Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Nancy C. Barsness

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Nancy C. Barsness (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Barsness was a farmer from Cyrus, Pope County. She freelanced as a reporter on the powerline controversy for KMRS Radio and several newspapers in Pope County. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Getting involved in the powerline controversy. Survey - conducting surveys; changes in second survey; results of; additional comments on. Working as a newsreporter. Darrell Mulroy incident. Runestone Electic Cooperative - trying to work with the co-op; members vs. board of directors; bylaws; reforming the structure; organizing special meeting; co-op as big business instead of representing the people; relationship to CPA. Relationship between CPA and UPA. Vandalism costs. Media - working with; overall handling of issue. Governor's involvement - role; working with him; science court. Opposition tactics. Impact of issue on self and people in the area. Issues for people in controversy - troopers; health and safety hazards; placement of towers; difficulty of communicating with utilities. Types of protesters and their issues. CPA and UPA impressions of the issues. Communicating with Bob Sheldon of CPA. Communicating with state officials and police. Working with opponents. Communication between protesters and utilities, governor, legislators. Turning points in protest.

Dates

• 02/20/1979 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Barsness, Nancy C.
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 5 hours sound cassette 66 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 270 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Cyrus, Pope County, Minnesota, United States

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