Name
Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-1985 (Interviewee)
Livermore, Charles (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of James G. Patton, 1978
Abstract
Childhood in Colorado; life insurance salesman 1920s; creation of farmers union insurance program, 1932-34; executive secretary and later president of Colorado Farmers Union, 1934-1941; president, National Farmers Union, 1940-1966: producer and consumer cooperatives, membership struggles, relations with other farmers unions and farm organizations, national politics, international affairs, relations hips with labor unions; impressions of United States presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter; reminiscences of Charles Brannan, Henry Wallace, Ed Costigan, Josephine Roach and others
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Agriculturists; Agricultural cooperative credit associations; Agriculture--Economic aspects; Agriculture--United States; United States Economic conditions 1945-; United States Economic conditions 1918-1945; United States Politics and government 1919-1933; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-1985; National Farmers' Union (U.S.)
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1978
Note (Biographical)
Agriculturist
Note
Interviewed by Charles Livermore
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15322217
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hm31-6t59
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.