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Celebrating the Family Farm

The Western Illinois Museum announces a new 2020 project that focuses on the family farm and its long-standing place in McDonough County.  Through this project, the museum is asking owners of family farms to celebrate their family and history, document their past, and share their stories with the community.  The project called Home Grown: Celebrating the Family Farm is made possible through a generous $5,000 grant from Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America.  

Right to left: Museum Director, Sue Scott with Robb Creasey, Financial Officer from Compeer Financial’s Macomb Office, along with Museum Board Members John Gruidl and Bob Marcott
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Through the project, farm families in McDonough County will have the opportunity to create an in-depth family profile that includes oral histories, photographs of farms and farmers, digitizing historical photographs and documents, and even family recipes.  The profiles will live on as part of the museum’s collection and ensure that the local family farm history is captured with all its nuances and is not lost or forgotten.  Home Grown: Celebrating the Family Farm will also include storytelling sessions and documentary films that bring people together to deepen our appreciation and understanding of our family farms. 

According to Museum Director Sue Scott, “We are pleased to have the support of Compeer Financial to tell the stories of local families. We want to learn how their farms were started, how the ancestors lived, capture how they met challenges, and how farms changed due to new technology and farming practices.  We believe it is important to also document farm life today and with their help, write the next chapter of the story.  In turn, we would like to share these stories with others in the community, particularly those who didn’t grow up on farms.” 

The grant will allow the museum to create farm family profiles at no cost to the families. Each family can choose what to include in it.  Among the choices are family photographs, recipes, and farm-related documents such as old titles, letters, deeds, and diaries.  In order to capture stories, Museum staff will interview one or more family members and compile and record their oral history.  As profiles are compiled, there will be special exhibits of family photos, and opportunities for families to share their stories at the Museum.  Each participating family will receive an electronic copy of the oral histories and scanned items.

To participate in the project or for more information call 309.837.2750, text 309.837.2613 or email info@wimuseum.org. The Western Illinois Museum is located at 201 S Lafayette Street, one block south of Macomb’s Courthouse Square.

Funding for Home Grown: Celebrating the Family Farm has been provided by Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America.  With an office in Macomb, Compeer Financial is a member-owned, Farm Credit cooperative providing agriculture with loans, leases, risk management, and other financial services.