Oral history interview with Wilkes T. Thrasher, Jr. [audio recording and transcript]
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OHP40Thrasher1a_d.mp3
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- Title
- Oral history interview with Wilkes T. Thrasher, Jr. [audio recording and transcript]
- Description
- Wilkes Terrance Thrasher, Jr. (23 Jul 1921-14 Dec 1984), chancery court judge, discusses facets of both his own political career and that of his father, Wilkes T. Thrasher, Sr. which spanned from 1924-1960; describes the operation of the county government in its county council/manager (post-1941) and county court/judge (pre-1941) forms; describes political practices of the county court era, including the buying of poll taxes, use of the chain ballot, etc.
- Interviewer
- Bradley, Norman, 1913-2004
- Extent
- 1 audiocassette (1 hour 20 minutes)
- 1 transcript (37 pages)
- Collection
- Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
- Subject
- Elections -- Tennessee -- Hamilton County
- Tennessee -- Hamilton County -- Politics and government
- Judges -- Tennessee -- Hamilton County
- Thrasher, Wilkes T. (Wilkes Terrance), 1921-1984
- Rights
- No Copyright
- Bibliographic Citation
- Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
- Relation
- Index to the Oral History Collection
- Identifier
- OHP 40
- Type
- Sound
- Text
- Language
- English
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