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List of Interviewees

Age Interviewsort icon County
Weldon Gerdes 50s Male 1980s Menard Discusses 50 years of farming near the Sangamon River
Ray (Bud) Nuckols 70s Male 1980s Sangamon Recalls early farm life, tractors, and rural electrification
Cliffie Smith Patterson 90s Male 1980s Logan Teacher recalls rural life, family, and country schools
Ola Ridley 80s Female 1980s Christian Discusses farm life and schooling in early 1900s
Jessie Ruth Saiter 80s Female 1980s Clark Farm wife recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s
Larry Smith 40s Male 1980s Sangamon Farmer discusses German heritage and impact of World War II
Emma Snodgrass 90s Female 1980s Sangamon Farm wife recalls her rural childhood and women's roles
Gale Williams 50s Male 1980s Jackson Republican politician recalls farm life in southern Illinois
Ewell Brauer 60s Male 1970s Cass Farmer recalls changes in farming methods in the 1900s
Evans Cantrall 80s Male 1970s Sangamon Farmer recalls rural life in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Bert Aikman 90s Male 1970s Montgomery Farmer and railroad man recalls childhood in late 1800s
Frances Culver 80s Female 1970s Whiteside Farm wife recalls growing up near Mississippi River
Walter Culver 80s Male 1970s Menard Farmer discusses mechanization and other changes in the 1900s
Mrs. Leland Hall 70s Female 1970s Menard Recalls childhood in Kentucky and Illinois
Gray Herndon 80s Male 1970s Sangamon Springfield lawyer recalls childhood on the farm
Margaret Honey 90s Female 1970s Sangamon Farm wife recalls Great Depression and two world wars
Lucile Daniels Kirby 80s Female 1970s Menard Recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s
James N. Price 60s Male 1970s Lawrence Farmer and oilfield worker recalls family dairy farm
Anna M. Williams 80s Female 1970s Menard Recalls life on family farms in the early 1900s
George Marr 70s Male 1970s Sangamon Moved from Kentucky to Illinois to launch farming career
Ruth Brasell 80s Female 1970s Cass Farm wife and teacher in one-room schoolhouse
George Cline 90s Male 1970s Cass Farmer discusses farm mechanism in late 1800s-early 1900s
Arthur Clough 70s Male 1970s Montgomery Farmer recalls farm life in early 1900s
Eva Clough 80s Female 1970s Montgomery Farm wife lived on farms without electricity, water, or phone
Archibald Dunn 80s Male 1970s Cass Farmer recalls changes in farm technology from early 1900s
William Hubbard 70s Male 1970s Sangamon Discusses African-American farm life in early 1900s
John Keith 80s Male 1970s Montgomery Farmer discusses farming methods of the early 1900s
Carrie Maurer 80s Female 1970s Cass Farm wife recalls home life, Great Depression, World War II
Alice Martin 80s Female 1970s Sangamon Recalls childhood on farm, rural education, and 1908 race riot
Winfred Mills 70s Male 1970s Sangamon Farmer discusses rural life and career with Pioneer Seed Company
John Moore 80s Male 1970s Sangamon Farmer who ran his farm operation from the age of 13
Hal Ringland 70s Male 1970s Mason Farmer discusses famr life in the early-mid 1900s
Jack Sarff 60s Male 1970s Mason Farmer recalls hard times during the Depression and World War II
Jeanette Sayre 60s Female 1970s Menard Farm wife recalls homemade foods and family life
Charles Shuman 60s Male 1970s Moultrie President of American Farm Bureau Federation (1954-1971)
Rolland Stone 70s Male 1970s Sangamon Stone Seed Company evolved from seed-corn trials in 1920s
Robert A. Taylor 90s Male 1970s Cass Farmer born on family farm in 1882
William Wertheim 80s Male 1970s Sangamon Small-town butcher and cattle dealer in Athens, Illinois
George Howe 80s Male 1950s Piatt Farmer and banker born in 1870 recalls farming in late 1800s