Scherer, Ron E. (author) and Meckfessel, Yvonne Scherer (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
USA: Persimmon Grove Publishing, Claremont, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06237
Notes:
295 pages., Reports the history of 80-plus one-room schools in a southeastern Illinois county, including an examination of an education system that helped both slow and bright students. Identifies teachers at those rural schools and some of the "pupils who learned their lessons well." Traces the demographic shift from farm to city in Richland County.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11095
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137 pages., Examines the power of food as a communicative tool to bring people of diverse backgrounds together. Author argues that food enables people to look past their differences and focus on their similarities, thus creating a stronger sense of community via the sharing of a meal.
Barkley, Andrew (author) and Barkkley, Paul W. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
USA: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D07071
Notes:
196 pages., "In an information-based economy...the only source of prosperity is providing consumers with what they desire." Authors conclude that the flow of information from consumers to producers may be more important than providing consumers with knowledge about agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07892
Notes:
Contents section and related correspondence maintained in ACDC., E-book featuring some of the author's professional experiences,including those with noted academics who have contributed to communications involving agricultural and rural development, internationally.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27817
Notes:
Historical sketches from the Agricultural Journalism Library, University of Wisconsin. Data collected in about 1925., Included: American Cookery, American Food Journal, American Motherhood, American Needlewoman, Arkansas Homestead, Baby, Babyhood, Better Homes and Gardens, Boyce's Home Folks, Delineator, Farmer's Wife, Forecase, Good Health, Good Housekeeping, Good Stories, Holland's Magazine, Home Circle, Home Friend Magazine, Hostess, Household Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Modern Pricilla, Mother's Home Life, Nation's Health, People's Home Journal, People's Popular Monthly, Pictorial Review, Social Progress, Today's Housewife, Vogue, Woman's Digest, Woman's Home Companion, and Woman's World
