Record Details
Middlemist, Victor
Mountain Scholar
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Middlemist, Victor Victor Middlemist oral history interview |
| Creator | Middlemist, Victor |
| Contributor | Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts Briggs, Sara-Ann |
| Subject | Middlemist, Victor -- Interviews Oral history -- Colorado Soil conservation -- Colorado Soil conservation districts -- Colorado Ranching -- Colorado Range management -- Colorado Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Sheep -- Colorado |
| Description | Victor Middlemist interviewed by Sara-Ann Briggs Victor Middlemist, past president of an unnamed soil conservation district (probably the Morgan Soil Conservation District), discusses his life as a rancher in Morgan County, Colorado, and his participation in the soil conservation movement. Middlemist's interview covers his childhood and family history, the Dust Bowl, the establishment of Morgan SCD, sheep ranching, weed control, water resources development, droughts, floods, and blizzards. Middlemist mentions several soil conservation state... Transcript -- Tape 1, Side A |
| Date | 1984-05-18 2017-08-14T22:45:08Z 2017-08-14T22:45:08Z |
| Type | Audio |
| Identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/183403 |
| Language | English eng |
| Relation | wwdl Middlemist, Victor. 1984 Records of the Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts. Series 2: Business and financial records. Finding aid: https://lib2.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/water/wcsc.html |
| Format | 23 minutes, 10 seconds application/pdf audio/mpeg |
| Coverage | Morgan County (Colo.) 1774-1984 |
| Publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries |
| Source | Original: 1 audiocassette and transcript. 10 p. Administrative and draft material not scanned. |
