Hervey Richardson Interview, 1977

Hervey Richardson Interview, 1977

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Interviewer

Steven Williams

Interviewee

Hervey Richardson

Date Recorded

5-25-1977

Date Digital

7-6-2020

Location Recorded

Richardson Residence, Morris, Minnesota

County

Stevens County

Keywords

Federated Telephone Cooperative; Cooperative societies; Telephone companies--Minnesota--Chokio; United States. Rural Electrification Administration

Description

Hervey Richardson was born in 1901, went to Macalester College, and a retailing school in New York City. He started farming in 1924. He sold his farm in 1963 and moved to Morris. In 1965 he became the city assessor. He was also involved in DFL politics starting in the 1930s. He was an active member in many cooperatives in the Stevens County area.

In this interview, Hervey Richardson discusses his role with the Federated Telephone Cooperative in Chokio. He talks about the phone and other general information such as switching and line repair. He discusses the reason the 24 mutual phone companies in the area combined to form Federated Telephone Cooperative. He talks about the early development of Federated and its dealings with the Bell system. He also talks about Federated's dealings with the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

Run Time

00:42:42

Language

English

Notes

The digitization and transcription of this oral history was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.

Original Format

Audiocassette

Digital Identifier

SCRichardson03

Repository

West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)

Local Identifier

1060

Primo Type

Audio

Hervey Richardson Interview, 1977

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