Back Issues of Vermont Life
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1979, WINTER - Marchessault family Christmas tress, Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences, The toy maker of Thetford Center, Written works of the past, Scenes of November, Skiwear, The ski patrol, "Across the Fence" television show, Vermont artists, Ski mountaineering in the Green Mountains, Winter photo contest results, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Winter in the woods, Ducks survive Vermont winters, Hazen Clay of Mount Ascutney, The early history of skis in Vermont, The Waitsfield-Fayston Telephone Company. Buy this issue.
1979, AUTUMN - Milking parlors, Freemountain Toys in Bristol, Window washing, Mt. Philo in Charlotte, October scenes, Autumn scenic photo portfolio, An aerial view of Vermont, A relationship between a baby and a puppy, Fireplace accessories, Barn structures, Tag sales, Country roads, Barre's granite quarry, The artistry of Sabra Field, Children lend a hand in farming, Rock Point School in Burlington, Vermont wine. Buy this issue.
1979, SUMMER - Ballooning in Brattleboro; The Kurn Hattin Homes of Westminster; The schooner "Richard Robbins"; Summertime sugar-on-snow in Morgan; Bee-lining with the Matson brothers; Vermont's Special Olympics; A Vermont summer camp during World War II; The Danville Fair; Vermont's Victorian houses; Stuart Shepard's strawberry patch in Hartland; Vermonters take up road running; Plainfield's Little Theatre; Patent medicines; Ben Moffit of Peru; Vershire: population 360; Part-time farmer Noel Perrin tackles boulders; The second annual Vermont buggy trip; Ashley Wolff paints Doolittle Farm. Out of Print.
1979, SPRING - Vet Dr. Alan Wright, Vermont's lottery: The Green Mountain Game, Finding the perfect parking place, Spring scenic photo portfolio, The growing town of Bristol, G.H. Grimm Company in Rutland, The process of maple sugaring, Aerial archeology, Inside Claussen's greenhouse, Spring foliage on Tarbell Hill, The Country Kitchen Restaurant in Brattleboro, Fishing in Orleans, Craftsman Paul Aschenbach, The Robinson Family homestead in Ferrisburg, Preserving state landmarks, Doors of Vermont buildings, Colors of spring, The photography of Mack Derick, Planting trees. Buy this issue.

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1978, WINTER - The town of Arlington, Ski touring promoter Rudi Mattesich, Scenes of winter, The Prouty Center for handicapped children in Brattleboro, Winter recreation at the Rutland Country Club, Vermont woodstoves, Vermont Technical College, Blueberry Hill Inn in Goshen, Snowshoeing, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Snowstorms in Strafford, Blind skiers, The Missisquoi Valley, For the love of skiing, Collecting, Craftsman Al Stirt, What a farm can produce in one year, The Vernon Dam, The myths of Calvin Coolidge, Vermont businesses, Painter Paul Sample, The Norwich Holiday Pageant. Buy this issue.
1978, AUTUMN - The barnyard animals of a Waitsfield farm, A portrait of Thetford Academy, Vermonters recover from the flood of 1927, Photography contest winners, Protecting gardens from fall frost, The woodpiles of Vermont, Antique furniture, The artistry of Howard Gilman, Food of the Highlands, Building a pond, Lamb harvesting, Images of autumn. Out of Print.
1978, SUMMER - The Robb Family Farm in Brattleboro, Calais's Old West Church gets a bell, A close look at Burlington, Planning Burlington with imagination, Camp Greylock in South Hero, Sailing on Lake Champlain, Exploring downtown Burlington, The Vermont Lions Club provides a free medical clinic, Township in West Windsor, Summer at the Dorset Playhouse, The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Clockmakers in Vermont, Re-enacting a revolutionary battle in Bennington, Summer scenic photo portfolio, The Smokey House Project, The Stowe Bike Race, Vermont's Academy of Arts and Sciences, Herding cows, Vermont hand bell Choirs, The Quechee Gorge, Trotting bred horses. Buy this issue.
1978, SPRING - Cross-country skiing Mt. Mansfield, Lyndon Institute, Marjorie Ward welcomes all in Strafford, Woodworkers of Pomfret Schoolhouse, A Taste of Vermont charity feed in Rutland, Cousin Harold's WDEV radio Trading Post, Spring comes to the Connecticut River, On the First Day of March...Town Meeting, Spring in photos, an auction for educational TV, Ron Rood's edible plants, Adult Degree Program at Goddard College, Save the Barre Opera House, Rosie Oates raises sheep, reality education: Vermont's Basic Competency Program, Springfield Dolls. Buy this issue.

