Oral History Interviews with Senate Presidents and Minority Leaders, 2017

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Oral History Interviews with Senate Presidents and Minority Leaders, 2017

Oral history interviews with Senate presidents and minority leaders were conducted in 2017 to document the perspectives and legacy of each Senate President and Minority Leader once an individual had transitioned out of the leadership role. Individuals interviewed: William Bulger, Senate president from 1978-1996, Thomas Birmingham, Senate president from 1996-2003, David Locke, Senate minority leader from 1989-1993, Robert Travaglini and Brian Lees (interviewed together), Senate president from 2003-2007 and Senate minority Leader from 1993-2007, respectively, Therese Murray, Senate president from 2007-2015, Richard Tisei, Senate minority leader from 2007-2011. Former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg established the project and partnered with the Massachusetts Archives and the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Graphic Communications Division to record, preserve, and make accessible the interviews. Robert Allison, PhD, Professor of History at Suffolk University, served as interviewer. Topics include: the Massachusetts Senate, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, legislation, elections, changes to internal procedures and rules governing the state legislature, legislative committees, constitutional conventions, education reform, welfare reform, redistricting, desegregation of Boston public schools during the 1970s and 1980s, the Great Recession of 2008, legalization of same-sex marriage, and other Massachusetts social, political, and economic issues from 1978 to 2015.

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Title: Oral History Interviews with Senate Presidents and Minority Leaders, 2017

Creator: Massachusetts. General Court. Senate

Description: Oral history interviews with Senate presidents and minority leaders were conducted in 2017 to document the perspectives and legacy of each Senate President and Minority Leader once an individual had transitioned out of the leadership role. Individuals interviewed: William Bulger, Senate president from 1978-1996, Thomas Birmingham, Senate president from 1996-2003, David Locke, Senate minority leader from 1989-1993, Robert Travaglini and Brian Lees (interviewed together), Senate president from 2003-2007 and Senate minority Leader from 1993-2007, respectively, Therese Murray, Senate president from 2007-2015, Richard Tisei, Senate minority leader from 2007-2011.Former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg established the project and partnered with the Massachusetts Archives and the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Graphic Communications Division to record, preserve, and make accessible the interviews. Robert Allison, PhD, Professor of History at Suffolk University, served as interviewer. Topics include: the Massachusetts Senate, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, legislation, elections, changes to internal procedures and rules governing the state legislature, legislative committees, constitutional conventions, education reform, welfare reform, redistricting, desegregation of Boston public schools during the 1970s and 1980s, the Great Recession of 2008, legalization of same-sex marriage, and other Massachusetts social, political, and economic issues from 1978 to 2015.

Date: 2017

Type of Resource: Moving Image

Format: video/mp4

Extent: Digital records: 904.652 GB (6 video files and 6 transcript files with preservation and access copies)

Subject: Oral history

Subject: Legislators--Massachusetts

Subject: Massachusetts--Politics and government--1951-

Subject: Massachusetts--Senate--Leadership

Coverage: Massachusetts

Collection Information: Part of Collection: Record Group CT1 (General Court--Senate)

Language: en

Preferred Citation: Oral History Interviews with Senate Presidents and Minority Leaders, 2017. (CT1 / 2758) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].

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Record Group: CT1

Series: 2758

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Oral History Interviews with Senate Presidents and Minority Leaders, 2017

Interview with David H. Locke

Interview with Richard R. Tisei

Interview with Robert Travaglini and Brian Lees

Interview with Therese Murray

Interview with Thomas Birmingham

Interview with William M. Bulger

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