| Interviewee | BARTON, Sam (b. 1906) |
| Professions | Emeritus professor of economics |
| Employers | University of North Texas |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0035 |
| Date(s) of interview | - |
| Description | Emeritus professor of economics, University of North Texas. Family background; educational experiences at the University of Texas, Austin; membership in League for Industrial Democracy; winter lambing in West Texas; experiences during the Great Depression; view of economics and sociology department at North Texas, 1939; experiences in U.S. Army training camps and Pacific Theater during World War II; organization of AAUP, CCTA, and TACT on North Texas campus; activities in field of workmen’s compensation; work of Fred Schmidt in CIO and AFL-CIO; activities in redrafting of Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law, 1957; work of Jerry Holloman in AFL-CIO; research, consultant, and organizational activities; comments about labor arbitrator Byron Abernethy; highlights of career at University of North Texas. |
| Interviewer(s) | Fred Gantt, Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 168 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
