Gordon T. Conklin oral histories, 1984-1985.

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Gordon T. Conklin oral histories, 1984-1985.

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Tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews with Conklin conducted by Laurie K. Todd, 1984-85. Includes his personal history and observations of people and events that have shaped New York agriculture: growing up on a farm in Cuba, New York; student experiences; professional experiences as a farm loan officer, agricultural extension agent, and editor; the relationship between the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST and THE RURAL NEW YORKER, the New York State Farm Bureau, Dairymen's League (now Dairylea), Eastern Milk Producers, New York State Grange and the Grange League Federation, and the New York State College of Agriculture; impressions of how politics influenced the production of sugar beets in Cayuga County during the 1960s, agricultural tax laws, efforts to preserve farm land, and the use of pesticides.

132 p. of transcripts.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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