IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
Debra A. Reid
Debra A. Reid grew up on a farm in Southern Illinois similar to those presented at Midwestern open air museums today. She holds a PhD in History from Texas A&M University and holds two MA degrees from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and Baylor University. Currently, she teaches in the Historical Administration Program at Eastern Illinois University. Since 1982, Debra has worked with an extensive list of historic sites and open air museums in Maine, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Texas, and Illinois.Animal Husbandry and Anabaptist Culture in Illinois
This program traces the relationship of intense animal husbandry practiced among Anabaptist groups in Europe and the ways these groups transplanted such practices to Illinois during the mid-nineteenth century. It begins with an overview of Anabaptist groups, including the Old Order Amish, and then analyzes the ways these groups used farming to help preserve their way of life in the face of major social, economic, and political change.Return to the archive listing for IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
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