"Booknotes" Oral History Project Collection #R0143

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"Booknotes" Oral History Project Collection #R0143
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As part of an established documentation strategy, the George Mason University Libraries has conducted oral history interviews with selected "Booknotes" authors and C-SPAN staff members about their experiences as part of the "Booknotes" series. These interviews give insight into the impact Booknotes had on the authors, on those who worked for C-SPAN, and the network's growth.
Authors were asked to describe the experience of appearing on the program, how it was different from other interview appearances, how it affected their carreer, and how it forged lasting relationships between an author and C-SPAN. C-SPAN staffers were asked questions about the inner workings of the program and Brian Lamb's methodology.
The thirty-five interviews were conducted in 2014 and 2015. These oral histories and abstracts of them are available for use here via this site.
Date
2014-2015

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  • An Interview with Susan Swain
    Susan Swain is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 16 April 2015. Ms. Swain discusses the history of C-SPAN's Booknotes program.
  • Interview with Douglas Brinkley
  • Interview with Brian Lamb.
    C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 1 October 2015. Mr. Lamb discusses the history of C-SPAN's Booknotes program.
  • An Interview with Terry Murphy.
    C-SPAN Producer Terry Murphy is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 27 March 2015. Mr. Murphy discusses his time on C-SPAN's Booknotes program.
  • An Interview with Sarah Tahern.
    Former C-SPAN Senior Producer Sarah Trahern is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 19 March 2015. Ms. Trahern discusses her time working with C-SPAN and Booknotes from 1987 to 1995.
  • An Interview with Douglas Wilson.
    Professor Douglas Wilson is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 8 July 2014. Wilson discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 29 March 1998, where he discussed his book "Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln."
  • An Interview with Douglas Brinkley.
    Dr. Douglas Brinkley is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 11 December 2014. Dr. Brinkley discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 18 April 1993, where he discussed his book The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey.
  • An Interview with Ken Auletta.
    Ken Auletta is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 16 July 2014. Mr. Perlstein discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 6 October 1991, where he discussed his book "Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way."
  • An Interview with Rick Perlstein.
    Rick Perlstein is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 14 July 2014. Mr. Perlstein discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 3 June 2001, where he discussed his book "Before the Storm."
  • Interview with Connie Doebele.
    Connie Doebele is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 30 July 2014. Ms. Doebele a former producer on C-SPAN's Booknotes program discusses the program and its host, Brian Lamb.
  • An Interview with R. Emmett Tyrrell.
    R. Emmett Tyrrell is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 7 August 2014. Mr. Tyrrell discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 7 June 1992, where he discussed his book "Conservative Crack-Up."
  • An Interview with Nathan McCall.
    Nathan McCall is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 14 August 2014. Mr. McCall discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on March 6, 1999, where he discussed his book "Makes me wanna holler : a young Black man in America."
  • An Interview with Robert Timberg.
    Robert Timberg is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 26 September 2014. Mr. Timberg discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 27 August 1995, where he discussed his book "The Nightingale's Song."
  • An Interview with Robert Kurson.
    Author Robert Kurson is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 1 May 2014. Mr. Kurson discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 11 July 2004, where he discussed his book "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II".
  • An Interview with Dr. Marvin Olasky.
    Author Marvin Olasky is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 2 June 2014. Mr. Olasky discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 22 January 1995, where discussed his book "The Tragedy of American Compassion".
  • An Interview with Harold Holzer
    uthor Harold Holzer is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 19 June 2014. Mr. Holzer discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 22 August 1993, where discussed his book "The Lincoln Douglas Debates".
  • An Interview with Nicholas Basbanes.
    Author Nicholas Basbanes is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 1 May 2014. Mr. Basbanes discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 15 October 1995, where discussed his book "A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books".
  • An Interview with Robert Darnton.
    Author Robert Darnton is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 12 May 2014. Mr. Darnton discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 21 August 2003, where he discussed his book "George Washington’s False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century".
  • An Interview with Leon Decosta Dash.
    Leon Decosta Dash is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 26 June 2014. Mr. Dash discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 10 November 1996, where he discussed his book "Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America."
  • An Interview with Dava Sobel.
    Dr. Dava Sobel is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 19 June 2014. Dr. Sobel discusses her appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 17 January 1999, where she discussed her book "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius."
  • An Interview with Andrew Ferguson.
    Andrew Ferguson is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 21 May 2014. Mr Ferguson discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 3 November 1996, where he discussed his book "Fools' Names, Fools' Faces."
  • An Interview with Frederick Downs.
    Mr. Frederick Downs is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 15 May 2014. Mr. Downs discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 26 January 1992, where she discussed his book "No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends: An American Soldier Returns to Vietnam."
  • An Interview with Judith Shelton.
    Economist Dr. Judith Shelton is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 11 June 2014. Dr. Shelton discusses her appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 9 April 1989, where she discussed her book "The Coming Soviet Crash."
  • An Interview with Kenneth Ackerman.
    Author Kenneth Ackerman is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 2 May 2014. Mr. Ackerman discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 27 July 2003, where he discussed his book "Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield".
  • An Interview with Amity Shlaes.
    Amity Shlaes is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 6 March 2015. Ms. Shlaes discusses her appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 11 April 1999, where she discussed her book "The Greedy Hand".
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