McCathern, Kolleen 2013-06-13

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Done during an American Agriculture Movement Reunion held in Lubbock, this interview is a look into Kolleen McCathern’s personal experiences with the Tractorcade to Washington D.C. in 1979. She was thirteen at the time when her father was involved in American Agriculture protests.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Kolleen McCathern

Additional Parties Recorded: Gerald McCathern

Date: June 13, 2013

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: David Marshall

Length: 01:23:06 (1 hour, 23 minutes)


Abstract

Remembrances of the Washington D.C. Tractorcade; Gerald’s Job as Spokesman; Selling Merchandise at Tractorcade; Kolleen Actively Engaged with Gerald’s Political Work; Moving to Washington D.C.; More on Tractorcade from a “child’s perspective”; Leaving Washington D.C.; Friends of McCatherns in Washington D.C.



Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital audio

Recording Format Notes: audio CD recording available for listening in our Reading Room

Transcript: found here: http://hdl.handle.net/10605/215035



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