| Title: |
Reminiscences of Claude Raymond Wickard
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A190
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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 in Indiana; education; farming; observation of the farm revolt and the McNary-Haugen movement in the 1920s; election to the Indiana Senate, 1932; Corn and Hogs Section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Agricultural Conservation Program; the Depression and the Department of Agriculture; experience as Under Secretary, 1940, and Secretary, 1940-45, of Agriculture; World War II; Lend-Lease; inter-American conferences on agriculture; work with the Rural Electrification Administration.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 3,992 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1953 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wickard, Claude Raymond, 1893-1967
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1893
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| Speaker occupation: |
Agriculturist; Government executive
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| Age at speaking: |
60
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| Document date: |
1953
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| Interviewer: |
Albertson, Dean, 1920-
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941; 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; Great Depression, 1929-1941; North America; Oral history; U.S. Department of Agriculture; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Agriculturists; Government executives--United States; Lend-Lease operations (1941-1945); New Deal, 1933-1939; United States--Agricultural Adjustment Administration; United States--Rural Electrification Administration; Wickard, Claude Raymond, 1893-1967
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017824-13267
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