Did You Know? The Snelling Collection - Part 1
Between 2002 and 2004, on behalf of the Snelling Center for Government, VFC founder Jane Beck interviewed 35 current and former Vermont legislators to explore the culture of Vermont’s citizen legislature and the personal relationships from which this culture emerges.
Did You Know? - Pete Sutherland & Emmett Stowell
The VFC Archives is full of amazing first-person accounts of everyday life in Vermont and New England–past and present. In this feature, we'll share these stories with you. This month, meet legendary Vermont musician Pete Sutherland and apprentice Emmett Stowell, and listen along as the two discuss their work together—and their friendship.
Did You Know? - “Jeanne Brink: Basket Maker”
The VFC Archives is full of amazing first-person accounts of everyday life in Vermont and New England–past and present. In this feature, we'll share these stories with you.
This month meet Abenaki basket maker Jeanne Brink. Jeanne is someone with the distinction of having been both an apprentice in the early years of the Vermont Traditional Art Apprenticeship Program and later a mentor artist, coming full circle to pass on the knowledge, skills and traditions that she learned.
Did You Know? - “If the Shoe Fits”
The VFC Archives is full of amazing first-person accounts of everyday life in Vermont and New England–past and present. In this feature, we'll share these stories with you.
We begin with master shoemaker Dan Freeman of Middlebury and apprentice Anne Callahan who worked together beginning in 2004. Freeman’s shop, Dan Freeman’s Leatherwork, has been a Middlebury staple for decades.