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Title
Cotton, irrigation, and the AAA
Creator
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Baum, Willa K
Camp, Wofford Benjamin
Date Created and/or Issued
[1962,1963,1966]
1971
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Collection
California Revealed from Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Interviews conducted 1962-1966 by Willa K. Baum for Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Introduction by Paul S. Smith. Discussion of Wofford Benjamin Camp's career with U.S. Department of Agriculture, particularly in introducing cotton growing into San Joaquin Valley and establishing Shafter Experiment Station; working relationship with College of Agriculture, University of California; work with Bank of America as land manager, 1928-1933, and as assistant director of cotton program, AAA; his own farming operations in California; agricultural labor and farm labor strikes; associations of growers of cotton and formation of Associated Farmers; potato growing and marketing; irrigation and state water plan; political views; educational philanthropy.
Notes on original containers: t01: 1962-07-18 t02: 1963-04-02 t03: 1963-04-03 t04: 1966-07-14
Type
sound
Format
Original
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
5 Tapes of 5
Identifier
Phonotape 509 A,B,C
cabeuroh_000207_t01 through cabeuroh_000207_t05
Language
English
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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