Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project

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Titles	Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project
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.
Quantity	1 project 84 hours sound cassette 2331 pages transcript
Format	Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text
Creation	Interviewee: Anderson, Charles L. Interviewee: Anderson, Willard Interviewee: Banks, Robert S. Interviewee: Barsness, Nancy C. Interviewee: Berg, Charles Interviewee: Bradley, Wendell Interviewee: Brooks, Ronnie Interviewee: Crocker, George W. Interviewee: Emmons, Ira D. Interviewee: Fjoslien, David Interviewer: Fogerty, James E. Interviewee: Fuchs, Jane H. Interviewee: Fuchs, Virgil Interviewee: Gelbman, James Interviewee: Hagen, Harold Christian Interviewee: Hanson, Richard A. Interviewee: Hartman, Lawrence B. Interviewee: Hayenga, Wallace Interviewee: Hedner, Gordon Interviewee: Hedner, Helen B. Interviewee: Hirsch, Dr. Merle N. Ph.D. Interviewee: Jacobson, Donald G. Interviewee: Jenks, Lorraine Interviewee: Jenks, Scott Interviewee: Jost, Paul Interviewee: Koudela, Carolyn Interviewee: Lennick, T. V. Interviewee: Martin, Philip O. Interviewee: Millhone, John P. Interviewee: Nelson, C. David Interviewer: Nelson, Edward P. Interviewee: Nelson, James Interviewee: Olhoft, Wayne Interviewee: Olson, Donald Interviewee: Pick, Deborah Interviewee: Richardson, Hervey Interviewee: Rutledge, Dennis Interviewee: Rutledge, Nina H. Interviewee: Schrom, Ed Interviewee: Schumacher, Wayne Interviewee: Sheldon, Robert Interviewee: Sieling, Louis Interviewee: Stone, John R. Interviewee: Strand, Roy E. Interviewee: Tollefson, Paul Interviewee: Torborg, Reverend Elmer Interviewee: Tripp, Alice Interviewee: Vanderpoel, Peter Interviewee: Wald, Kenneth Interviewee: Woida, Gloria
Dates	Creation: 01/03/1978 - 08/09/1979
Holding Type	Oral History - Project
Identifiers	OH 25 (Library Call Number) AV1988.180 (Accession Number)
More Info	MNHS Library Catalog
Related Collections	Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Paul Jost' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Robert Sheldon' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Roger Strand' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Richard A. Hanson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wallace Hayenga' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Lawrence B. Hartman' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Philip O. Martin' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Ted V. Lennick' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Ronnie Brooks' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with John Millhone' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Virgil and Jane H. Fuchs' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Gordon and Helen B. Hedner' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Scott and Lorraine Jenks' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Carolyn Koudela' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with James Nelson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Hervey Richardson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Dennis and Nina H. Rutledge' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Ed Schrom' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wayne Schumacher' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Louis Sieling' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with John R. Stone' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Paul Tollefson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with The Rev. Elmer Torborg' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Alice Tripp' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Peter Vanderpoel' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Math and Gloria Woida' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Donald G. Jacobson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Dr. Merle N. Hirsch' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Deborah Pick' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Harold C. Hagen' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Nancy C. Barsness' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Kenneth Wald' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wayne Olhoft' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with James Gelbman' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Ira D. Emmons' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Donald Olson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with C. David Nelson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Charles L. Anderson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Willard Anderson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Robert S. Banks' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Charles Berg' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wendell Bradley' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with George W. Crocker' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with David Fjoslien'

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