Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Willard Anderson

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Willard Anderson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Anderson was manager for Agralite Cooperative in Benson, Swift County. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Role as manager for Agralite Cooperative; function and structure of Agralite as a cooperative; how cooperatives have planned for future power needs. Cooperative Power Association, United Power Association and the CU project - involvement with MAPP; planning of plant; determining need for plant; communication problems between planners and farmers; controversy over CU transmission line. CPA - board vs. representatives of cooperatives; public relations. Feasibility of building underground plant. Health and safety issues. Obtaining easements. Future impact of the powerline controversy.

Dates

• 01/03/1978 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Anderson, Willard
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project' <OH 25>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 11 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, United States

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