Inside Interior
Among the most exciting activities of the Center in recent years were the visits to the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus by nearly all of the living Secretaries of the Interior. The visiting Secretaries spent time with students, professors, and administrators and also submitted to careful questioning about their time in office. Cosponsored byÌý, these interviews constitute a unique historical archive, illuminating especially the relationship between the federal government and the American West. It is now the privilege of the Center, with the support of Headwaters News, to make available these records to scholars and the interested public.
You’ll find transcripts and more information about these interviews below.
January 19, 2006
Served as Under Secretary then Secretary of the Interior (1985-1989) under President Ronald Reagan
November 23, 2004
Served as Secretary for five years (2001-2006) under President George W. Bush
April 20, 2004
Served as Secretary for eight years (1993-2000) under President Bill Clinton
March 17, 2004
Served as Secretary for four years (1989-1993) under President George H. W. Bush
February 11, 2004
Served as Secretary for three years (1981-1983) under President Ronald Reagan
November 19, 2003​
Served on the Nixon White House staff (1969-1972) and as Under Secretary of the Interior (1973-1975)
October 15, 2003
Served for two years (1969-1970) under President Richard Nixon
September 24, 2003
Served as Secretary for eight years (1961-1969) under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson