- Collection:
- University of West Georgia Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Interview with Robert D. Tisinger Part 1, 1981 July 17
- Creator:
- House, Myron W.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Tisinger, Robert D., 1936-
- Date of Original:
- 1981-07-17
- Subject:
- Rural electrification--Georgia--Carroll County
Soil conservation--Georgia--Carrollton
Rural public utilities--Georgia--Carrollton
Tisinger, Robert D., 1936- --Interviews - People:
- Tisinger, Robert D., 1936-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Robert D. Tisinger. Part 1 of 2. He discusses the Carroll Rural Electric Association (R.E.A.) and Soil Conservation program in Carroll County from their beginnings to date (1981). Tisinger tells of his father wiring their home before power came to community on faith that electricity would be brought to the rural communities. He discusses the cost of power and the areas served by the power company. He credits Senator Richard B. Russell and Congressman Steven Pace for helping bring funding to the area.
Robert D. Tisinger, lawyer and general counsel (1936- ) for the Carroll County Electric Membership Corporation. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_ohi_oh0011-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://ohms.libs.uga.edu/viewer.php?cachefile=dlg/uwg/oh0011-01.xml
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Myron House oral history collection, Annie Belle Weaver Special Collection, University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
