Online Extra For November 18, 2009
Originally Aired: Nov 18, 2009
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Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl of the 1930s. Watch the discussion, held at the Pub at Third Place Books located in Seattle, WA.
History Café: Surviving the Dust Bowl Part 1 of 5
Part 3 of 5
Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl of the 1930s. Watch the discussion, held at the Pub at Third Place Books located in Seattle, WA.
History Café: Surviving the Dust Bowl Part 2 of 5
Part 2 of 5
Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl o
History Café: Surviving the Dust Bowl Part 3 of 5
Part 5 of 5
Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl of the 1930s. Watch the discussion, held at the Pub at Third Place Books located in Seattle, WA.
History Café: Surviving the Dust Bowl Part 4 of 5
Part 4 of 5
Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl of the 1930s. Watch the discussion, held at the Pub at Third Place Books located in Seattle, WA.
History Café: Surviving the Dust Bowl Part 5 of 5
Part 5 of 5
Peter Blecha, author of Sonic Boom, and Cassandra Tate, staff historian for historylink.org, sit down for an intimate conversation about the dust bowl of the 1930s. Watch the discussion, held at the Pub at Third Place Books located in Seattle, WA.
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Posted by Noel V. Bourasaw (not verified) on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 5:04pm
This is an answer to Cassandra's question when I noted that a video of Dunn's "Farm in a Day" news item is available. There are ways to see it. For one thing, go here
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv50280
Seattle Public Library
Title: Seattle Public Library Moving Image Collection
Dates: 1931-1976 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 156 reels of 16mm film
Collection Number: Mic 3
Summary: The collection is comprised primarily of an early television series, The Washington State Reporter, which was produced by the National Bank of Commerce and aired on KING-TV (Seattle, Wash.) from November 1951 to circa 1956. The collection also includes other non-fiction television programs from circa 1950 to 1976, most notably one on Vietnamese immigrants and several on Seattle topics, as well as home movies dating from 1931 to 1963.
Repository: Oregon Historical Society
Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
Phone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
E-mail: libreference@ohs.org
06594 SEPL: The Washington State Reporter: Farm in a Day, 1952 June 3 (broadcast)
Documents the Columbia Basin Project, the construction of a complete farm near Moses Lake, Wash., in 24 hours. Shows how the agriculture industry for the region has been improved by bringing irrigation water from the Grand Coulee Dam to convert desert to farmland. Reporter: Murray Morgan. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Dave Crockett. Appearing: Donald D. Dunn, farmer (and family); W. C. Bell, president, Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association; Paul Kirk, architect; and Michael Strauss, Bureau of Reclamation.
And here is a fine Times story about Dunn in 2002:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020506&slug=c...
Dunn and Reclamation
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