Summary Information

Title: Oral History Interview with Harold L. Tomter
Inclusive Dates: 1978 May 24

Creator:

• Tomter, Harold L., 1923-

Call Number: Tape 715A

Quantity: 5 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Interview conducted on May 24, 1978, by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Harold L. Tomter, county clerk of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, concerning his youth on a 40-acre farm near Pigeon Falls, social activities in the Norwegian American community, his own farm operations on a share basis, his leadership of the local Farmers Union, his decision to leave farming in 1968, and county politics and growth of the local Democratic Party.

Note:

Part of the Wisconsin Agriculturists Oral History Project.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape00715a

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