Subseries: Personal History

Biographical information, obituary 1947, 1959

Drafts of reminiscences, 1956-1957

Audio recording of Reminiscences, 1956 March 2
Alternate Format: Available online.

Scope and Content Note: Frank Elliott interviewed John Bordner in Madison, Wisconsin. Bordner discusses various agricultural innovations with which he was involved in the early part of the 20th century, such as crop fertilization and treating livestock diseases like brucellosis and hoof-and-mouth disease. He also talks about establishing agriculture programs at vocational schools, the institutions put in place to help impoverished farmers, and the problems facing African Americans, particularly sharecoppers, in the South. Note: the first thirty seconds of this recording are of poor audio quality.

Transcription of recorded reminiscences