Interview Search: 80s
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80s
Male
2000s
Tazewell
Memories of Ackerman Farms as a young man
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80s
Male
2000s
Bond
World War II veteran who farmed and raised Standardbred horses
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80s
Female
1970s
Cass
Farm wife and teacher in one-room schoolhouse
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80s
Female
1980s
Sangamon
Farmer discusses her childhood and farm life in early 1900s
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80s
Male
1970s
Sangamon
Farmer recalls rural life in the late 1800s and early 1900s
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80s
Female
1970s
Montgomery
Farm wife lived on farms without electricity, water, or phone
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80s
Female
1970s
Whiteside
Farm wife recalls growing up near Mississippi River
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80s
Male
1970s
Menard
Farmer discusses mechanization and other changes in the 1900s
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80s
Female
2000s
Greene
Retired nurse and farm wife raised near the Illinois River
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80s
Male
1970s
Cass
Farmer recalls changes in farm technology from early 1900s
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80s
Male
2000s
Rock Island
Retired mechanical engineer for John Deere & Company
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80s
Male
1970s
Sangamon
Springfield lawyer recalls childhood on the farm
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80s
Male
1950s
Piatt
Farmer and banker born in 1870 recalls farming in late 1800s
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80s
Male
2000s
Tazewell
Pork producer who pioneered hog confinement
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80s
Male
1970s
Montgomery
Farmer discusses farming methods of the early 1900s
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80s
Female
1970s
Menard
Recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s
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80s
Female
1970s
Sangamon
Recalls childhood on farm, rural education, and 1908 race riot
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80s
Female
1970s
Cass
Farm wife recalls home life, Great Depression, World War II
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80s
Male
1970s
Sangamon
Farmer who ran his farm operation from the age of 13
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80s
Female
1980s
Christian
Discusses farm life and schooling in early 1900s
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80s
Female
1980s
Clark
Farm wife recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s
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80s
Male
2000s
Sangamon
Applied principles of biodynamics and organic farming
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80s
Male
2000s
Bureau
Former president of Illinois Farm Bureau
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80s
Male
1970s
Sangamon
Small-town butcher and cattle dealer in Athens, Illinois
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80s
Female
1970s
Menard
Recalls life on family farms in the early 1900s
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