Oral Histories
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Northern States Power Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
label: Collection Creator
content: Xcel Energy
label: Collection Creator
content: Reddy Communications, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Reddy Kilowatt, Inc.
label: Collection Creator
content: Gofman, John W.
label: Collection Creator
content: Commoner, Barry, 1917-
label: Collection Creator
content: Collins, Ashton B.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Reddy Kilowatt Records
label: See more items in
content: Reddy Kilowatt Records / Series 8: Audiovisual Materials / 8.4: Audio
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0913, Subseries 8.4.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Audio cassette tapes, 5 hours 

 Interviewer: John Fleckner, Archivist, National Museum of American History, Archives Center 

 Content Description: Interview and conversations with Mrs. Ashton Collins, Sr. and Ashton Collins, Jr. at the initial stages of collection acquisition. Topics include biographical information about Ashton Collins, Sr.; the early history of the Reddy Kilowatt Service; Mrs. Ashton Collins, Sr.'s experiences in the Reddy Kilowatt, Inc. office; her participation in electric industry conventions; Cuba's ousting of Reddy Kilowatt; and the transition in the company's services during the late 1960s and early 1970s.