Biography: Robert A. Taft, 1968
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at
Indiana University Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities Division of
Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Indiana University
400 North Sunrise Drive
Weatherly Hall North, Room 122
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm
Creator
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
TitleBiography: Robert A. Taft, 1968
Project No.
ohrc003
Interviews
1 interview.
Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman
B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study
of History and Memory office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Charles Taft discusses politics in Cincinnati during the late
1920s. He talks about his brother, Robert A. Taft, and his political
career.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains one interview, lasting fifty minutes. The interview consists of one audiotape and a typed transcript,
as well as collateral materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of
History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of
twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana University is open
to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies
are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the interviewee. Scholars must honor any
restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript
(deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that
interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the taped interview.
Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be
used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession
number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project
name], Center for the Study of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side
if no transcript].
Interview List
Interviewee
Taft, Charles P.
August 9,
1968
Call Number
68-014
Physical Description
20 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips.; 50 minutes; index; Robert A.
Taft biographical information sheet
Interviewer
Patterson, James T.
Scope and Content Note
Charles Taft, a Cincinnati, Ohio politician, discusses his and
his brother's career in politics. He discusses the election of Herbert Hoover
and the establishment of the Charter Movement in Ohio cities and counties. He
also discusses possible corruption in sectors of Cincinnati politics.
Access Status
Open
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Cincinnati Charter Committee
- Cincinnatus Association
- Democratic Party
- Hamilton County Charter Commission
- Ohio State Legislature
- Republican Party
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Place Names
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Hamilton County, Ohio
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Occupation Names
- politician
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Personal Names
- Bentley, Henry
- Berry, Theodore M.
- Bevis, Howard L.
- Gorman, Robert
- Hoover, Herbert C.
- Longworth, Nicholas
- Seasongood, Murray
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Subjects
- 1924 Charter Amendment
- 1925 Taft Bills
- 1927 city election
- political campaign
- African-American candidates
- political corruption
- Prohibition politics
- state budget
