Oral history interviews of the Minnesota Water Resources Board Oral History Project, 1977 [sound recording].

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Oral history interviews of the Minnesota Water Resources Board Oral History Project, 1977 [sound recording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31735342

Eight interviews with members of the Minnesota Water Resources Board and have been involved with various soil conservation and land use projects in Minnesota. They discuss the development of soil conservation programs, government involvement, the reaction of farmers to the programs and the role of the agricultural community, the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Soil Conservation Service and the Soil Conservation Society of America. INTERVIEWEES: Herbert Flueck, William Kircher, Alan Laidlaw, Philip Manson, Werner Schaenzer, Horace Thomas, Cornelius Van Doren, Chester Wilson.

Sound recordings : 17 sound cassettes (60 min. each)

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324368

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Wilson, Chester,

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Van Doren, Cornelius W.

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Manson, Philip

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Thomas, Horace,

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Kircher, William H.

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Organizer for UAW and AFL-CIO. From the description of William L. Kircher papers, 1959-1973, (bulk 1965-1952). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320986 ...

Flueck, Herbert,

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Minnesota Water Resources Board Oral History Project.

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For biographical information see individual description sheets in the oral history notebooks. From the description of Oral history interviews of the Minnesota Water Resources Board Oral History Project, 1977 [sound recording]. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31735342 ...

United States. Soil Conservation Service

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Reports were prepared by various engineers with the Soil Conservation Service. From the description of Reports of a land management survey, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1930-1938. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31277347 Formed in 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its function was to promote and lead efforts to protect against soil and watershed degradation as part of a broader concern fo...

Copeland, Tom

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Schaenzer, Werner,

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Soil Conservation Society of America. Minnesota Chapter

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Laidlaw, Alan,

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