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Dr. Marilyn Nash |
50s |
Female |
2000s |
Champaign |
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NSRC Soy products |
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Weldon Gerdes |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Menard |
|
Discusses 50 years of farming near the Sangamon River |
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Philip Nelson |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
McLean |
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President of the Illinois Farm Bureau |
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Gale Williams |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Jackson |
|
Republican politician recalls farm life in southern Illinois |
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Jim Kinsella |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
McLean |
|
Farmer widely regarded as father of no-till farming |
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Lloyd Johnson |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Madison |
|
Retired African-American farmer and gospel singer |
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Wayne "Ren" Sirles |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Union |
|
Operates Rnedleman Orchards (peach, apple, nectarines) |
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Betty Sirles |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Union |
|
Manages fruit harvest crews at Rendlemans Orchards |
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Edward Russell |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Johnson |
|
Operates new vineyard and winery: Bella Terra Winery |
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Charles Ross |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Morgan |
|
Farmer who raises and shows Montadale sheep |
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Ewell Brauer |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer recalls changes in farming methods in the 1900s |
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Patricia Johnson |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Carroll |
|
Manages tree farm and high-grade lumber business |
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Stephen Black |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Greene |
|
Operates a 5th-generation Sesquicentennial Farm |
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James N. Price |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Lawrence |
|
Farmer and oilfield worker recalls family dairy farm |
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Evelyn Lanan |
60s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farm wife who retired from teaching after her marriage |
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Martha Gommel |
60s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farm wife discusses changes in farming |
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Ruth Pauling |
60s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmer wife discusses education and farm organization |
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Charles Hartke |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Effingham |
|
Former Director of Illinois Department of Agriculture |
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Bill Clausen |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Operates farm established by his grandfather |
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Janet Roney |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Moultrie |
|
Daughter of Charles Shuman (Pres. Amer. Farm Bureau) |
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David Seibert |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Sangamon |
|
Extension livestock specialist |
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Milton Lambert |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmer discusses increased reliance on cash crops in 1900s |
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Clarence A. Neujahr |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
World War II vet who worked at DeKalb Seed Company |
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Jack Sarff |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Mason |
|
Farmer recalls hard times during the Depression and World War II |
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Jeanette Sayre |
60s |
Female |
1970s |
Menard |
|
Farm wife recalls homemade foods and family life |
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Lou Ann Siburt |
60s |
Female |
1990s |
Macon |
|
Recalls life on farm during Great Depression and world War II |
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Charles Shuman |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Moultrie |
|
President of American Farm Bureau Federation (1954-1971) |
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Philip Bradshaw |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Pike |
|
Grain and livestock farmer active in pork organization |
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Roger Brown |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Livingston |
|
Farmer and past President of Illinois Pork Producers |
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Karl Weingartner |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Champaign |
|
NSRC Soybean processing |
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Leland Sweatman |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cass |
|
Retired farmer and Allis Chalmers implement dealer |
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Stephen Scates |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Gallatin |
|
Senior partner in large family farm near Ohio River |
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Jacqueline Jackson |
70s |
Female |
2000s |
Rock County, WI |
|
Author of Stories from the Round Barn (1977) |
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Ellis Vanderpool |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cass |
|
Beekeeper who sells honey at Springfield farmer's market |
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Irene McGuire |
70s |
Female |
2000s |
Jackson |
|
Operated peach and apple orchard in family since 1820s |
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Edward Van Drunen |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
President of Van Drunen Farms (herbs, food processing) |
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Mrs. Leland Hall |
70s |
Female |
1970s |
Menard |
|
Recalls childhood in Kentucky and Illinois |
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Karl Boekenhauer |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmed until the 1950s, then became a feed salesman |
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Bill Gommel |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmer discusses changes in farming since World War II |
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Howard Lanan |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Operates farm established by his grandfather |
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Orrin Pauling |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmer discusses impacts of Great Depression and World War II |
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Luke Bridger |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Began farming in 1931, built large operation (>1000 acres) |
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Mary Stark |
70s |
Female |
1980s |
Kane |
|
Farm wife discusses butchering, holidays, and selling eggs |
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Dr. Edward Runge |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Fayette |
|
Senior Advisor for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University |
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Warren Scholl |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Began farming in the 1930s and also took jobs off the farm |
 |
George Marr |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Moved from Kentucky to Illinois to launch farming career |
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Arthur Clough |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Montgomery |
|
Farmer recalls farm life in early 1900s |
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William Hubbard |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Discusses African-American farm life in early 1900s |
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Irma Long |
70s |
Female |
1990s |
Macoupin |
|
Recalls growing up on farm in central Illinois |
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Winfred Mills |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses rural life and career with Pioneer Seed Company |
