President George W. Bush has selected the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia to conduct an oral history of his presidency, the Miller Center and the George W. Bush Foundation announced today.
"I am delighted that the Miller Center of Public Affairs will record for history detailed interviews with key members of my administration," Bush said in a statement.
"This oral history project will offer future generations a comprehensive look at what it was like to lead the country during some extraordinary challenges."
Scholars of the George W. Bush Oral History Project will conduct interviews with the key figures of the Bush White House and Cabinet, as well as with outside political advisers, members of Congress and foreign leaders. The Miller Center plans to do approximately 100 interviews during the expected five-year run of the project.
The Miller Center previously conducted extensive interview projects on Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Each of these projects has been undertaken with the endorsement of the president being studied.
Gerald L. Baliles, Virginia’s governor from 1986-90, leads The Miller Center.
The Miller Center says its mission is to serve as "as a national meeting place where engaged citizens, scholars, students, media representatives, and government officials gather in a spirit of nonpartisan consensus to research, reflect, and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States."
It pays special attention to "the central role and history of the presidency."
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