Marvin Jones oral history interview, 1953

Marvin Jones oral history interview, 1953.

Author/creator	Jones, Marvin, 1882-1976 creator, interviewee.
Format	Archival & Manuscript Material
Description	transcript 1,453 pages.
Supplemental Content	Finding aid
Subject(s)	Jones, Marvin, 1882-1976. Agriculture--United States --History --20th century. Agriculture and state--United States --History --20th century. Politicians--Texas. Judges--Texas. United States--History --1901-1953. United States--Officials and employees.

Organization of material	turkey
Scope and content	He recounts his impressions of Congress; World War I; farm legislation; Farm Bureau; National Grange; Farmer's Union; McNary-Haugen Bill; House Agriculture Committee; state and national elections; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; Emergency Farm Mortgage Act; Farm Credit Act; R. A.; O.E.S.; W.F.A.; and personal recollections of Henry A. Wallace, George Peek, James F. Byrnes, Claude Wickard, Chester Davis, and others.
General note	Interview date: 1953.
Access restriction	No access restrictions.
Cite as	Marvin Jones Oral History Interview (#OH0016), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of use	Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.
Acquisitions source	Joyner- Gift of Marvin Jones.
Biographical note	Marvin Jones, a native of Texas, served in Congress (1917-1941) and as judge and chief justice of the U.S. Court of Claims (1940-1947). He was chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture (1931-1940).

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
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