Samuel B. Bledsoe Oral History Interview
1953-1954
Oral History #OH0015- Creator(s)
- Bledsoe, Sam; Albertson, Dean, 1920-1989
- Physical description
- 0.001 Cubic Feet, 8 microfiche, 689 pages
- Preferred Citation
- Samuel B. Bledsoe Oral History Interview (#OH0015), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
This finding aid pertains to the transcript of an oral history conducted by Dean Albertson in the years of 1953-1954. The original audio format of this material is owned by Columbia University and is housed at the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University.
Scope and arrangement
Bledsoe was an agricultural leader and journalist from Tennessee. In reflecting upon his career, he 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.
Deposited in Microforms Department of J. Y. Joyner Library, 9/25/75
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Samuel B. Bledsoe
Processing information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
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.
Metadata Rights Declaration
General note
1930s-1940s
Key terms
Personal Names
Bledsoe, SamTopical
Agriculture and state--United States--History--20th centuryAgriculture--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects