Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

A Foundation for Sustainable Rural Community Development

The Country Life Commission

• CLC home page
• Introduction
• Report

Summary

• Purpose
• Commissioners
• Survey & Hearings
• Prominent Deficiencies
• Underlying Problem
• Migration
• Agriculture Challenges
• Public Health
• Role of Farm Women
• Conservation & Land Use
• General Corrective Forces
• Commission Recommendations
• Legislative Recommendations
• Remedies
• The Call for Leadership

Legacy

• American Country Life Association
• Rural Sociology
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• Highways
• Agricultural Economics

Resources

• Bibliography
• Web Resources
• Timeline

President Theodore Roosevelt created the Country Life Commission in 1908. It is a foundation for rural community development to strengthen people and their towns. This web page celebrates the 100th anniversary of the commission and studies its impacts over time.

Introduction

The Report of the Country Life Commission - 1909,

Text only version

Summaries of the Report

• The Purpose
• The Commissioners
• Survey & Hearings
• Prominent Deficiencies
• Underlying Problem
• Migration
• Agriculture Challenges
• Public Health
• Role of Farm Women
• Conservation Recommendations
• General Corrective Forces
• Commission Recommendations
• Remedies
• The Call for Leadership

Legacy

• American Country Life Association
• Rural Sociology
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• Highways
• Agricultural Economics

Rural Community Development and Sustainability by Timothy Collins

Resources

• Timeline
• Bibliography
• Web Resources

Appreciation

Two Essays on Country Life in 20th Century America by Gene Wunderlich

Please report broken links to Timothy Collins at iira@wiu.edu