An interview with Jacqueline Jackson / Jacqueline Jackson ; Michael Maniscalco, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Jacqueline Jackson / Jacqueline Jackson ; Michael Maniscalco, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview of Jacqueline Jackson conducted by Michale Maniscalco for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Topics discussed include Turtle Township, Rock County, WI; dairy operations; Beloit College; hired men; round barn; hybrid seed corn; alfalfa; oats; hay; corn de-tasseling; corn kurl; childhood games on the farm; gardening on the farm; farm root cellar; Sangamon State University; Reading Writing Radio; Guernsey cattle; Holstein cattle; bloat; surcingle; Rural Electrification Administration (REA); Empire Milking machine; Surge milking machine; Great Depression; Federal Land Bank; milk business Incorporation; hobos in rural Illinois; trains; gender roles on Illinois farms; women on the farm; Interstate 90; and the city of Beloit.

3 data discs (8 hr., 14 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Jackson, Jacqueline, 1928-

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Born on May 3, 1928 in Beloit, Wisconsin, one of four children on a 650 acre farm started by her grandfather in 1909. She taught creative writing at Sangamon State University [now U of I at Springfield] which awarded her two honorary doctorates. She explained that she fell into the job when they were opening the university in the 1960's. Her works include 12 books of children's stories; a family history titled Stories from the Round Barn; and Reading Writing Radio, and a radio program teaching c...