As of 09/18/2008

Series 2002: Audiovisual Materials. 1987-1999; undated.
Governor’s Office (RG 27). Administration of Daniel Kirkwood Fordice.

      Video tapes and audio tapes in a variety of formats, primarily VHS video cassette. Included are television news clips, debates, interviews, inaugural coverage, political commercials for both radio and television, documentaries, and other items either featuring Governor Fordice or of interest to him. A detailed list of titles/contents in each box may be found on the following pages.

      For additional video coverage of Governor Fordice’s 1996 inauguration, please see Series 1957: Inaugural Files (RG 27).

ACCESS NOTE

An appointment must be made with an Image & Sound archivist to determine availability of equipment for use and/or duplication of these materials.

5” reel audio tapesBox 27549
Audio cassettesBox 27551
Betacam-SP video cassetteBox 27548
U-Matic video cassettesBox 27550
U-Matic video cassetteBox 27551
VHS video cassettesBox 18743
VHS video cassettesBox 27541
VHS video cassettesBox 27542
VHS video cassettesBox 27543
VHS video cassettesBox 27544
VHS video cassettesBox 27547
VHS video cassettesBox 27548
VHS-C video cassettesBox 27548

BOX 18743

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • Mississippi Business Today Show Nos. 9406, 9411, and 9502-9504. Undated.
  • Stennis Space Center Overview. With accompanying letter. Oct. 1996.
  • On Line with Governor Fordice. Miss. Educational Network, Mar. 26, 1993. 3 copies.
  • PROJECT LEAP “The Announcement” Behind-the-Scenes Promo with the teachers.
  • PROJECT LEAP Promo-Revision #2. University [of Mississippi] Teleproduction. Sept. 8, 1993.
  • Video on Choice in Education. [Various news reports from 1987-1991].
  • Educating to Compete Videoconference. Nov. 12, 1991.
  • TELETALK: Governor’s Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports. Miss. Educational Network. Jan. 25, 1994.
  • Mississippi Universities: Making a Better Tomorrow. Undated.
  • Education and Training Technology. Miss. State University. Undated.
  • Voices of the River. MS Corps of Engineers. Aug. 1996. 2 copies.
  • Beauvoir/Jefferson Davis Presidential Library Dedication Ceremony, Saturday, May 30, 1998.
  • Gary Torfin re: Organ Donation Awareness Project. “from Steve & Judy Hoeper.” Aug. 1995.
  • Dangerous Game/Close Calls/For Governor Fordice. Undated.
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. National Governors’ Association. 1994.
  • Guv. [sic] Kirk Fordice Rep. Conv. Undated.
  • 60 Minutes. “Vote Early, Vote Often.” CBS. Nov. 1, 1998. 3 copies.
  • This Week with David Brinkley. March 24, 1996.
  • The Double Arch Bridge of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal Highway Administration. 1994.
  • Listening to America. National Policy Forum: A Republican Center for the Exchange of Ideas. March, 1994.
  • Untitled item; has Mississippi Power Company business card with name of “Mikel C. Gusa, Manager, Safety and Health” taped to front. Undated.
  • A Tribute in Appreciation. East Central Mississippians for Fordice. June 29, 1995.
  • Agriculture Enterprises, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MS. Undated.
  • Arrowvision at the Capitol. Interviews with Governor Fordice, His Secretary, and Represent. Dedeaux. Clinton Junior High School. Dec. 1997 and Dec. 1998.
  • V.I.N.E. GA Announcement. Undated.
  • WTAV Tupelo Interview September 21, 1992.
  • WJTV Jackson Interview September 25, 1992.
  • Coal Today. American Coal Foundation. 1998.

