bush Presidential Library in College Station and the Miller Center's Scripps Library in Charlottesville. A complete listing of the transcripts will appear on this web site at the time of release.
The project is being conducted in cooperation with the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation.