Oral History Collection, 1981.

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Oral History Collection, 1981.

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Douglas Helms, Historian for the Soil Conservation Service, conducted a series of oral history interviews in 1981. The interviewees were all long-time employees of the Soil Conservation Service. Some had started with the Soil Erosion Service under the Department of the Interior before it was transferred to the United States Department of Agriculture and was renamed the Soil Conservation Service (1935). Topics include soil conservation, water conservation, watersheds, soil conservation districts, and erosion problems and control. The collection consists of bound transcripts of the interviews, and photographs. Each interview is preceded by a biography of the interviewee. Interviewees include Wayne Austin, Robert Baum, Roche Bush, William Davy, David Dresback, Oke Eckholm, Raymond Heinen, William Johnson, Verle Kaiser, Lee Morgan, Merrit Penwell, Ervin Peterson, John Phelan, Theodore Plair, William Ralston, John Schwendiman, William Van Dersal, Austin Warnken, Donald Williams, Hollis Williams, Leonard Wohletz, Gordon Zimmerman.

0.84 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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United States. Soil Conservation Service.

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National Association of Conservation Districts.

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The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) was formed in 1946 in order to provide national leadership to state and district conservation associations, and now unites the approximately three thousand districts into a collective unit to facilitate the development of national conservation policies, influence lawmakers, and build partnerships with other agencies and organizations. The idea of soil conservation districts came from the desire to involve more farmers at the local level i...