Reginald Hall Sullivan oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH019
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a transcript, 3 audio cassette tapes, and a reel-to-reel audiotape of four oral history interviews with Reginald Hall Sullivan conducted by Jerry Handfield for hte Indiana State Library Oral History Project in March-April, 1976. Sullivan was interviewed at Hooverwood Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Only three of the four interviews were transcribed because some of the tapes were inaudible.
In the transcribed interviews, Sullivan discusses his youth in Indianapolis, baseball, Wabash College, the Ku Klux Klan, and his political experiences. He also comments on other well-known Hoosiers including Otto Ray, James Whitcomb Riley, Paul McNutt, Thomas R. Marshall, Sherman Minton, Tom Taggart, Frank McHale, Mike Morrissey, and Gus Efroymson.
There is also a typed transcript of Sullivan's interview with James Glass on August 16, 1976 for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission and a videocassette tape and DVD of a partial interview of Sullivian with Mike Ahern from Channel 8 in March 1976.
In the transcribed interviews, Sullivan discusses his youth in Indianapolis, baseball, Wabash College, the Ku Klux Klan, and his political experiences. He also comments on other well-known Hoosiers including Otto Ray, James Whitcomb Riley, Paul McNutt, Thomas R. Marshall, Sherman Minton, Tom Taggart, Frank McHale, Mike Morrissey, and Gus Efroymson.
There is also a typed transcript of Sullivan's interview with James Glass on August 16, 1976 for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission and a videocassette tape and DVD of a partial interview of Sullivian with Mike Ahern from Channel 8 in March 1976.
Dates
- 1976 March-April
Creator
- Sullivan, Reginald Hall, 1876-1980 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Reginald Hall Sullivan was born on March 10, 1876, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father, Thomas L. Sullivan, was mayor of Indianapolis from 1890 to 1893. His maternal grandfather was Oliver H. Smith. Sullivan graduated from Wabash College in 1896 and received his law degree from the Indiana Law School in 1899. He never married. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he practiced law and was chairman of the Marion County Democratic Central Committee (1912-1914). He served as a State Senator in 1911 and 1913. From 1916 to 1917, he was City Controller for Indianapolis. Sullivan was elected mayor of Indianapolis and served two non-consecutive terms (1930-1935, 1939-1943). He died January 30, 1980.
Source:
January, Alan F. and Elizabeth Shanahan, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 2, 1900-1984. Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1984.
Source:
January, Alan F. and Elizabeth Shanahan, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 2, 1900-1984. Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1984.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (2 transcripts, 3 cassette tapes, 1 reel-to-reel tape, 1 DVD, 1 videocassette tape)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by format.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a part of the Indiana State Library Oral History Project, 1976, and the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission in 1978.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized materials from the collection are available online in the ISL Digital Collections (http://digitalcollections.library.in.gov): https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll40/id/1381/rec/25
https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll40/id/1397/rec/24
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Christina Baich during May 2006. Finding aid revised by Bethany Fiechter on 2015/11/09. EAD finding aid created by Bethany Fiechter on 2019/07/01. Collection reprocessing completed 2020/03/05 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2020/03/05 by Brittany Kropf.
- Audiocassettes
- Baseball
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana. General Assembly. Senate
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Indianapolis (Ind.) Mayor
- Indianapolis (Ind.). Office of the City Controller
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Marshall, Thomas Riley, 1854-1925
- McNutt, Paul V. (Paul Vories), 1891-1955
- Minton, Sherman, 1890-1965
- Morrissey, Michael
- Optical disks
- Oral history interviews
- Otto, Ray
- Politicians
- Politicians -- Indiana
- Politics and government
- Reel-to-reel audiotapes
- Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916
- Taggart, Thomas, 1856-1929
- Transcriptions
- Video tapes
- Wabash College
Creator
- Sullivan, Reginald Hall, 1876-1980 (Interviewee, Person)
- Indiana State Library (Interviewer, Organization)
- Title
- Reginald Hall Sullivan oral history
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
