| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Bergland
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A17
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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: |
Congressional tenure, 1970-77: creation of Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Soviet grain sales, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the oil embargo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, surplus dumping programs; Secretary of Agriculture, 1977-81; intelligence gathering, Food Stamp program, Farmer-owned Grain Reserve Program, budgeting prodecures, soil erosion control, American Agricultural Movement, 1978-79, Food for Peace Program (Public Law 480), embargo on Soviet grain sales, 1979-80, issuance of nutritional guidelines, school lunch program, pest and predator control, loan and insurance programs; Presidential campaign, 1980; Equal Opportunity; views on: farm income and price support plans, crop subsidies, large vs family farms, farm workers, market orders, foreign and minority farm ownership, the Green Revolution, foreign agriculture, organic farming; impressions of Jimmy Carter, other officials.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 635 leaves, Tape: 9 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Bergland, Robert, 1928-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1928
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| Speaker occupation: |
Congressman; Secretary of Agriculture
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| Age at speaking: |
54
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| People discussed: |
Carter, James Earl; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Jimmy Carter
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| Organizations discussed: |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria; U.S. Congress; U.S. Department of Agriculture
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture and state--United States; Carter, James Earl; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Green movement; Jimmy Carter; Legislators--United States; North America; Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria; U.S. Congress; U.S. Department of Agriculture; United States; United States--Politics and government--1969-1974; United States--Politics and government--1974-1977; United States--Politics and government--1977-1981
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Agriculture--Economic aspects; Bergland, Robert, 1928-; Cabinet officers--United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017698-13141
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