Summers recalls 20th century Illinois rural life: 4-H club and activities, demonstrations, awards, and trips; home life and family; University of Illinois; teaching; life in Galva and New Holland; marriage; WWII; race segregation; 4-H involvement as an adult; life in Chatham, the Chatham Methodist Church and its activities; family relationships, being widowed, and women's roles.

11 tapes, 565 mins. Interview by Rita Singer, 1984 OPEN See collateral file