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Federal Resettlement Project oral histories, 1985-1986

Overview of the Collection

Title
Federal Resettlement Project oral histories
Dates
1985-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (0.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 401
Summary
This collection contains the interviews of Brian Cannon pertaining to the Federal Resettlement Project and the Great Depression in Utah. Mr. Cannon used the interviews for his 1986 book, Remaking the Agrarian Dream : The New Deal's Rural Resettlement Program in the Mountain West.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Brian Q. Cannon graduated from BYU with a BA in American studies in 1984. He completed an MA in history at Utah State University in 1986 and a PhD in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. Since that time, he has been teaching at BYU. Much of his research focuses upon agricultural settlement, rural community development and federal rural policy in the twentieth century. He has received fellowships or other awards from the Western History Association, the Agricultural History Society, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, the Ford Foundation and the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies.

These oral histories are related to the Federal Resettlement Project in Utah, which was part of a broader New Deal resettlement project in the United States during the Great Depression. The program sought to make better use of the nation's natural resources by reassigning poor farmers from marginal to productive land. The undertaking was supervised by various governmental departments including the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Resettlement Administration, and the Farms Security Administration from the 1930s until the early 1940s.

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Content Description

This collection contains 11 cassette tapes of oral histories pertaining to the Federal Resettlement Project and the Great Depression in Utah. They were conducted by Brian Cannon for his 1986 book, Remaking the Agrarian Dream: The New Deal's Rural Resettlement Program in the Mountain West. These tapes include interviews about the Green River Drought Pumping Project; resettlement in Benmore, Utah; resettlement in Widtsoe, Utah; and the Leota Bottoms Drought Pumping Project.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Federal Resettlement Project oral histories must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Federal Resettlement Project oral histories USU_COLL MSS 401, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 401, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is organized alphabetically by last name.

Processing Note

Processed in October of 2013.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections and Archives by Bryan Q. Cannon in 1993.

Related Materials

Utah Resettlement Project papers, COLL MSS 146

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Cassette Tapes, 1985-1986

    Container: Box 1

Finding aid/Register created by Elisabeth Cropper and Clint Pumphrey
2013

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