Oral history interview, 1974.

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Oral history interview, 1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71128054

Topics include Burns's experiences as a sheriff and grocery store owner in Shelby County, Tex., during the depression; his views on the election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Works Progress Administration jobs; and his thoughts on how contemporaries would react in the event of a similar business or economic failure.

1 sound cassette.Transcript: 1 item.

Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center

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