Identifier
VFC.1983.0002 (local)

Repository
Vermont Folklife Center Archive

Date
1983 - 1995 (Bulk dates)

Scope and Content Note

Scope and Contents

An extensive collection of interviews with individuals who lived or worked around Lake Champlain (Vermont, USA). Portions of many of these were used in public programming.In the 1860's, Burlington was the 3rd largest lumber port in the U.S. and Lake Champlain was a busy hub of commerce including transportation of goods and people, commercial fishing and smuggling. Today, the Lake is used mostly for recreational purposes. Much of this change has occurred within living memory

Extent
1018 (manuscript pages)
2 (sound cassette (C-60): analog, 1 7/8 ips, stereo)
118 (sound cassette (C-90): analog, 1 7/8 ips, stereo)
4 (sound cassette (DAT) (124 min): digital)

Language
English (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Freight and Freightage -- Lake Champlain -- 20th century (Local)
Commercial fishing -- Lake Champlain (Local)
Employmemt -- Lake Champlain -- 20th century (Local)
Lifestyles -- Lake Champlain Region (Local)

Geographic Coverage
Champlain, Lake (lake) (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Vermont (state) (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
New York (state) (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)