{"id":503,"date":"2025-10-08T21:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/?page_id=503"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:01:18","slug":"oral-history-clips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/oral-history-clips\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History Clips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tOral History Clips\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMary McLeod\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><em>Mary McLeod was a part time employee for Winthrop Rockefeller. Starting in 1959, she oversaw the philanthropic projects that Rockefeller supported through the Rockwin Fund (now the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation).<\/em><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Clip Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkansans&#8217; attitudes towards Rockefeller&#8217;s position on integration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_01.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-503-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_01.mp3\">https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Why McLeod did not want Rockefeller to run for political office and why he did<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_02.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-503-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_02.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_02.mp3\">https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/McLeod_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0333a_02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p1532coll1\/id\/17534\/rec\/85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to McLeod&#8217;s full oral history<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/MaryMcleod-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of Winthrop Rockefeller giving Mary McLeod an award\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1216\" width=\"912\" title=\"MaryMcleod-cropped\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMary McLeod receiving her 10 year award, 1968\n<h2>\n\t\t\tJohn Ward\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><em>In 1964, John Ward joined WR as Director of Public Relations, and in 1968 he served as Campaign Director. He published a biography on Rockefeller in 1978 titled The Arkansas Rockefeller.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Clip Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rockefeller interacting with the public and trying to reform the Game and Fish Commission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_01.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-503-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_01.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_01.mp3\">https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Context on the 1964 Ministerial Alliance speech where Rockefeller reproached Faubus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_02.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-503-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_02.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_02.mp3\">https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Ward_ualr-ms-0189_01_12_aud0900_02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p1532coll1\/id\/17483\/rec\/76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to Ward&#8217;s full oral history<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/John_Ward_EOA.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white headshot of John Ward. He wear dark framed glasses and a suit\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"850\" width=\"654\" title=\"John Ward, undated\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Ward, undated (from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, courtesy of Colin Woodward)\n<h2>\n\t\t\tBobby Roberts\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><em>Bobby Roberts was the first archivist for the UA Little Rock archive, which was founded late 1979. The Winthrop Rockefeller collection was donated to UA Little Rock in 1980.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Clip Topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How UA Little Rock received the Winthrop Rockefeller collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Roberts_ualr-orh-0450_aud01_clip.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-503-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Roberts_ualr-orh-0450_aud01_clip.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Roberts_ualr-orh-0450_aud01_clip.mp3\">https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/Roberts_ualr-orh-0450_aud01_clip.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p1532coll1\/id\/16973\/rec\/21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to Robert&#8217;s full oral history<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/rockefeller\/files\/2025\/10\/ualr-orh-0450_pho01_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Color photograph of Bobby Roberts standing in front of the Joe Jones mural &quot;Struggle in the South&quot; at UA Little Rock Downtown\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"614\" width=\"461\" title=\"Bobby Roberts, 2023\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBobby Roberts, 2023\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<p>Oral History Clips Mary McLeod Mary McLeod was a part time employee for Winthrop Rockefeller. Starting in 1959, she oversaw the philanthropic projects that Rockefeller supported through the Rockwin Fund (now the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation). 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