Reminiscences of James G. Patton, 1978
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- 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.