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Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project

Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: The Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project documents the controversy which arose from the routing of a high-voltage powerline through western Minnesota. The controversy escalated as costs of the project rose and additional frustration was created by cumbersome review processes, and by what many protesters saw as excessive concern by the federal and state governments for wildlife areas and highway right of way at the expense of protection for productive farmland. The narrators represent all major viewpoints including farmers and townspeople from the affected areas, officials from the Department of Natural Resources, officers and board members of the electric cooperatives building the line, representatives of the Governor's office, and several state legislators. The interviews varied with the nature of each narrator's involvement in the controversy, but all were correlated to provide a firm base for comparison of views and motivation.

Dates

  • 01/03/1978 - 08/09/1979 (Creation)

Interviews

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 25
  • Accession Number: AV1988.180

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 84 hours sound cassette 2331 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Subjects

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Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project