Papers, [ca. 1903]-1967.

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Papers, [ca. 1903]-1967.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, diaries, appointment books, press releases, speeches, articles, clippings, and other printed materials relating to his agricultural career in Indiana and his government service with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1940, as Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-1945, and administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, 1945-1953. Also includes family, business, and personal files, ca. 1903-1966; correspondence from his constitutents in Carroll, Clinton, and White Counties during his term as Indiana State Senator, 1932-1933; files from his work as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture for the Democratic National Committee, as a trustee of Purdue University, and a director of the Meridian Mutual Insurance Company, 1955-1966; correspondence, memoranda, speeches, press releases, financial records, and printed material from his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1956; and transcripts of 93 interviews with Wickard by Dean Albertson of the Columbia University Oral History Program, 1952-1953, which formed the basis of Albertson's biography of Wickard, ROOSEVELT'S FARMER.

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

United States. Rural Electrification Administration

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United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967

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Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967) his family''s farm in Carroll County, Indiana. In 1915 he began his long career as an agriculturist upon graduation from Purdue University with a B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry. With the completion of these studies, Wickard took over the management of the family farm. He distinguished himself by initiating improved farming methods and feeding policies thus winning numerous medals and awards, which let to his selection as a Master Farmer of Indiana in 1927. Bef...

Purdue University

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Meridian Mutual Insurance Company.

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Columbia University. Oral History Program.

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Indiana. Legislature. Senate.

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Albertson, Dean, 1920-

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Dean Albertson's 384-level history classes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted interviews with social activists of the 1960s and early 1970s, participants and observers in the Springfield, Massachusetts North End riots of 1975, and war and nuclear power resisters. From the description of Dean Albertson's History 384 oral history interview transcripts and student papers, 1975-1977. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 53085888 ...

Democratic National Committee (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Agriculture.

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