BOX 27541

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • Ch. 15 News. Aug. 17, 1993.
  • DUI – M.A.D.D. – Rating of the States. ABC. Nov. 23, 1993.
  • Gov. Fordice, WLOX. Jan. 15, 1994.
  • National Review Institute/Conservative Conference, Charleston, S.C., June 25-26, 1994. “Will the South Keep Rising?”3 copies w/ varying labels.
  • The Future of the Southern Company with Bill Dahlberg. Aug. 11, 1994.
  • GOP TV Presents “Rising Tide: Mississippi ’94.” GOP-TV Television Network, Republican National Committee. Sept. 1, 1994. 3 copies w/ varying labels.
  • INFOCUS: Economic Health of Miss. with Gov. Kirk Fordice. Sept. 21, 1994. 2 copies.
  • Ice Storm of ’94, Benton Co., J. Gadd. [Note: Date display on video is Nov. 20, 1993. Ground-level footage of Benton Co. ice storm damage].
  • Ice Storm – Helicopter. [Aerial footage of Benton Co. ice storm damage, Nov. 20, 1993].
  • 6 min. clips from news/Address to Pentecostals. [Three news clips from WLBT: Fordice explains his “Christian nation” comment, 1992; interview w/ Pat Fordice and story on her possible divorce, 1993; Fordice speech on health care, 1992].
  • Stone Phillips – NBC – Smoking Lawsuit.
  • C-SPAN: Margaret Thatcher Tribute to Ronald Reagan.
  • Frank Melton. [Clip of WLBT C.E.O. Frank Melton’s “Bottom Line” rebutting comments made by Andy Taggart, Gov. Fordice’s Chief of Staff].
  • The Eddie Khayat Show, Air Date: April 9, 1992. Guests: Gov. Kirk Fordice, Andy Taggart.
  • Preparing for Employment in the 1990s Teleconference, November 13, 1990. Business card of Dr. Rita W. Nordan, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, affixed to tape.
  • Gay Rights, Special Rights: Inside the Homosexual Agenda. Jeremiah Films, 1993.
  • Ch. 6 – G’Ville. Live ’94 Agenda. [WABG live interview w/ Gov. and Mrs. Fordice].
  • CNN Crossfire “Divided They Stand,” 11/18/92. Guests: Gov. Kirk Fordice & Rep. Jim Leach. Hosts: Michael Kinsley & John Sununu.
  • CNN/“Both Sides” with Jessie Jackson. April 1, 1995. 2 copies.
  • Fordice Address to the Pentecostal Camp Meeting. July 15, 1994. [Note: Only part of this video is the address to the Pentecostal meeting, and it follows “Inauguration ’92: The Changing of the Guard,” a ca. 1993 documentary about Fordice. A promotional video about the Mississippi Resource Center is also included on this tape].
  • Statewide Live: “Party Politics.” Miss. Educational Network. March 21, 1995.
  • Gov. Fordice at Camp Shelby.
  • CNN Inside Politics; CNN Crossfire; Good Morning America. 1992.
  • The Gift: Oseola McCarty. University of Southern Mississippi.
  • Let’s Be Clear” [60-second spot]. Republican National Committee.
  • Kirk Fordice (Family Shots).
  • 1991 Ag Museum – July 4th.
  • Mississippi Beach ’93. Sept. 4, 1992. [Invitational/promotional video for 1993 conference of the National Guard of the United States Association. Includes an address by Fordice and footage of scenes around the state, particularly the Gulf Coast].
  • Batesville Chamber of Commerce.
  • Southern Governors Assoc. Conference, 1995. Master Copy.
  • David Brinkley. March 24, 1996.
  • News 12, Campaign Contributions. Jan. 20, 1995.
  • A Story of Courage and Inauguration. [Official inaugural video for Governor Kirk Fordice, Jan. 9, 1996. Other copies may be found in Series 1957].
  • Pinnacle with Har[t]ley Peavey. [CNN Business News series “Pinnacle” feature].
  • Call-In. [C-SPAN call-in with Governor Fordice]. Aug. 3, 1992.
  • Fordice for Governor / Mississippi / 1995 / Spot Reel.

