Oral history interview with Myron R. Allen

Titles: Oral history interview with Myron R. Allen (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Myron R. Allen's family was involved in the establishment of several electric utility companies in rural Minnesota. Companies in which the Allen family was involved include the R. P. Allen Company, General Minnesota Utilities Company and the Eastern Minnesota Power Company. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The development of the electric utilities industry in rural Minnesota, the rise of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) and rural electric cooperatives, the growth and later dismantling of electric power holding companies, the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the growth and complexity of federal and state regulation of electric utilities in Minnesota and the United States.

Dates

• 07/18/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Allen, Myron R.
• interviewer: Fogerty, James E.
• interviewer: Swanson, Duane P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 141
• Accession Number: AV2004.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 40 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:32:43 running time

Subjects

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