Oral history interview with Polly Darnell

DarnellPollyAudioLog2015-11-13.pdf

Title

Oral history interview with Polly Darnell

Description

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 working with other communes and collectives, and some of the conflicts that arose, and of the Red Paint Collective, a children's collective in Fletcher, Vermont. She talks of working for the Common Ground Restaurant in Brattleboro, Vermont, before enrolling at Goddard College's Adult Degree Program, where she began studying Vermont and Vermont history, focusing on women's work in Vermont.

Date

13 November 2015

Identifier

AudioFile1970s-58

Format

MP3

Type

Audio Files

Coverage

Putney (Vt.)

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Vermont 1970s Counterculture Project must be obtained from the Vermont Historical Society.

Interviewer

Gustin, Amanda

Interviewee

Darnell, Polly C.

Location

New Haven (Vt.)

Duration

1 hr., 10 sec.

Repository

Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4209

Citation

“Oral history interview with Polly Darnell,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/vt70s/AudioFile1970s-58.