Title
Sam Barr Interview, 1973
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Joni Kennedy and Dennis Wenker
Interviewee
Sam Barr
Date Recorded
8-23-1973
Date Digital
8-3-2010
Location Recorded
Ortonville, MN
County
Big Stone County
Keywords
Minnesota--Politics and government--20th century; Legislators--Minnesota; Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives--Biography
Description
Sam Barr was born in a boxcar in Forsythe, Montana on May 19, 1914 to Samuel Arthur Barr, an itinerant line man with a power company and his wife Julia Cecelia (Weber) Barr. The family returned to Ortonville when Sam was six months old. Sam was educated in Ortonville until illness took him out of school before graduating high school. In the early 1950s Sam became involved in politics. He served 12 years as a representative in the Minnesota State Legislature.
In this interview, Sam Barr discusses his early background and his first involvement in politics in the 1950s. He discusses Bill Sorenson, representative, and Barr's first election to the House. He discusses major issues during his 12 years as a representative, including: sales tax issues, bills sponsored by Barr (small loan industry bill and doctor procurement for rural Minnesota bill), Barr's association with UMN Morris and the establishment of UMN Morris, non-party designated legislature vs. party-type legal issue, a cloud seeding bill, the regard for the Minnesota government and representative Ed Martinson.
Run Time
00:47:53
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
BSCBarr01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
298
Recommended Citation
Barr, Sam, "Sam Barr Interview, 1973" (1973). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 121.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/121
Primo Type
Audio