Barack Obama oral history now available
The Miller Center's new presidential collection includes interviews with 37 officials
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Director of Edward M. Kennedy’s Boston office
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Hendrik Hertzberg: Speechwriter
Christopher Matthews: Speechwriter
Achsah Nesmith: Speechwriter
Gordon Stewart: Speechwriter
Christopher Matthews: Speechwriter
Achsah Nesmith: Speechwriter
Gordon Stewart: Speechwriter
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project
Margaret Spellings: Director of the Domestic Policy Council; Secretary of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Chief Education Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Director of Policy Planning (State Department); Deputy National Security Advisor
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Assistant to the president and White House staff secretary
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Staff Director, Senate National Science Foundation Subcommittee; Legislative Correspondent to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Secretary of Health and Human Services
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education; Assistant to the President for Communications
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
White House Chief of Staff
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
White House Chief of Staff
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics (or New Independent States); Deputy Secretary of State
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Family friend; Massachusetts politics
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Personal Advisor; Chief Campaign Scheduler; Advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Deputy National Security Advisor 2003–04; Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor 2004–08
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Attorney; Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; Director of the Voice of America
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Special Assistant to the Attorney General; Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations & other positions
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Foreign Policy Adviser to Edward Kennedy; Founder of US-Ireland Alliance
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Soviet Refusenik
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
FBI Director; Director of Central Intelligence
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Deputy Director for Speechwriting; Deputy Assistant to the President and Head of White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Senator, Connecticut; Governor, Connecticut
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Secretary of the Army; Secretary of Veterans Affairs
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project
Director, United States Information Agency
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Chief Counsel for Senator Philip Hart on the Judiciary Committee
Member of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Judiciary Committee Staff
Member of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Judiciary Committee Staff
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Speechwriter; Senior Advisor for Special Projects
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Campaign manager for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Senator, Pennsylvania; CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Director of Central Intelligence
William J. Clinton Presidential History Project
Secretary of Agriculture; Chairman of the Republican National Committee; National Policy Advisor
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Professor of Government, University of Virginia
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission; Counselor of the U.S. Department of State
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission; Counselor of the U.S. Department of State
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Director of the Domestic Policy Council
George W. Bush Oral History Project