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Interviews conducted 1962-1966 by Willa K. Baum for Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Introduction by Paul S. Smith. Photographs inserted. Discussion of his career with U.S. Department of Agriculture, particularly in introducing cotton growing into San Joaquin Valley and establishing Shafter Experiment Station; working relationship with College of Agriculture, University of California; work with Bank of America as land manager, 1928-1933, and as assistant director of cotton program, AAA; his own farming operations in California; agricultural labor and farm labor strikes; associations of growers of cotton and formation of Associated Farmers; potato growing and marketing; irrigation and state water plan; political views; educational philanthropy. With this: copies of his speeches, clippings, press releases, reprints of articles, and other material documenting his career.

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Title
Wofford B Camp, Cotton, irrigation, and the AAA
Creator
interviewee., Camp, Wofford B. 1894-1986, (Wofford Benjamin),
interviewer., Baum, Willa K.,
Smith, Paul S.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published
Berkeley, Calif., University of California, ©1971.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000207
Subject (Person)
Camp, Wofford B. 1894-1986 (Wofford Benjamin), Interviews.
Subject (Corporate)
United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
University of California (1868-1952). College of Agriculture.
Bank of America.
United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
Associated Farmers (Organization)
Subject (Topic)
Agriculture California.
Cotton growing California.
Cotton manufacture California.
Agricultural laborers California.
Potatoes.
Irrigation California.
Water resources development California.
Solanum tuberosum
Agriculture Californie.
Coton Culture -- Californie.
Travailleurs agricoles Californie.
Pomme de terre.
Irrigation Californie.
Geographic Coverage
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
San Joaquin, Vallée du (Calif.)
Type
Audio
Format
Photographs.
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
Contents
Phonotapes: Partial interviews. Reel 1: July 18, 1962, 7 in. track 1: 1440 ft., track 2: blank
Reel 2: Apr. 2, 1963, 7 in. track 1: 1474 ft., track 2: blank
Reel 3: Apr. 3, 1963, 7 in. track 1: 1332 ft., track 2: blank
Reel 4: July 14, 1966, 5 in. track 1: 1061 ft., track 2: 948 ft.
Reel 5: Apr. 4, 1963, track 1: 379 ft., track 2: blank (dubbed from Phonotape 890/10). Interview notes also available.
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