Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

An Interview with Sam Bowers.

By: Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006.
Contributor(s): Spencer, Debra | Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
Material type: materialTypeLabelMixed materialsDescription: 3 folders transcripts.Subject(s): Bowers family | Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006 | Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 | Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 | Parker, Mack Charles | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Gulf and Ship Island Railroad | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Mississippi | United States. Navy | Civil rights -- Mississippi | World War, 1939-1945 | Korean War, 1950-1953 | Fascism | Communism | Race relations -- Mississippi | Hinds County (Miss.) | Jones County (Miss.) | Mississippi -- Politics and governmentRelated Material: An interview with Sam Bowers [audio]; [The Philosopher King].
Contents:
Interview 1, Sam Bowers -- Early background -- grandfather E. J. Bowers, Jr. -- Confederate Conspiracy -- great-grandfather, E. J. Bowers, Sr. -- Confederate Officers' Corps -- "Marrying Up" -- G.&S.I. Railroad at Gulfport -- Political beginnings of E. J. Bowers -- Bowers' family history -- Relationship between Evangeline Bowers and E. J. Bowers -- Early education -- Bill Thompson -- World War II -- Post-War activities -- Interview 2, Sam Bowers -- Influence of the Navy -- Bowers' definition of "Fascist" -- Two most important lessons from the Navy -- Motivation for giving these interviews -- Post-World War II -- McCarthy, Korea, Social and Political Life in Mississippi -- Race and the military -- Lynch mobs -- Emmett Till -- Brown vs. Board of Education decision -- The Four Quadrants of Mississippi Politics -- J. P. Coleman -- Support of Ross Barnett -- Organizational affiliation -- Trials and convictions -- Being interviewed by the FBI -- "Criminal Lunacy" -- Arrests in Philadelphia -- Dahmer cases -- Interview 3, Sam Bowers -- Prejudices of state officials in the Dahmer Case -- Bowers' lawyers' strategies -- Committee on Un-American Activities -- Judging political figures -- White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations -- Segregation -- Communism and States' Rights -- Definition of Babylonian Central Bankers -- FBI's accusation of Bowers as Pro-Communist -- Citizens' Council -- Experiences in the Federal Penitentiary -- Experiences in the Forrest County Jail -- Sovereignty Commission -- Hypothesis of what happened in Philadelphia -- Bowers' view of Social, Economic, and Political Policies.
Summary: Three interviews with Sam Bowers. Interviews were conducted by Debra Spencer of the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History on October 24, 1983 at the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, on January 30, 1984 in Florence, Miss., and on November 5, 1984 at the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History.
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
By Permission Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Archival Reading Room AU 123--Bowers, Sam Transcript Vol. 1 Not for loan See Reference Desk. B142662
By Permission Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Archival Reading Room AU 123--Bowers, Sam Transcript Vol. 2 Not for loan See Reference Desk. B142321
By Permission Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Archival Reading Room AU 123--Bowers, Sam Transcript Vol. 3 Not for loan See Reference Desk. B142661

Neither the audio recordings nor the transcripts offer a complete version of the interviews. Sentences missing from the recordings appear in the transcripts, and a few segments of audio were omitted from the transcripts. The transcripts also reflect changes requested by Bowers, such as the consistent substitution of "rebel" for "Bolshevik."

Interview 1, Sam Bowers -- Early background -- grandfather E. J. Bowers, Jr. -- Confederate Conspiracy -- great-grandfather, E. J. Bowers, Sr. -- Confederate Officers' Corps -- "Marrying Up" -- G.&S.I. Railroad at Gulfport -- Political beginnings of E. J. Bowers -- Bowers' family history -- Relationship between Evangeline Bowers and E. J. Bowers -- Early education -- Bill Thompson -- World War II -- Post-War activities -- Interview 2, Sam Bowers -- Influence of the Navy -- Bowers' definition of "Fascist" -- Two most important lessons from the Navy -- Motivation for giving these interviews -- Post-World War II -- McCarthy, Korea, Social and Political Life in Mississippi -- Race and the military -- Lynch mobs -- Emmett Till -- Brown vs. Board of Education decision -- The Four Quadrants of Mississippi Politics -- J. P. Coleman -- Support of Ross Barnett -- Organizational affiliation -- Trials and convictions -- Being interviewed by the FBI -- "Criminal Lunacy" -- Arrests in Philadelphia -- Dahmer cases -- Interview 3, Sam Bowers -- Prejudices of state officials in the Dahmer Case -- Bowers' lawyers' strategies -- Committee on Un-American Activities -- Judging political figures -- White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations -- Segregation -- Communism and States' Rights -- Definition of Babylonian Central Bankers -- FBI's accusation of Bowers as Pro-Communist -- Citizens' Council -- Experiences in the Federal Penitentiary -- Experiences in the Forrest County Jail -- Sovereignty Commission -- Hypothesis of what happened in Philadelphia -- Bowers' view of Social, Economic, and Political Policies.

Three interviews with Sam Bowers. Interviews were conducted by Debra Spencer of the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History on October 24, 1983 at the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, on January 30, 1984 in Florence, Miss., and on November 5, 1984 at the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History.

This file contains the original transcript in various stages of editing and has not been digitized.