Title Work

Title No: 324

Title: Interview with Elwood Champness

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound; Video

Date: 10 Mar  1992 (Created)

Interview with Elwood Champness conducted for The Great Depression. Discussion centers on his father's employment during the Great Depression, first as superintendent of a DiGorgio Corporation  farm, and then as sheriff of Kern County where he dealt with migrant farm workers.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 22 min 39 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Migrant agricultural laborers--California--History--20th century; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Kern County (Calif.); Labor camps--California

Name As Subjects: Champness, Elwood; Di Giorgio Corporation

Subject : Elwood Champness
Used in Episode Number : 318