BOX 27542

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • Trinity Report on Clinton. [The Clinton Chronicles, a 1994 “investigative report” by Citizens for Honest Government]. 2 copies.
  • AD DEMO TAPE – NOT OURS. CAVU Productions Commercial Demo, 6/93. [Mississippi tourism & business ads; most or all are from south Mississippi/Coast].
  • Kirk Fordice, “Bush Dinner Presentation.” Dec. 12, 1994.
  • Kirk Fordice, “Agenda” and “People” [30-second spots]. Dec. 12, 1994.
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice, “People” [30-second spot]. Dec. 12, 1994.
  • Sunday Night: Governor Fordice.
  • Mississippi Outdoors #222: Dove Hunt. Miss. Educational Network.
  • Creating a School Master Plan – The Henderson School Complex – Starkville, Mississippi. 1992.
  • Rush Limbaugh, Eps. #11075. Atlantic Syndication Group.
  • [CBS Morning News interview with Gov. Fordice, school principal Bishop Knox & Lynn Watkins of the Mississippi ACLU re: prayer in school].
  • Neshoba County Fair, August 4, 1995. The Neshoba Debate and Fordice’s Speech. Governor Kirk Fordice vs. Dick Molpus.
  • Fordice Background Story. University of Miss. Teleproductions Resource Center.
  • ABC / CNBC. March 23, 1995.
  • Tape 1. 1) Introduction, 2) Horseback Riding, 3) Interview in Jeep, 4) Fordice with Family, 5) Kirk and Pat at Home. [Tape 1 of 4].
  • Tape 2. 1) Gov. Fordice at Old Capitol, 2) Inauguration Preparation, 3) Jan Rasch Interview, 4) Engineering Award, 5) Music Extravaganza, 6) Tea for Ms. Fordice, 7) State Employees Reception. [Tape 2 of 4].
  • Tape 3. 1) Inauguration Church Service, 2) Various Interviews. [Tape 3 of 4].
  • Tape 4. 1) Inauguration Ceremony, 2)Mansion Tour, 3) Interviews with Mississippians, 4) Inauguration Ball. [Tape 4 of 4].
  • BRAC Hearing, B’Ham. April 4, 1995.
  • September 17, 1991. WLBT-03 6:00 & 10:00 PM
  • September 17, 1991. WJTV-12 6:00 & 10:00 PM
  • October 8, 1991. WLBT-03 6:00 & 10:00 PM.
  • November 5, 1991. WLBT-03 6:00 & 10:00 PM.
  • November 5, 1991. WDBD-40 9:00 PM.
  • November 5, 1991. WAPT-16 5:00 & 10 PM
  • A Conversation with the Governor-Elect (1992). WLOX-TV.
  • Harmonies: A Mississippi Overture. Miss. Dept. of Economic & Community Development. 1994.
  • Columbus Function. March 25, 1993.
  • 1992 Inauguration – City Auditorium Gospel Sing – Voices of Unity. Jan. 12, 1992 Commemorative Gospel Sing for Governor Fordice, City Auditorium.
  • News 7 Journal, WDAM-TV. Aug. 14, 1993.
  • The Mississippi Republican Party Presents “The United Republican Fund,” v. 2. 1996.
  • Supreme Court Hearing on Tobacco. WLBT-TV.
  • [WLBT & WAPT news broadcasts – James Luvene has his first troubles. ]. 1996.
  • [WLBT news broadcasts – James Luvene resigns from his presidency on the Institutions of Higher Learning Board]. 1996.
  • IHL [Institutions of Higher Learning] Board Meeting in Columbus.
  • First College Board Special Session.
  • WLBT/WAPT – Welfare State Plan. Sept. 30, 1996.
  • Workfirst – WAPT.
  • Together Forward. Miss. Dept. of Economic & Community Development/Miss. Educational Network. [General promotional ad for entire state of Miss.]. 2 copies.
  • C-SPAN – RGA. [Coverage of Republican Governors Association conference]. 1996.
  • [W]LBT & [W]APT Budget Press Conference. Oct. 29, 1996.
  • Mississippi in 2000. Office of Agricultural Communications, Miss. State University.
  • WLBT 12-12 5:00 & 6:00 p.m. / NBC Nightly News 12-12 5:30. [Coverage of Fordice’s auto accident]. Dec. 12, 1996.

