Oral history interview with Sam Barton, 1977 April 15 and 1979 November 30.

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Oral history interview with Sam Barton, 1977 April 15 and 1979 November 30.

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Interview with Sam Barton concerning his experiences as emeritus professor of economics at North Texas State University (later became the University of Noth Texas). Barton discusses his family background, his educational experiences at the University of Texas at Austin, and his membership in the League for Industrial Democracy. He also speaks of winter lambing in West Texas, his experiences during the Depression, his view of the economics and sociology department at North Texas in 1939, and his experiences in the U.S. Army training camps and the Pacific Theater during World War II. Barton recalls the organization of AAUP, CCTA, and TACT on the North Texas campus, his activities in the field of workmen's compensation, the work of Fred Schmidt in CIO and AFL-CIO, his activities in the redrafting of the Texas Workmen's Compensation Law in 1957, and the work of Jerry Holloman in AFL-CIO. Barton also explains his research, consultant, and organizational activities, comments about labor arbitrator Byron Abernethy, and talks about the highlights of his career at North Texas State University.

168 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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