Oral history interview, 1974.

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Oral history interview, 1974.

Experiences as a student at Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, as a teacher, and as a Works Progress Administration non-certified employee during the depression. Discusses conditions in the East Texas area, Franklin Roosevelt, and how he feels contemporaries would react to a similar economic failure.

1 sound cassette.Transcript: 1 item.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051446

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