Vermont 70s Project: Participant Involvement

The following survey is designed to capture information about Vermont's counterculture movements of the late 1960s and 1970s. You will be prompted to answer questions related to counterculture movements, colleges, communal living, food cooperatives, organic farming, and other initiatives of that time. If you weren't directly involved in these movements, we still want to capture your opinion about what was going on at that time!

We estimate that the survey will take as long as 30 minutes to fill out fully, and appreciate your help in sharing your memories as fully as you are able. Your assistance is vital to us as we research this time period.

This project is funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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* 1. How did you hear about the Colleges, Communes, and Co-ops project?

NOFA VT Winter Conference

Vermont Historical Society marketing (newsletter, e-news, social media)

NOFA VT Winter Conference

television

radio

print (newspaper, magazine, etc.)

saw a poster at a co-op, historical society, or other physical location

Word of Mouth / Other (please specify)

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* 2. Did you come to Vermont in the late 1960s or 1970s?

No, I was already living here.

No, I moved here after 1980.

Yes, I moved to the state between 1965 and 1980.

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* 3. If you answered yes, can you tell us more about why you came to Vermont?

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* 4. Did you consider yourself part of the counterculture movement at that time? In what areas?

politics

community organizing

protest movements (anti-war, anti-nuclear, civil rights)

social reform

food & sustainibility / back to the land

environmental / conservation (national / international issues)

arts & crafts, music

just dropping out

I did not consider myself part of the counterculture movement.

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Can you share a little bit more with us about your interest and involvement in various parts of the counterculture movement in the late 1960s or 1970s? Any specific memories related to the categories we described above?

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* 6. Did you attend college in Vermont in the late 1960s or 1970s, or were you involved in any Vermont colleges or educational institutions through institutes, social programs, or other organizations?

I attended college in Vermont for at least part of the late 1960s or 1970s.

I did not attend college in Vermont, but I was involved with at least one college or educational institution during the late 1960s or 1970s.

I attended college elsewhere and moved to Vermont afterwards during the late 1960s or 1970s.

I did not attend college or I was not involved in any colleges or educational institutions during that time.

Other (please specify)

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* 7. If you answered yes, and spent time at a Vermont educational institution in the late 1960s and 1970s, can you tell us more about your experiences? If you attended college elsewhere and then came to Vermont, where did you attend college?

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* 8. Were you at all involved in a communal living situation in Vermont or elsewhere during the late 1960s or 1970s?

Yes, I was involved in communal living in Vermont during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I was involved in a communal living situation elsewhere during the late 1960s or 1970s, and later came to Vermont.

No, any communal living experience I have was before 1965.

No, any communal living experience I have was after 1980.

No, I was not involved in any communal living situations during the 1970s.

Other (please specify)

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* 9. If you answered yes, can you tell us more about your experiences?

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* 10. Were you involved in early experiments in organic, local, shared, or otherwise innovative agriculture during the late 1960s or 1970s?

Yes, I had my own large-scale land or farm and experimented with new agricultural practices.

Yes, I had my own small-scale land or farm and experimented with new agricultural practices.

Yes, I was involved in subsistence farming to support my family or communal living situation.

Yes, I took classes, read books, or went to meetings to discuss new agricultural practices.

No, I was not involved in any new agricultural practices during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Other (please specify)

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* 11. If you answered yes, can you tell us more about your experiences?

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* 12. Were you involved in any early food co-ops, hubs, food buyers' groups, or other distribution centers, whether as a buyer, a member, an organizer, a worker, or an advocate, during the late 1960s or 1970s?

Yes, I purchased food through a food co-op in the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I was a member of a food co-op in the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I helped organize and/or found a food co-op in the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I helped advocate for food co-ops during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I produced food for a co-op during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I developed a business that supported food co-ops in the late 1960s or 1970s (trucking, packaging, central distribution, processing, etc.)

No, I was not involved in the food co-op or distribution movement in the late 1960s or 1970s.

Other (please specify)

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* 13. If you answered yes, can you tell us more about your experiences?

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* 14. Were you involved in a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s?

Yes, I purchased food at a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I sold food at a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I organized or helped to organize a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s.

Yes, I advocated for a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s.

No, I was not involved in a farmer's market during the late 1960s or 1970s.

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* 15. If you answered yes, can you tell us more about your experiences?

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* 16. If you answered no to the questions above, and do not consider yourself to have been involved in any counterculture movements in Vermont during the late 1960s or 1970s, what was your experience during that time? What do you think counterculture's influence on Vermont was during that time and in the years since?

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* 17. Did you work or are you still working at a business, institution, school, nonprofit, farm, or any other career path that you feel is directly related to your experiences in Vermont in the late 1960s or 1970s?

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* 18. Do you have anything additional you'd like to share? Do you remember any individuals who were involved in any of these movements during the late 1960s or 1970s that you believe we should know about or consider interviewing? Do you remember any places, organizations, books, or ideas that figured prominently in your thinking or the thinking of your friends and neighbors during the late 1960s or 1970s that would fit within the idea of colleges, communes, or co-ops?

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* 19. Please share your contact information so that we may follow up with you. Please note that we will work hard to speak to as many people as possible, but due to time and resource limitations may not be able to interview everyone. Filling out this survey accurately and thoughtfully will help us manage this project to collect the best possible information from the largest number of people.

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