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  • Subject is exactly "Hippies--Vermont"

Oral history interview with John Douglas

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John Douglas discusses his privileged background, buying a farm in Putney, Vermont, meeting Robert Kramer, and becoming involved in the filming of "People's War" in Vietnam. He talks of the Newsreel Collective in Putney (later called Red Clover) and…

Oral history interview with Bridget Downey-Meyer

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Bridget Downey-Meyer speaks of dropping out of the University of Vermont in 1966, becoming a single mother, joining Libby Albright in working with draft resisters at the Mount Philo Inn in Charlotte, Vermont in 1969, and of Stewart and Susan Meacham.…

Oral history interview with Mary Mathias

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Mary Mathias speaks of growing up in privilege in Scarsdale, New York, graduating from Wellesley College, then continuing her education at Brandeis and New York University, where she met and married Robert Houriet. Houriet worked as a reporter in New…

Oral history interview with Polly Darnell

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Polly Darnell describes growing up in Connecticut, hearing of a commune in Putney, Vermont, coming to Vermont to attend Windham College, and becoming involved with the Red Clover Collective in Putney. She speaks of the Free Vermont movement and…

Oral history interview with Stuart Copans

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Stuart Copans speaks his visits as a teenager to the nearby Bruderhof Community of Brothers in New Paltz, New York. He discusses graduating from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1969, visiting communes in the Bay area as part of a free…

Oral history interview with Loraine Janowski

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Loraine Janowski speaks of growing up in Rutland, Vermont, her move to Cambridge, Massachusetts, participating in anti-war protests, and then returning to Vermont to live at the Maple Hill Commune in Plainfield. She describes founding Mullein Hill…

Oral history interview with Joyce Cheney

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Joyce Cheney speaks of growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, attending the University of Michigan, and her first visit to Vermont working at a Quaker camp in Plymouth, Vermont. She then discusses her move to Vermont to work at the Brandon Training…

Oral history interview with Diane and Charlie Gottlieb

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Diane and Charlie Gottlieb discuss growing up in Queens and Brooklyn, and how their high school and summer camp experiences contributed to their leftist politics. They also speak of their college years, Diane in Wisconsin and Charlie in Ohio, and the…

Oral history interviews with Annie Gaillard

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In her first interview, on 13 April 2015, Annie Gaillard discusses growing up in a conservative family in Washington, D.C., and the various schools she attended, including Echo Hill Outdoor School, which was particularly influential in her life. She…

Oral history interview with Euan Bear and Mary Schwartz

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Euan Bear and her wife, Mary Schwartz, discuss life at the Redbird Collective from 1977 to 1979, including information on their vegan diet, building projects, and feminist philosophy. Also referenced is their activity as lesbian activists,…