John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project

Collection Id: 
OHCoop
Description: 

John Sherman Cooper (1901--1991), born in Somerset, served as a United States senator (1947--1948, 1952--1955, and 1957--1973), ambassador to India and Nepal (1955--1956), and ambassador to East Germany (1974--1976). Cooper and his associates discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Vietnam War, education, the War on Poverty, health care, environmental protection, the Tennessee Valley Authority, World War II, Pulaski County during the Great Depression, Cooper as a county judge, Somerset, the Warren Commission, the United Nations, Appalachia, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Richard Russell, Lyndon B. Johnson, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, Earle C. Clements, Thruston B. Morton, Alben W. Barkley, Jawaharlal Nehru, Erich Honecker, and Richard M. Nixon.

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Master type: 
Audio
113
Interviews included in this project:
Interviewee(s) Interview Date Call Number Interviewer Access Transcript
George David Aiken May 24th, 1976 1976OH045 Coop 001 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 13th, 1979 1979OH158 Coop 002 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Lee C. White August 20th, 1979 1979OH243 Coop 003 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper November 18th, 1979 1979OH263 Coop 004 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
William R. Haley November 13th, 1979 1979OH264 Coop 005 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Colgate S. Prentice November 13th, 1979 1979OH265 Coop 006 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Bailey Guard November 15th, 1979 1979OH266 Coop 007 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Marlow Webster Cook January 28th, 1980 1980OH013 Coop 008 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
J. William Fulbright January 21st, 1980 1980OH014 Coop 009 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
William R. Haley February 1st, 1980 1980OH015 Coop 010 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper January 20th, 1980 1980OH016 Coop 011 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper January 22nd, 1980 1980OH017 Coop 012 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Bailey Guard January 31st, 1980 1980OH019 Coop 013 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
William H. Greider April 22nd, 1980 1980OH058 Coop 014 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Richard L. Harwood April 22nd, 1980 1980OH059 Coop 015 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Judy Parente April 23rd, 1980 1980OH060 Coop 016 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
William R. Haley April 23rd, 1980 1980OH061 Coop 017 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Steve Swain April 25th, 1980 1980OH062 Coop 018 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper April 26th, 1980 1980OH063 Coop 019 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper April 27th, 1980 1980OH064 Coop 020 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Lorraine Cooper April 28th, 1980 1980OH065 Coop 021 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 7th, 1980 1980OH120 Coop 022 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 8th, 1980 1980OH121 Coop 023 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Clifford P. Case June 10th, 1980 1980OH122 Coop 024 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Stuart Symington June 9th, 1980 1980OH124 Coop 025 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 20th, 1980 1980OH125 Coop 026 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Paul Janensch August 12th, 1980 1980OH132 Coop 027 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Enos Swain September 11th, 1979 1980OH136 Coop 028 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
George Joplin III September 24th, 1980 1980OH143 Coop 029 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Carl T. Curtis January 26th, 1981 1981OH009 Coop 030 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Ward Sinclair January 27th, 1981 1981OH010 Coop 031 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Hugh Scott January 27th, 1981 1981OH011 Coop 032 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Malcolm Holliday January 28th, 1981 1981OH012 Coop 033 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Jennings Randolph January 28th, 1981 1981OH013 Coop 034 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
George M. Moore January 29th, 1981 1981OH014 Coop 035 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Janet Humphrey February 20th, 1981 1981OH018 Coop 036 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Ruth C. Midthun February 19th, 1981 1981OH019 Coop 037 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
O.B. McEwan February 17th, 1981 1981OH021 Coop 038 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 16th, 1981 1981OH057 Coop 039 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 16th, 1981 1981OH058 Coop 040 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 18th, 1981 1981OH059 Coop 041 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 19th, 1981 1981OH060 Coop 042 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis May 13th, 1981 1981OH063 Coop 043 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 15th, 1982 1982OH070 Coop 044 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 16th, 1982 1982OH071 Coop 045 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 19th, 1982 1982OH115 Coop 046 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Robert L. Milby August 20th, 1982 1982OH126 Coop 047 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Charles L. Bartlett October 12th, 1982 1982OH136 Coop 048 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
Eugene Siler October 26th, 1982 1982OH140 Coop 049 Terry L. Birdwhistell No Restrictions Yes
G. Campbell Becket, Elise Becket May 28th, 1983 1983OH073 Coop 050 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
H. Templeton Brown May 28th, 1983 1983OH074 Coop 051 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Clifton Weidlich May 28th, 1983 1983OH075 Coop 052 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Watson W. Wise May 28th, 1983 1983OH076 Coop 053 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
