John P. East Oral History Interview

October 1, 1979; October 15, 1979
Oral History #OH0171
Creator(s)
East, John P. (Interviewee); Lennon, Donald R. (Interviewer)
Physical description
0.01 Cubic Feet, 2 audiocassettes, 2 hours, 61 pages
Preferred Citation
John P. East Oral History Interview (#OH0171), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions


Scope and arrangement

Senator East served on the Political Science faculty at East Carolina University before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1980. These interviews were conducted prior to his election campaign and concentrate on his political philosophy, previous election campaigns in which he participated, the Republican Party, and his views on a variety of political issues facing North Carolina and the United States.


Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Gift of John P. East

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

General note

1950s-1979


Key terms
Personal Names
East, John P.--Interviews
Corporate Names
Republican Party (N.C.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Topical
College teachers--North Carolina--Greenville
Politicians--North Carolina--Greenville
Places
North Carolina--Politics and government--20th century