Oral history interview with Emily and Rick Hausman
Title
Oral history interview with Emily and Rick Hausman
Description
Emily and Rick Hausman begin the interview with descriptions of their family backgrounds and meeting at the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Plymouth, Vermont. Emily speaks of growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and her family connection with Quakerism, graduation from Earlham College in 1969, and her work as counselor at the Farm and Wilderness Camps. Rick describes growing up in New York City, and, from age nine, spending summers at the Farm and Wilderness Camps where he eventually worked as counselor and then director of the Flying Cloud Camp until 1970. The bulk of the interview relates to Rick’s work as director of the Orleans County Council of Social Agencies ( OCCSA) in Newport, Vermont, reflections on its contributions, poverty in the Northeast Kingdom, services to Earth People’s Park and other communal groups, and tensions between Vermont residents and newcomers in some communities, with related anecdotal references.
Date
15 July 2015
Subject
Identifier
AudioFile1970s-44
Format
MP3
Type
Audio File
Coverage
Northeast Kingdom (Vt.)
Rights
Permission to publish material from the Vermont 1970s Counterculture Project must be obtained from the Vermont Historical Society.
Interviewer
Rowell, Leslie
Interviewee
Hausman, Emily
Hausman, Rick, 1945-
Location
South Ryegate (Vt.)
Duration
1 hr., 47 min., 21 sec.
Repository
Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4209
Citation
“Oral history interview with Emily and Rick Hausman,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed December 7, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/vt70s/AudioFile1970s-44.