"When Farmers Took a Holiday," a documentary

Grants | NHPRC | Programs & Series | Midday | Types | Interviews | Speeches | Documentaries | Topics | Agriculture | Special Collections | Farming: Minnesota's agricultural landscape |
February 18, 1985
Mark Heistad - Narrator and Producer, Ernest Johnson - Interviewee, David Nass - Interviewee, Larry Remley - Interviewee, Guy Lund - Interviewee, Lester Muhlenbruck - Interviewee, Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Speaker, Clarence Sharp - Interviewee, Rich Dietman - Editor, Unknown - Interviewee and Speaker, Ben Neuendorf - Interviewee, George Mills - Interviewee, H.R. Gross - Interviewee, Lowell Dyson - Interviewee, Fred Stover - Interviewee, Jim Youngdale - Interviewee, Quentin Burdick - Interviewee
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MPR’s Mark Heistad presents an MPR documentary, titled "When Farmers Took a Holiday." Little more than a half century ago Midwestern farmers staged a revolt against the Depression era farm crisis. This documentary reexamines the Farmer's Holiday Association movement through stories of farmers, political figures, bankers, and others.

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