Reed, Frank "E.G." 2023-01-07
This interview features E.G. (Frank) Reed as he discusses his life farming in the panhandle of Texas. He was born in 1929 and was raised outside Quitaque, attending school at Flomot. His home had no running water or electricity until the 1940s and he discusses some of the challenges associated with that. He was briefly in the Army in Korea before returning home to help with the family farm. In 1977 he started attending meetings of the American Agriculture Movement, eventually going on the Tractorcade to Washington D.C. and staying nearly a month. He continued working with the AAM, involved with lobbying in Washington, working with politicians like Kent Hance, Rick Perry, and Charlie Stenholm. He explains challenges with dry land cotton farming throughout the twentieth century.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Frank E.G. Reed
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Date: January 7, 2023
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 01:01:26 (1 hour 1 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Life after graduating from high school; His wife’s recollection of growing up on his family farm; hearing about the American Ag Movement; Participating in the 1979 Tractorcade; staying involved with AAM; Politicians that were receptive to and worked with the farmers; Changes in farming; his perspective on farming; The story about his name
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374398 >
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