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Samuel B. Bledsoe oral history interview, 1953-1954.

Author/creator Bledsoe, Sam creator, interviewee.
Format Archival & Manuscript Material
Production Info 1954.
Descriptiontranscript 689 pages
Supplemental Content Finding aid
Subject(s)
Scope and content In reflecting upon his career, Samuel B. Bledsoe discusses the A.A.A. Information Section, duties with Vice President Henry Wallace and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, preparation for war, commodity production and price ceilings, Farm Bureau Federation and the Farmer's Union, control of food production and agricultural manpower during World War II, W.P.B., congressional relations, control of W.F.A., Food Production Administration, and other topics related to wartime agriculture.
General noteInterviewer: Dean Albertson. Interview date: 1953-1954.
Access restrictionNo access restrictions.
Cite as Samuel B. Bledsoe Oral History Interview (#OH0015), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of useRepository 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 Samuel B. Bledsoe.
Biographical noteSamuel B. Bledsoe was an agricultural leader and journalist from Tennessee.
Genre/formHistory.

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