An interview with Janet Shuman Roney / Janet Shuman Roney ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Janet Shuman Roney / Janet Shuman Roney ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview of Janet Shuman Roney conducted by Mark DePue for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Topics discussed include George Rogers Clark; Major Addison McPheeters; Civil War; Charles Shuman, President, American Farm Bureau, 1954-1971; Illinois Farm Bureau; American Farm Bureau; National Farmers' Union; Wheat Referendum of 1963; William Irving Shuman; Chicago Sub-Treasury; Rural Electrification Association; Ida Shuman; Mabel Shuman; importance of education in farming; Methodist Church; Millikin University; and teacher tenure.

2 data discs (96 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.4 film cassettes : digital ; 3/8 in.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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American Farm Bureau Federation

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Shuman, Ida.

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Shuman, Charles B., 1907-

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Shuman, William Irving.

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Shuman, Mabel.

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Roney, Janet Shuman.

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Born on Mar. 17, 1942 in Decatur, Ill. and raised on the Charles Shuman family farm in rural Sullivan, Ill. Janet traced the family's history on the same farm property, starting in 1853 when Major Addison McPheeters purchased the land. The son of a German shoemaker, Charles Shuman, found work on the farm during the Civil War, and ended up marrying the Major's daughter. Janet discussed in detail how the farm tradition was carried on from generation to generation. She discussed Irving Shuman, her ...

McPheeters, Addison.

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Illinois Farm Bureau.

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

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Millikin University

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DePue, Mark R.

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Illinois State Museum

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