BOX 27543

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • WLBT 5 & 6. New Auditor.
  • Magnolia Venture [Capital] Corporation.
  • Governor Fordice Auto Accident, 11/06/96 – 12/17/96. [press office video; various local TV news clips].
  • Public Affairs. 1997 State of the State [Address]. Miss. Educational Network.
  • Cato Institute 20th Anniversary Dinner.
  • WAPT-TV16 5 O’Clock News. Live Interview Commissioner Jim Ingram regarding tobacco sales. Oct. 24, 1996.
  • Governor Kirk Fordice / Good Samaritan Kickoff.
  • The Taylor Plan Bill Signing. Rosa Scott School, Madison, Mississippi, March 21, 1997.
  • Governor Fordcie Birthday Party. Feb. 15, 1997.
  • Rep. Charles Pickering. Surface Transportation Subcommittee Hearing. March 11, 1997.
  • [WJTV & WLBT news coverage of tobacco settlement]. June 23, 1997.
  • Rev. John C. Evans Jr. Comments on Same-Sex Marriage. Blair Metro. AME Zion Church.
  • Governor Fordice’s Flood Tour, April 8, 1997. JTV 5 & 6 p.m. Editions.
  • State of the State Address, 1998. Miss. Educational Network. 2 copies.
  • 1998 State of the State Address News Coverage. 2 copies.
  • Splendors [of Versailles]. April 1, 1998.
  • Good Morning America – Governor Fordice / Splendors of Versailles. July 16, 1998.
  • The Unlikely Life of Ronald Reagan. ABC News. July 16, 1998.
  • Statewide Live #97105. [Adequate education, April 27, 1997]. Miss. Educational Network.
  • State of the State [Address]. Miss. Educational Network. Jan. 12, 1999. 2 copies.
  • Governor Fordice News Clips, 12/23/96 – 10/27/98.
  • Statewide Live. “Governor’s Legacy.” Miss. Educational Network. Jan. 14, 1999.
  • Mississippi Outdoors, Program 926. Miss. Educational Network. March 25, 1999.
  • 1999. [Various TV news broadcasts from around the state, Oct.-Nov. 1999, including a local TV news broadcast about Fordice’s official portrait].
  • Governor Kirk Fordice Term Limits Fly Around. News clips from many area TV stations concerning Fordice’s attempts at a term limits initiative for state legislators. April 30, 1997. 2 copies.
  • First Lady News Clips, 12/23/96 --.
  • TV 23 (JSU) “Innerviews” w/ the Gov. Rec’d 12/18/97.
  • Governor Fordice News Clips, 10/28/98 thru 9/99.
  • Fordice for Gov. “The Difference” [30-second spot] and “Agenda” 2 versions [30-second spots], 10/17 rough cut.
  • Friends of Fordice “50 Project.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 30, 1995. 3 copies.
  • Kirk Fordice “New Mississippi” [60-second spot] and “Kitchen Table” [30-second spot]. May 19, 1995. 3 copies.
  • Kirk Fordice “Agenda” [30-second spot] and “People” [30-second spot]. Dec. 13, 1994.
  • Kirk Fordice for Governor. Three 30-second spots: “Olive Branch,” “Tupelo,” and “Smiley Face.” Sept. 7, 1995.

