Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1978.

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Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1978.

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Childhood in Colorado; life insurance salesman 1920s; creation of farmers union insurance program, 1932-34; executive secretary and later president of Colorado Farmers Union, 1934-1941; president, National Farmers Union, 1940-1966: producer and consumer cooperatives, membership struggles, relations with other farmers unions and farm organizations, national politics, international affairs, relationships with labor unions; impressions of United States presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter; reminiscences of Charles Brannan, Henry Wallace, Ed Costigan, Josephine Roach and others.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-

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