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Young, J. Selby

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Title Young, J. Selby J. Selby Young oral history interview
Creator Young, J. Selby
Contributor Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts McCormick, Mary
Subject Young, J. Selby -- Interviews Oral history -- Colorado Soil conservation -- Colorado Soil conservation districts -- Colorado Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Floods -- Colorado -- Pueblo County Pueblo County (Colo.) Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Description J. Selby Young interviewed by Mary McCormick J. Selby Young, past president of the Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts and founding member of the Fountain Valley Soil Conservation District, discusses his life as a farmer and his participation in the soil conservation movement. Young's interview includes his childhood, the Black Forest Soil Conservation Demonstration Project, floods and drought, the 1930s Dust Bowl, and Young's thoughts on the CASCD and the future of the soil conservation movement. Young mentions several... Transcript -- Tape 1, Side A
Date 1984-05-27 2017-08-14T22:45:06Z 2017-08-14T22:45:06Z
Type Audio
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10217/183400
Language English eng
Relation wwdl Young, J. Selby. 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 31 minutes, 11 seconds application/pdf audio/mpeg
Coverage Pueblo County (Colo.) Colorado Springs (Colo.) Arkansas River Fountain Creek (Colo.) 1933-1984
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries
Source Original: 1 audiocassette and transcript. 11 p. Administrative and draft material not scanned.

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