| Title: |
Jerry T. Verkler
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Series: |
Item 2 of Series Jerry T. Verkler
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| Description: |
The Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee had jurisdiction over all legislation dealing with public lands and territories, national parks and battlefields, forest reserves, irrigation and reclamation, water supply and mineral resources. Increasingly, the committee also handled environmental and energy issues. Jerry Verkler joined the committee's staff in 1961, under the chairmanship of Clinton P. Anderson and became staff director under Henry M. Jackson. Verkler particularly played a leading role in passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which created the National Wilderness System, and the act establishing the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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| Extent: |
67 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/verkler_interview_2.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Related documents: |
This interview is divided in the sections 1) Coming to the Senate and 2) Scoop Jackson and the Interior Committee.
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| Time span: |
1950 to 1969
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| Speaker: |
Verkler, Jerry T., 1932- (2)
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1932
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Black Rock, AR; Arkansas; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Director
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| Age at speaking: |
60
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| Document date: |
30-Jan-1992
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
Arkansas; Detroit, MI; District of Columbia; Michigan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Arkansas; Biography; Detroit, MI; District of Columbia; Education; Family; Family--History; Federal government; Michigan; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023676-22985
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