Debate between Wendell Berry and Earl Butz
Audio Visual Material
- 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
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- -NONE-
- Generation - General
- Access Element