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Finance Officer W.W. Tarpley Interviews Raymond Tarver about Bank Closings, January 5, 1940

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Tarver, Raymond and Tarpley, W.W., "[Recovery]," 5 January 1940

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This is an interview by W.W. Tarpley, who was a finance officer in the U.S. Treasury, of Raymond Tarver. Tarver gives his personal account of the effects of the closing of the bank he worked in during the Great Depression.

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Source-Dependent Questions

  • How did closing the bank affect people like Raymond Tarver?
  • How did the banks closing improve Tarver's life?

Citation Information 

Tarver, Raymond and Tarpley, W.W., "[Recovery]," 5 January 1940. Courtesy of Library of Congress