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Oral History Interview with William J. Bates, February 7, 2001

Description: Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recupera… more
Date: February 7, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, William J.
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Oral History Interview with Eliot Coleman, October 10, 2013

Description: Interview with Eliot Coleman, an organic farmer and homesteader from Rumson, New Jersey. Coleman discusses his childhood, college experience, work at Franconcia College, befriending Scott and Helen Nearing and purchasing a stead from them, thoughts on government, counterculture, good methods for organic farming, local ecology and maintaining ecosystems, his marriages, different farms worked, stories about the Nearings, and thoughts on his way of life.
Date: October 10, 2013
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Coleman, Eliot
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Oral History Interview with Doris Groves, July 14, 2014

Description: Interview with Doris Groves, a homesteader from Pequannock, New Jersey. Groves discusses growing up, school, her first marriage, moving to Maine, discovering Scott and Helen Nearing's work and meeting Helen, her second marriage and children, purchasing a stead, the family's lifestyle, the Good Life Center, gender, vegetarianism, and the Nearings.
Date: July 14, 2014
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Groves, Doris
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth (Ivy) and Joel Ricci, August 1, 2014

Description: Interview with Joel and Ivy Ricci, homesteaders and members of the Good Life Center in Harborside, Maine, from Everett, Washington, and Washington DC, respectively. The Ricci's discuss their upbringings, family backgrounds, and educations; their discovery of Scott and Helen Nearing's work and the appeal of homesteading; their marriage; becoming homesteaders and their thoughts on the experience; thoughts on community and property; and reflections on their relationship.
Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Ricci, Elizabeth Feiga Ross & Ricci, Joel Anthony
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Oral History Interview with Jeanne Gaudette, October 10, 2013

Description: Interview with Jeanne Gaudette, a yogini from Lynn, Massachusetts. Gaudette discusses growing up, discovering a love of nature, astrology and spiritualism, meditation, considering a monastic vocation as a teenager and quitting religion, thoughts on her family's struggles, her marriage and divorce, having a son, becoming a Ayurvedic yogini, reading charts, planetary energy, Scott and Helen Nearing, dowsing, death and souls, chakras, and Helen Nearing's death.
Date: October 10, 2013
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Gaudette, Jeanne
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Oral History Interview with Abbie McMillen, August 4, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Abbie McMillan, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood; early experiences with gardening and self-sufficiency; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & McMillen, Abbie
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Oral History Interview with Warren Berkowitz, October 9, 2013

Description: Interview with Warren Berkowtiz, a teacher and homesteader from New York City. Berkowitz discusses growing up, attending college during the counterculture era, his career as a teacher, moving to Maine with his wife and tenting, communes, Scott and Helen Nearing, establishing a homestead, raising a family, thoughts on generational differences and culture, parenting, community life, and Helen Nearing's last years.
Date: October 9, 2013
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Berkowtiz, Warren
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Oral History Interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., July 31, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., homesteader and simple life advocate. Heavrin shares concerning his childhood; military experiences in Vietnam; love of the sea; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Heavrin, Keith Jr., 1946-2016
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Oral History Interview with Gretchen Legler and Ruth Hill, July 14, 2015

Description: Interview with Gretchen Legler from Salt Lake City, Utah, and her partner Ruth Hill, from Woburn, Massachusetts, both homesteaders. Legler and Hill discuss their respective families, upbringing, their interest in animals and the environment, the influence of their families, traveling to Anatarctica, Alaska, and other places, meeting one another and developing a relationship, returning to New England and developing a farm, neighbors and the local community, and slaughtering and the ethics of mea… more
Date: July 14, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Hill, Ruth & Legler, Gretchen
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