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Sawhill, George

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Title Sawhill, George George Sawhill oral history interview
Creator Sawhill, George
Contributor Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts Briggs, Sara-Ann
Subject Sawhill, George -- Interviews Oral history -- Colorado Soil conservation -- Colorado Soil conservation districts -- Colorado Farming -- Colorado Water resources development Boulder County (Colo.) Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.)
Description George Sawhill interviewed by Sara-Ann Briggs George Sawhill, past board member of an unnamed soil conservation district (probably the Boulder Valley Soil Conservation District), discusses his life as a farmer and his participation in the soil conservation movement. Sawhill's interview includes his childhood on his father's farm near Valmont, Colorado, the formation of the Longmont Soil Conservation District and Boulder Valley Soil Conservation District, floods and droughts, and Sawhill's thoughts on the local soil conservation... Transcript -- Tape 1, Side A
Date 1984-07-29 2017-08-14T22:45:10Z 2017-08-14T22:45:10Z
Type Audio
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10217/183407
Language English eng
Relation wwdl Sawhill, George. 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 30 minutes, 50 seconds application/pdf audio/mpeg
Coverage Boulder County (Colo.) Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1894-1984
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries
Source Original: 1 Maxell C60 audiocassette and transcript. 11 p. Administrative and draft material not scanned.

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