BOX 27544

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • State of the State Address. Jan. 27, 1992. Miss. Educational Network. 3copies.
  • State of the State Address. Jan. 12, 1993. Miss. Educational Network. 4 copies.
  • Governor Chiles Press Conference, 8 March 1995. Tobacco, State Attorneys General. Associated Industries of Florida Service Corporation.
  • Governor’s Office, Attn: Johnna Plummer. Tape #2. [Local television news coverage of 1992 inauguration].
  • Governor’s Office, Attn: Johnna Plummer. Tape #2 dub. [Local television news coverage of 1992 inauguration].
  • Governor’s Office, Attn: Johnna Plummer. Tape #3. [Local television news coverage of 1992 inauguration].
  • Governor’s Office, Attn: Johnna Plummer. Tape #4. [Local television news coverage of 1992 inauguration].
  • Governor’s Office, Attn: Johnna Plummer. Tape #5. [Ca. 1992; various local news clips].
  • Politicals: Reed/Mabus Debate. Miss. ETV. March 8, 1989.
  • Mississippi Speaks: Gov. Kirk Fordice. Feb. 25, 1992.
  • Mississippi Speaks, Program #205: Gov. Kirk Fordice. Aug. 26, 1992. 2 copies.
  • Governor Fordice Cabinet Meeting, Tape 1. Jan. 21, 1993.
  • Governor Fordice Cabinet Meeting, Tape 2. Jan. 21, 1993.
  • Governor’s Cabinet Meeting, Pt. 1. April 21, 1993. Miss. Educational Network.
  • Governor’s Cabinet Meeting, Pt. 2. April 21, 1993. Miss. Educational Network.
  • Governor’s Cabinet Meeting, Part 1. Oct. 14, 1992. Miss. Educational Network. 2 copies.
  • Governor’s Cabinet Meeting, Part 2. Oct. 14, 1992. Miss. Educational Network. 2 copies.
  • Southern Governors’ Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, September 17-19, 1995.
  • Children in Crisis. WTOK-TV, Meridian, MS. Oct. 5, 1993.
  • On Line with Governor Fordice. March 26, 1993. Miss. Educational Network. 2 copies.
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice “People” (30 seconds), 12/12/94. Kirk Fordice “Bush Dinner Presentation” (3:34), 12/12/94.
  • Kirk Fordice “Bush Dinner Presentation.” Dec. 12, 1994.
  • Kirk Fordice / 99 /Ag Museum.
  • Review ’93: A Look to the Future. April 1, 1993. 3 copies.
  • The Cato Forum on National Empowerment Television – Governors’ Fiscal Policies. Feb. 3, 1994.
  • Mark Garriga – Mike Moore Debate. WLBT, Aug. 28, 1999.
  • Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death? ABC News Special presentation. 1991.
  • USG Greenville Expansion, 3/28/95 followed by local news, Channel 6 & 15.

BOX 27547

VHS VIDEO CASSETTES

  • Mississippi Term Limits. USTL-TV: 30-007.
  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business. Listening to America: A Neighborhood Meeting. National Policy Forum. June 13, 1995.
  • Governor Kirk Fordice, Accident Press Conference. Jan. 15, 1997.
  • Accident Press Conference, “Today” NBC 7:00 am. Omaha, Nebraska. Jan. 16, 1997.
  • File Tape #9. News clips, TV stations WLBT, WAPT, WJTV, for Nov. 5-6, 1996, and CBS Network from Dec. 26, 1996. Tape case is annotated “Accident news, includes live press conf. 11/5/96.”
  • Tape #11. News clip, WAPT [accident press conference]. Jan. 15, 1997.
  • File Tape #12. News clips, TV stations WAPT, WLOX, and WXXV for April 11, 1997, April 22, 1997, and Nov. 18, 1997.
  • File Tape #13. News clips from many area TV stations concerning Fordice’s attempts at a term limits initiative for state legislators. April 30, 1997.
  • File Tape #16. News clips, TV stations WLBT, WAPT, WCBI, WTVA, & WJTV for Aug. 27, 1997 and Jan. 14, 1998.
  • File Tape #17. News clips, TV stations WJTV, WLOX, WLBT, and WAPT for Oct. 18, 1997, Nov. 24, 1997, and Nov. 18, 1998. Two of the spots are of the signing of the Choctaw Accord.
  • File Tape #18. News clips, TV stations WAPT, WLBT and WJTV for Nov. 3, 1997, Aug. 10, 1998, and Aug. 12, 1998.
  • File Tape #20. News clips, TV stations WLBT and WLOX for various dates in 1997 and 1999.
  • File Tape #22. Heath Hall Tape. News clips, TV stations WLBT, WAPT and WLOX for various dates in 1998 and 1999.
  • The 14th Armored Div. Retraces its Footsteps Across Europe, May 1993. By William Z. Breer.
  • Mississippi on the Move. Miss. Dept. of Economic & Community Development. 1994.
  • 1995 Gubernatorial Candidates ETV Debate, Election Eve.
  • Fordice/Molpus Debate, Mississippi ETV. Oct. 24, 1995.
  • Capital for a Day -- Marion County -- Columbia, Mississippi, Tape 1.
  • Capital for a Day -- Marion County -- Columbia, Mississippi, Tape 2.
  • Republican Governors: Leading America Forward. Republican Governors Association. May, 1998.
  • Republican Governors: Leading America into the 21st Century. Republican Governors Association. September, 1998.
  • Pat Fordice -- National Day of Prayer.
  • ETV’s “Statewide Live.” Guest: Mike Moore. Oct. 3, 1997.
  • Gov. Fordice & Al Dunlap at Hattiesburg Sunbeam Plant. 2 Reports.
  • Faith & Families. [In-house video].
  • Senator Paul Wellstone, National Press Club.
  • [Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota – Collection of speeches, etc.]. Video case has Republican Party of Minnesota business card attached.
  • Governor Kirk Fordice – Wk of Prayer to End Abortion. Jan. 16, 1997.
  • 1996 Campaign Walking Talking Points with Haley Barbour. Republican National Committee.

