Charles A. Bratton papers, 1967-1982.

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Charles A. Bratton papers, 1967-1982.

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Dr. Bratton's personal history and observations as an extension specialist in farm management: growing up on a general farm in Delta, Ohio, including participation in 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America; student experiences, including his impressions of courses and professors, his first Home and Farm Week at Cornell, surveying Chautauqua County, New York, to develop land use maps, and his Ph. D. thesis on investigating fiscal procedures of local governments; observations of the Department of Agricultural Economics, including the relationship between department staff and New York farmers, slowness by agricultural economists to recognize women's contributions to farming; development of the study of local government; the effect of World War II on department programs; the relative status of teaching, research, and extension in the department; use of field surveys, statistics, and theoretical models in conducting research; and advising young people who want to become farmers. Persons mentioned in the interview include George F. Warren, Martin P. Catherwood, Forrest Frank Hill, William I. Myers, Frank C. Moore, Stanley W. Warren, Frank A. Pearson, Harold L. Reed, James E. Boyle, George N. Lauman, and others. Also, papers, correspondence, and reports.

115 p. of transcripts.

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