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Janet Roney |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Moultrie |
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Daughter of Charles Shuman (Pres. Amer. Farm Bureau) |
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Charles Ross |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Morgan |
|
Farmer who raises and shows Montadale sheep |
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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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Edward Russell |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Johnson |
|
Operates new vineyard and winery: Bella Terra Winery |
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Jessie Ruth Saiter |
80s |
Female |
1980s |
Clark |
|
Farm wife recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s |
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Orion Samuelson |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
|
Host of National Farm Report, WGN Radio, Chicago |
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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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Stephen Scates |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Gallatin |
|
Senior partner in large family farm near Ohio River |
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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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Michael Scully |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Sangamon |
|
Applied principles of biodynamics and organic farming |
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David Seibert |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Sangamon |
|
Extension livestock specialist |
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Charles Shuman |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Moultrie |
|
President of American Farm Bureau Federation (1954-1971) |
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Paul Shuman |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Moultrie |
|
Former IFB Board member; Son of Charles Shuman |
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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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Betty Sirles |
60s |
Female |
2000s |
Union |
|
Manages fruit harvest crews at Rendlemans Orchards |
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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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Larry Smith |
40s |
Male |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses German heritage and impact of World War II |
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Emma Snodgrass |
90s |
Female |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Farm wife recalls her rural childhood and women's roles |
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Judy Stark |
40s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farm wife discusses farming tradition in the Stark family |
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Mary Stark |
70s |
Female |
1980s |
Kane |
|
Farm wife discusses butchering, holidays, and selling eggs |
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Harold Steele |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Bureau |
|
Former president of Illinois Farm Bureau |
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Rolland Stone |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Stone Seed Company evolved from seed-corn trials in 1920s |
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Cavan Sullivan |
20s |
Male |
2000s |
Menard |
|
Raises pheasant, quail, deer, and bison on small farm |
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Leland Sweatman |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cass |
|
Retired farmer and Allis Chalmers implement dealer |
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Geneva Sweet |
90s |
Female |
2000s |
Morgan |
|
Farm wife whose father-in-law photographed farm in 1890s |
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Robert A. Taylor |
90s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer born on family farm in 1882 |
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Ida Thurman |
40s |
Female |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
African-American farmer in economically challenged area |
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John Thurman |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
African-American farmer in economically challenged area |
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Edward Van Drunen |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
President of Van Drunen Farms (herbs, food processing) |
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Ellis Vanderpool |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cass |
|
Beekeeper who sells honey at Springfield farmer's market |
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Karl Weingartner |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Champaign |
|
NSRC Soybean processing |
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Kaitlin Weitekamp |
< 20 |
Female |
2000s |
Montgomery |
|
State President of FFA in Illinois, 2007-2008 |
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William Wertheim |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Small-town butcher and cattle dealer in Athens, Illinois |
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Robert Wieneke |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Calhoun |
|
Produces peaches, wine and small grains |
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Anna M. Williams |
80s |
Female |
1970s |
Menard |
|
Recalls life on family farms in the early 1900s |
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Gale Williams |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Jackson |
|
Republican politician recalls farm life in southern Illinois |
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Marie South Williams |
90s |
Female |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Recalls family and farm life in southern Illinois, early 1900s |
