| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Hazen Shields
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A141
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Early life; University of Nebraska; Harvard Law School; Agricultural Adjustment Administration; peanut program, 1935 "purge," sugar program, 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act; Office of Solicitor, Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Adjustment Administration and conservation, crop insurance, regional problems, Commodity Credit Corporation; Office of the Secretary of Agriculture: prices, ceilings, and production in wartime, Office of Price Administration, Farm Security Administration, private farm organizations, Steagall amendment to 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1941 "Omnibus Bill," relations with wartime agencies; personalities in the Agriculture Department during the New Deal and early war years.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 572 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1954 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Shields, Robert Hazen, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Agriculturist
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| Age at speaking: |
49
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| Document date: |
1954
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| Interviewer: |
Albertson, Dean, 1920-
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Farm Security Administration, Washington, DC; U.S. Office of Price Administration
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture--United States; Agriculturists; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Farm Security Administration, Washington, DC; U.S. Office of Price Administration; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Shields, Robert Hazen, 1905-; United States--Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017286-12729
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