Oral history interview with John Douglas
Title
Oral history interview with John Douglas
Description
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 the Free Vermont movement, including the founding of the Free Vermont newspaper and the Common Ground Community Restaurant, life in the commune, conflict with townspeople over the Free Farm, and an F.B.I. raid. He describes the work he was doing, making silk screen posters for Free Vermont, setting up meetings with Vietnamese in Montreal, and film making. He finishes by describing visiting communes as part of the Free Vermont movement, the gathering of the tribes in both Franklin and Putney, Vermont, drug use, and his relationship with Windham College.
Date
13 May 2016
Subject
Identifier
AudioFile1970s-60
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
Calder, Jacqueline, 1954-
Gustin, Amanda
Interviewee
Douglas, John, 1938-
Location
Burlington (Vt.)
Duration
1 hr., 40 min., 56 sec.
Repository
Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4209
Citation
“Oral history interview with John Douglas,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed November 4, 2024, https://digitalvermont.org/vt70s/AudioFile1970s-60.