Title
Hervey Richardson Interview, 1977
Files
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Document Type
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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
Original Format
Audiocassette
Digital Identifier
SCRichardson03
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1060
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Hervey, "Hervey Richardson Interview, 1977" (1977). Stevens County. 50.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/stevenscounty/50
Primo Type
Audio
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.