Debate between Wendell Berry and Earl Butz

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Identifier
000023995
Alt Identifier
ap.cfa.05.001
Asset Type
Date
1977, 1977
Description (Entirety of debate between Wendell Berry and Earl Butz (digital access copy that combines Tape #s 9457-9464)

This debate between Wendell Berry and Earl L. Butz (Secretary of Agriculture 1971-76) took place at Indiana’s Manchester College on November 13, 1977.  At the time, Berry had recently published his book The Unsettling of America, which included criticism of Butz and his role in promoting agribusiness. The debate was organized by English teacher Charles Boebel as part of the Life Schools Community Forum — The Crisis in American Agriculture, sponsored by the Indiana Committee for the Humanities.

Contextual information from Spring 1978 issue of Coevolution.
Excerpts from this recording were used in the 2017 documentary Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry)
Entirety of debate between Wendell Berry and Earl Butz (digital access copy that combines Tape #s 9457-9464)

This debate between Wendell Berry and Earl L. Butz (Secretary of Agriculture 1971-76) took place at Indiana’s Manchester College on November 13, 1977.  At the time, Berry had recently published his book The Unsettling of America, which included criticism of Butz and his role in promoting agribusiness. The debate was organized by English teacher Charles Boebel as part of the Life Schools Community Forum — The Crisis in American Agriculture, sponsored by the Indiana Committee for the Humanities.

Contextual information from Spring 1978 issue of Coevolution.
Excerpts from this recording were used in the 2017 documentary Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
Contributor
Hooper, Jeff (recording engineer)
Media Type
Sound
Physical Format
LTO tape
Generation:
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Generation - General
Access Element
Subject
Agriculture
Related Collection
Appalshop Contract Work, Unreleased Projects and Other Documentation Collection, 1971-2015