James P. Hendrick May 29th, 1983 1983OH077 Coop 054 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 4th, 1983 1983OH081 Coop 055 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 5th, 1983 1983OH082 Coop 056 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Lawrence E. Forgy, Jr. March 20th, 1984 1984OH010 Coop 057 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
Lee R. Nunn May 26th, 1984 1984OH030 Coop 058 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
John H. Kerr, Jr. June 20th, 1984 1984OH031 Coop 059 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
J. Strom Thurmond June 25th, 1984 1984OH039 Coop 060 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Howard H. Baker, Jr. June 25th, 1984 1984OH040 Coop 061 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Claiborne Pell June 27th, 1984 1984OH042 Coop 062 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Mark O. Hatfield June 28th, 1984 1984OH043 Coop 063 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
A.B. "Happy" Chandler July 16th, 1984 1984OH050 Coop 064 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
Lawrence W. Wetherby July 26th, 1984 1984OH058 Coop 065 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
Edward F. Prichard, Jr. August 8th, 1984 1984OH068 Coop 066 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
Bert T. Combs August 14th, 1984 1984OH072 Coop 067 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper December 8th, 1984 1984OH155 Coop 068 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Donald E. Cooper March 18th, 1985 1985OH063 Coop 069 Richard C. Smoot Restrictions Apply Yes
Richard E. Cooper March 18th, 1985 1985OH064 Coop 070 Richard C. Smoot No Restrictions Yes
William B. Macomber June 12th, 1985 1985OH122 Coop 071 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
C. Douglas Dillon June 13th, 1985 1985OH123 Coop 072 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 26th, 1985 1985OH150 Coop 073 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 27th, 1985 1985OH151 Coop 074 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 28th, 1985 1985OH152 Coop 075 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 30th, 1986 1986OH145 Coop 076 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 31st, 1986 1986OH146 Coop 077 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 1st, 1986 1986OH147 Coop 078 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 21st, 1986 1986OH165 Coop 079 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper June 22nd, 1986 1986OH166 Coop 080 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 26th, 1987 1987OH062 Coop 081 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Sherman Cooper May 27th, 1987 1987OH063 Coop 082 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
John Kenneth Galbraith June 9th, 1987 1987OH065 Coop 083 William Cooper No Restrictions Yes
Ronald Edward Meredith June 14th, 1993 1993OH257 Coop 084 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Mary Caperton Bingham June 18th, 1993 1993OH258 Coop 085 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Richard E. Cooper July 7th, 1993 1993OH259 Coop 086 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Charles McCurdy Mathias July 13th, 1993 1993OH284 Coop 087 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Katharine Graham July 14th, 1993 1993OH285 Coop 088 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Robert Anderson August 11th, 1993 1993OH352 Coop 089 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
David C. Acheson August 11th, 1993 1993OH353 Coop 090 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Maurice Rosenblatt August 11th, 1993 1993OH367 Coop 091 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Richard E. Cooper September 20th, 1993 1993OH368 Coop 092 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Philip P. Ardery September 22nd, 1993 1993OH369 Coop 093 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Edward "Ned" T. Breathitt September 26th, 1993 1993OH370 Coop 094 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
W. Scott Miller Jr. September 30th, 1993 1993OH371 Coop 095 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Harry G. Story November 22nd, 1993 1993OH413 Coop 096 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Wilson W. Wyatt March 17th, 1994 1994OH032 Coop 097 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Joseph E. Lambert, James Lambert March 22nd, 1994 1994OH033 Coop 098 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Louie B. Nunn March 31st, 1994 1994OH041 Coop 099 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
William D. Gorman March 30th, 1994 1994OH042 Coop 100 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Homer W. Ramsey April 12th, 1994 1994OH055 Coop 101 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Hugh L. Spurlock June 2nd, 1994 1994OH110 Coop 102 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Thomas D. Clark June 15th, 1994 1994OH115 Coop 103 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Henry Blankenship July 9th, 1994 1994OH135 Coop 104 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Kenneth Dennis May 9th, 1993 1994OH189 Coop 105 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
D. Foster Pettit April 8th, 1994 1994OH190 Coop 106 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
James Park, Jr. April 14th, 1994 1994OH191 Coop 107 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Samuel M. Rosenstein July 29th, 1994 1994OH192 Coop 108 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Jane Roseberry Tolleson August 4th, 1994 1994OH193 Coop 109 Harry Merritt No Restrictions Yes
Francis J. Keenan September 21st, 1994 1994OH194 Coop 110 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Tod J. Kaufman December 10th, 1994 1995OH205 Coop 111 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Alfred C. Partoll June 29th, 1995 1995OH206 Coop 112 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
Walter A. Baker July 26th, 1995 1995OH207 Coop 113 Harry Merritt No Restrictions No
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