Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Hervey Richardson

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Hervey Richardson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Richardson resided in Morris, Minnesota. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Agralite Cooperative board of directors. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Development of telephone cooperatives. Development of REA and involvement. People's inital resistance to electricity in the l930s and '40s. History of Agralite Cooperative. Role as director of Agralite. Input of cooperative members and board of directors. Cooperative procedure to site lines. Views on powerline controversy. Issue over dissemination of information to farmers regarding powerline. Increase in number of lines vs. alternative energy sources. Health and safety issues. Concerns over early powerlines and current ones. Cost and delay concerns for cooperatives regarding energy sources. Future needs for electricity. Usefulness of protest.

Dates

• 12/07/1977 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Richardson, Hervey
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 12 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 90 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

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

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