Title
Orville Tatge Interview, 1973
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Jo Antonson
Interviewee
Orville Tatge
Date Recorded
7-31-1973
Date Digital
7-7-2020
Location Recorded
Tatge Residence, Benson, Minnesota
County
Swift County
Keywords
Minnesota Farm Holiday Association; Depressions--1929; Farmers--Political activity; National Farmers Organization (U.S.); Boycotts
Description
Orville Tatge was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1920 and moved to Minnesota in 1927. He served in the Armed Forces in World War II. He has been active in the National Farmers Organization (NFO) since 1962, and was elected President of the Swift County NFO in 1963. He was appointed County Treasurer in 1969.
In this interview, Orville Tatge discusses the Farmer's Holiday Movement and life during the Great Depression. He compares different farmers organizations and their functions. He then goes into his activities in the NFO, and the meat holding of 1964.
Run Time
01:54:20
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
SWCTatge01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
284
Recommended Citation
Tatge, Orville, "Orville Tatge Interview, 1973" (1973). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 98.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/98
Primo Type
Audio