Barbara Lindholm, November, 3, 2025
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Title
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Barbara Lindholm, November, 3, 2025
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interviewee
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Barbara Lindholm
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interviewer
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Camden Breckenridge
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Date
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2025-11-03
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Subject
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Apple cider
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Barns
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Baseball
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Cows
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Cooperstown, Ny
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Dairy farming
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Equal Rights Amendment
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Farms
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Future Farmers of America
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General Electric
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Milk
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Internet
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Otsego County
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Women's Liberation
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Description
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Barbara Lindholm was born Barbara Orcutt in Utica, NY, in 1957. Lindholm grew up on her parents' dairy farm and witnessed many of the changes to the industry and her family's farm over the years. Her extended family all lives in the area, and Lindholm grew up spending time at her grandparents' and uncles' farms and having family get-togethers. Lindholm's family used to make their own Apple cider and grow much of their own food. Having lived in Otsego County most of her life, Lindholm knows the area well and intended to go into farming and agribusiness. After she was married, Lindholm worked in factories, as a school bus driver, and as a trolley driver in Cooperstown. Barbara worked in the cafeteria in the Cooperstown schools, but has now retired from that career, and continues driving the school buses.
In high school, she was a part of Future Farmers of America and went to state and national competitions and conferences. Having attended high school in the 1960s, Lindholm did not consider herself to be a part of any social movements, but remembers them and their changes.
Lindholm has done substantial research into her family's genealogy and her ancestors' movements across the country and has several stories from her family during the 19th century. During the creation of Western rail lines, many people from the New York region moved west. At the time of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, many people moved back to the eastern states.
Lindholm's recollections range from explanations of the workings of dairy farms from the 1960s up to the present day, and the ongoings of the Future Farmers of America club, to baseball in Cooperstown. Some of the most interesting information is about the changes of the late 20th century.
I interviewed Ms. Lindholm in Cooperstown, NY, after she returned home from her work as a bus driver. Ms. Lindholm speaks with a slight accent and rural dialect. I have chosen to keep some grammatical and word choices to reflect this.
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Time Summary
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Track 1, Farming
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Track 2, Geneology
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Track 3, Social movements
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Creator
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Camden Breckenridge
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Publisher
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Cooperstown Graduate
Program, State University of
New York at Oneonta
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Rights
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Cooperstown Graduate
Association, Cooperstown, NY
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Language
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en-US
