Vermont Folklife
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Title
Vermont Folklife
Description
Primary source materials incorporated into lesson plans created by Vermont Folklife for the Teaching with Folk Sources: Counter(ing) Narratives to the American Story with Ethnographic and Oral History Collections project.
Includes items drawn from the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Vermont Folklife Archive.
Includes items drawn from the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Vermont Folklife Archive.
Collection Items
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "Who would milk the cows?"
![Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "Who would milk the cows?"](/resources/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-audio.png "Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "Who would milk the cows?"")
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer describing how dependent his farm is on migrant workers. Recording duration 0:57.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "They're scared."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer describes the fears expressed by migrant workers in his employ. Recording duration 1:59.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "The longer they stick around, the better it is."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer talking about learning Spanish. Recording duration 0:35.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "The community...accepts them."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer discussing how the local community has reacted to the presence of undocumented workers. Recording duration 0:57.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "Luis could lasso a cow."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer telling a story about Luis Lopez, a worker who once lassoed a run away heifer. Recording duration 3:57.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "I can really butcher Spanish."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer describing the challenges communicating in Spanish. Recording duration 1:51.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "He taught me how to do that."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer describing his relationship with one of the undocumented Latin American migrant workers he employs. Recording duration 0:57.
Interview Excerpt - Vermont Dairy Farmer: "All the fears went away."
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with a Vermont dairy farmer describing his concerns about hiring undocumented Latin American migrant workers. Recording duration 2:21.
Interview Excerpt - Glen Sandborn on working with horses
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Vermont dairy farmer Glen Sandborn where he discusses working with horses. Recording Duration 2:30.
Interview Excerpt - Gertrude "Gert" Lepine on acquiring the family farm.
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Vermont dairy farmer Gertrude "Gert" Lepine describing how her father first acquired their farm. Recording duration: 2:19.