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Foster, Clarence

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Title Foster, Clarence Clarence Foster oral history interview
Creator Foster, Clarence
Contributor Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts Briggs, Sara-Ann
Subject Foster, Clarence -- Interviews Oral history -- Colorado Soil conservation -- Colorado Soil conservation districts -- Colorado Fountain (Colo.) Colorado Springs (Colo.) Arkansas River
Description Clarence Foster interviewed by Sara-Ann Briggs Clarence Foster, board member of the Fountain Valley Soil Conservation District, discusses his involvement in the soil conservation movement in Colorado. Foster's interview covers his childhood, the 1930s Great Depression and the beginning of the Fountain Valley SCD, the expansion of Fort Carson, the 1921 and 1965 Arkansas River floods, and Foster's participation in the Fountain Valley SCD from 1942 to 1984. Foster mentions several soil conservation state and local leaders, including Don... Transcript -- Tape 1, Side A -- Tape 1, Side B
Date 1984-04-28 2017-08-14T22:37:54Z 2017-08-14T22:37:54Z
Type Audio
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10217/183396
Language English eng
Relation wwdl Foster, Clarence. 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 Tape 1, Side A: 29 minutes, 12 seconds Tape 1, Side B: 02 minutes, 50 seconds application/pdf audio/mpeg audio/mpeg
Coverage Fountain (Colo.) Colorado Springs (Colo.) Arkansas River 1920-1984
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries
Source Original: 1 audiocassette and transcript. 10 p. Administrative and draft material not scanned.

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