Goodbody, Barbara oral history interview

Authors

Paula Craighead

Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

12-4-2003

Interview Number

MOH 423

Abstract

Barbara (Morris) Goodbody was born in Muncie, Indiana in 1936. Her father, Robert Melvin Morris, was from a Democratic Kentucky family, and a career naval officer. Her mother, Adelia Ball Morris, was from a Republican Indiana family. Barbara attended many schools growing up, as the family moved often. She attended Mt. Vernon College for one year, then graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Literature. She worked in the press office during Muskie’s 1972 presidential run.

Scope and Content Note

Interview includes discussions of: family background and education; working in Muskie’s press office in 1972; Washington Hilton Hotel fund raiser; Nixon dirty tricks; how Madeleine Albright came to work for Muskie; and Jim Goodbody.

Use Restrictions

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

Recommended Citation

Craighead, Paula, "Goodbody, Barbara oral history interview" (2003). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 145.
https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/145