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Al Haunold Oral History Interview #2

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Title

Al Haunold Oral History Interview #2

Description

Dr. Alfred Haunold is a retired plant breeder and director from the USDA-OSU hop breeding program in Corvallis, Oregon. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and was the scientist who released and developed many important hops, including the Willamette and Cascade varieties. In this interview, Haunold talks about growing up in Retz, Austria, the economics of the area between the two world wars, his family’s ties to agriculture, the Austrian school system, living conditions during the Nazi occupation, life in wartime Vienna while he was going to college, coming to America on a Fulbright, meeting his wife Mary in New York, and the modern refugee situation in Austria. He also talks about his work in wheat genetics while in Austria, earning his doctorate degree in agricultural science at University of Nebraska, job hunting in America after earning his PhD, moving to Oregon and his work with hops, breeding the Willamette hops variety, the hops market in 60s America, hops growing in Austria, and troubles he ran into while crossing hops in America.

Creator

Al Haunold

Source

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

August 1, 2017

Contributor

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Format

Born Digital Video

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh35-haunold-al-20170801

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Interviewee

Al Haunold

Location

Corvallis, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital Video

Duration

2:19:10

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Interview Format

video

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