Dale Thompson oral history, 1968.

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Dale Thompson oral history, 1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934444

In this interview, Dale Thompson discusses his personal history and shares his observations of the New York State sugar beet industry. Topics include: his youth on a livestock and sugar beet farm in South Dakota; his experiences as a fieldman with the Utah Idaho Sugar Company; his assessment of specific employees and growers associated with the Empire State Sugar Company; problems between the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association and the management of Empire Sugar, including the harvest by farmers of poor quality, frozen beets; company efforts to improve public relations and provide migrant labor; his assessment of PepsiCo's sincerity in establishing a sugar beet machinery leasing program for farmers; and the use by Empire Sugar of county agricultural agents as liaisons between company fieldmen and farmers.

1 tape recording.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Utah-Idaho Sugar Company

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Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association.

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Thompson, Dale, 1927-

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Dale Thompson was the Assistant Director of Agriculture for the Empire State Sugar Company. From the description of Dale Thompson oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934444 ...

Colman, Gould P. (Gould Patchin), 1926-

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Archivist, historian. Cornell University Class of 1951, Ph.D., 1962. From the description of Gould Colman papers, 1954-1996. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072786 ...

Empire State Sugar Company.

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PepsiCo, inc.

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