Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Dr. Merle N. Hirsch

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Dr. Merle N. Hirsch (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Hirsch was a professor of Physics and chairman of the Science and Mathematics Divisions, University of Minnesota at Morris. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: How he became involved in the powerline controversy. Hearing process - involvement with; effectiveness of. Environmental impact of line and Corona discharge. Commonwealth Associates report. Monitoring ozone levels produced by line. The effect of electric fields on plants and animals. West Coast trip. Science court. The possibility of an underground powerline. Need for line. Usefulness of research on powerline, especially for scientific community. Impact of controversy on farming community.

Dates

• 02/20/1979 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hirsch, Dr. Merle N. Ph.D.
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.18

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 13 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Morris, Stevens County, Minnesota, United States

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