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Nate Janssen |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Lake |
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Manages large dairy operation at Golden Oaks Farm |
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Neil Dahlstrom |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Rock Island |
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Author of The John Deere Story (2005) |
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Oba Herschberger |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
Moultrie |
|
Amish farmer, Holstein dairy and Belgian horse breeding |
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Ola Ridley |
80s |
Female |
1980s |
Christian |
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Discusses farm life and schooling in early 1900s |
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Orion Samuelson |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
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Host of National Farm Report, WGN Radio, Chicago |
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Orrin Pauling |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
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Farmer discusses impacts of Great Depression and World War II |
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Pam Gray |
50s |
Female |
2000s |
Sangamon |
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Director of Illinois State Fair Museum |
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Parris Brewer |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
|
Marketing Coordinator for Growing Home, Chicago |
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Patricia Johnson |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Carroll |
|
Manages tree farm and high-grade lumber business |
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Paul Gebhart |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
Christian |
|
Organic chickens, turkeys, and cattle |
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Paul Shuman |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Moultrie |
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Former IFB Board member; Son of Charles Shuman |
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Philip Bradshaw |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Pike |
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Grain and livestock farmer active in pork organization |
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Philip Nelson |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
McLean |
|
President of the Illinois Farm Bureau |
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Ray (Bud) Nuckols |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Recalls early farm life, tractors, and rural electrification |
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Ray Ackerman |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Memories of Ackerman Farms as a young man |
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Rick Collins |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Mercer |
|
Restores historic barns using sustainable practices |
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Robert A. Taylor |
90s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer born on family farm in 1882 |
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Robert Wieneke |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Calhoun |
|
Produces peaches, wine and small grains |
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Roger Brown |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Livingston |
|
Farmer and past President of Illinois Pork Producers |
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Rolland Stone |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Stone Seed Company evolved from seed-corn trials in 1920s |
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Roy Harrington |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Rock Island |
|
Retired mechanical engineer for John Deere & Company |
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Russ Jeckel |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Pork producer who pioneered hog confinement |
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Ruth Brasell |
80s |
Female |
1970s |
Cass |
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Farm wife and teacher in one-room schoolhouse |
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Ruth Hambleton |
50s |
Female |
2000s |
Jefferson |
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U. of Illinois Extension educator; founded Annie's Project |
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Ruth Pauling |
60s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farmer wife discusses education and farm organization |
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Sam Meteer |
< 20 |
Male |
2000s |
Menard |
|
State Vice President of FFA in Illinois, 2007-2008 |
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Scott Jeckel |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Pork Manager for Jeckel hog confinement operation of 18,000 hogs on 1,500 acres |
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Stephen Black |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Greene |
|
Operates a 5th-generation Sesquicentennial Farm |
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Stephen Scates |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Gallatin |
|
Senior partner in large family farm near Ohio River |
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Timothy Reed |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Jersey |
|
Agriculture teacher at Southwestern High School |
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Walter Culver |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Menard |
|
Farmer discusses mechanization and other changes in the 1900s |
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Warren Scholl |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Began farming in the 1930s and also took jobs off the farm |
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Wayne "Ren" Sirles |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Union |
|
Operates Rnedleman Orchards (peach, apple, nectarines) |
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Wayne D. Sirles |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Union |
|
Manages packing shed at Rendleman Orchards |
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Weldon Gerdes |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Menard |
|
Discusses 50 years of farming near the Sangamon River |
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William Hubbard |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Discusses African-American farm life in early 1900s |
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William Wertheim |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Small-town butcher and cattle dealer in Athens, Illinois |
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Winfred Mills |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses rural life and career with Pioneer Seed Company |
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Yvette Ackerman |
40s |
Female |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Operates Ackerman Farms Store and a shop in town |