BOX 27548

VHS Video Cassettes

  • Signature Ceremony for the Accord between the... Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the State of Mississippi. Nov. 24, 1997.
  • Kirk Fordice for Governor: “Winning Together” [30-second spot] and “Our Mississippi” [30-second spot]. 1995.
  • Friends of Fordice “Agenda.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 19, 1995.
  • Fordice for Governor “Clips.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 18, 1995. 2 copies.
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice “100.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 24, 1995.
  • Friends of Fordice “Remember.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 30, 1995.
  • Kirk Fordice “Kitchen Table Revised” [30-second spot]. May 30, 1995.

VHS-C Video Cassettes
  • National Review, Charleston, S. C. [“Will the South Keep Rising”?]. June 25, 1994.
  • Operation Crackdown.

Betacam-SP Video Cassette
  • Cadence: Wilson McHenry B-Roll and Sound Bites. Avid Productions. Sept. 16, 1997.

BOX 27549

5-INCH AUDIO REELS

  • Friends of Fordice News Clips. National Media, Inc. Oct. 20, 1995.
  • Fordice: Back of the Bus.
  • Unidentified, 5 items.

BOX 27550

U-MATIC VIDEO CASSETTES

  • Kirk Fordice Commercials: “Message,” “Two More Guys,” “Education,” “Work,” “Best,” “Vote,” “Outsider,” “You Know Me.” Dubbed 1/10/92.
  • Friends of Fordice “Agenda.” National Media, Inc. Oct. 19, 1995.

BOX 27551

U-MATIC VIDEO CASSETTE

  • Fordice USG 3/28/95 John Arledge. City Council/Special Called Mtg.

AUDIO CASSETTES
  • Debate
  • Governor Fordice “Voices” [60-second radio spot]
  • Governor Fordice “Positive Mississippi” [60-second radio spot]
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice “Tax Cut” [60-second spot]
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice “50 Project.” National Media, Oct. 30, 1995 [60-second spot].
  • Friends of Kirk Fordice “Remember.” National media, Oct. 30, 1995 [60-second spot]
  • Friends of Fordice News Clips. National Media, Oct. 20, 1995. 2 copies.
  • Kirk Fordice – Speech from Neshoba Co. Fair
  • Edited version of 1991 Speech (for use at 1993 Neshoba Speech)
  • KF – 1991 Neshoba – Heath Hall
  • Gov. Kirk Fordice, Neshoba County Fair 1997.
  • Gov. Fordice – Nes[hoba] Co. Fair Speech
  • Today’s Issues. American Family Radio, April 26, 1994.
  • Gov. Intro, Dave Ingram WJNT
  • Mississippi Golden Dawn
  • State of the State 1997
  • Kirk Fordice Audio Transfer. Dubbed 6/15/95.
  • The Matt Friedeman Show – Gov. Fordice. Nov. 5, 1996.
  • IHL [Institutions of Higher Learning] News Conference, 3:00 p.m. May 9, 1996.
  • Unidentified, 3 items.