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1977, WINTER - The cross-country skiers of Brattleboro, Feed grain supplier E.T. & H.K. IDE CO., Working on the icy shores of Lake Champlain, The Hardwick girl's basketball team, The mini-Olympics for children, Skiing on Burke Mountain, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Winter in North Hero, Sled Dogging, A perspective on sled dogging, The highest paid workers in Vermont, Life at the top of Woodford Notch, The 200th legislature, Woodstock's chair maker John White, Spicy cooking, Making butter from scratch. Buy this issue.
1977, AUTUMN - Homecoming week at Montpelier High, The East Corinth Trail Ride, The towns of the Northeast Kingdom, Bennington Stoneware, The Appleyard Corporation, The New Peacham School, Memories of the largest flood in Vermont's history, The Buddhist Center in Barnet, The Carthusians of Mount Equinox, Vermont's ancestors, The beauty of Vermont, Inns in autumn, The artistry of Richard W. Brown, Cooking with butternuts, scenes of autumn. Buy this issue.
1977, SUMMER - The Champlain Shakespeare Festival, The Simpsons of East Craftsbury, Hunger Mountain Crafts, The town of Orwell, Vermont's first jazz festival, A Vermont memory, The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Swimming holes, Trout fisherman Joe Alger, Vermont porches, Summer scenic photo portfolio, A humorous look at CB radios, Maintaining a pond, The Crown and Anchor Restaurant, Hockey summer camp, Milking cows. Buy this issue.
1977, SPRING - Equestrian Tad Coffin, Active community member Franklin Hopper, Vermont Law School, Raccoons as spring pests, Bennington's Sue Mulligan, The Vermont Council on the Arts, The Bread and Puppet Theater, Vermont poets visit schools, Vermont's Artistic Industries, Bluegrass of Vermont, Thetford's Parish Players, Spring scenic photo portfolio, A pony as a pet, Vermont's dairy products, The oil boom in Vermont, Vermont maple syrup. Buy this issue.

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1976, WINTER - Green Mountain Records, The people of Vermont's Legislature, Craftsbury Common's Sterling School, Counseling while cross-country skiing, Ice fishing, The Robinson girls and their airplanes, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Chimney sweeps, Sledding down Hospital Hill in Burlington, C.H. Dana Co. in Hyde Park, The Ravioli Shop in Barre, Winter breakfasts, Stoves, Vermont's 251 Club. Buy this issue.
1976, AUTUMN - Enjoying an Autumn day, The highway interchange in Bennington, A Vermont taste of opera, Landscape as art, Building a cedar post fence, The Gray Panthers in Vermont, Mobile homes, Vermont's landmarks, Steam trains, A project for the Living/Learning Center at the University of Vermont, The Stratton Art's Festival, Autumn scenic photo portfolio, Square dance caller Al Monty, Pudding recipes. Buy this issue.
1976, SUMMER - Building restorations for the bicentennial, The Steamtown train, Hang Gliding, The summer camp experience, Camp Wapanacki for blind children in Hardwick, Dunkley Gymnastic Camp in South Hero, The Aloha Camps on Lake Fairlee, The Russian School in Norwich, Two Centuries of ferry boating, The Mozart Festival, Parade watchers, Vermont vignettes: Moments in history, Observing the 4th of July in Warren, The town of Worcester, The Burlington International Games, Summer scenic photo portfolio, Summer party recipes, Old Home Day on Braintree Hill. Buy this issue.
1976, SPRING - Being a farm wife in Franklin, The Vermont Asbestos Group Inc., Senior Citizens preserve the past for students through the Tree Tap project, Robert Huke's innovative dome farm in Norwich, Town Meeting in Northfield, The Tourin Musica in Duxbury, Spring's shades of green, Vermont's wildflowers, The Randolph Outdoor Program of Education, Spring scenic photo portfolio, The Central Vermont Animal Shelter, The Discovery Museum in Essex, Kayaking on spring's swollen rivers, Cooking with maple syrup, Susan Morse's Project Elm, Vermont's state parks and forests .Buy this issue.

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1975, WINTER - Lee Viets' Lamoille County Children's Theatre, A Vermonter's opinion of winter, The first Stowe Winter Carnival, The warmth of a winter barn, What certain Vermont towns would be most suitable for, Indoor gardens, Inns along cross-country ski trails, The Shelburne spinners, Bennington's school crossing guard Wally Matison, The Lane Shops, Chelsea, Calais and Goshen churches, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Cabot cheese makers, Skiing on Cochran Hill. Buy this issue.
1975, AUTUMN - Bill Darrow's apple orchard in Putney, The old fashioned custom of barn raising, Restoring Brattleboro's Union Station, Traveling down country roads, Georgia Landau makes people dolls, The Dowsers of Danville, The Montpelier Craft Fair, Vermonters, The Morgan Horse's roll in Vermont life, Union 32 High School, Joel Robinson's Thunderstorm Mill, Restoring a Vermont homestead, The Three Clock Inn in South Londonderry, Autumn scenic photo portfolio, Bristol Cliffs Wilderness Area. Buy this issue.
1975, SUMMER - Summer Camps, East Barnard's soccer extravaganza, Citizen firemen, The great goose roundup, The annual auction for St. Mary's Church in Northfield, The legacy of Justin Morgan, The Janus Press in northern Vermont, The Windsor Renaissance, The Bugbees of Bradford, A summer poetry festival in Fayston, Vermont's Community College's, Blacksmith Charlie Armstrong of Norwich, Vermont's summer pollen, Summer scenic photo portfolio, Chelsea's Old Home Day, Craftsbury's annual fiddler's festival. Buy this issue.
1975, SPRING - Gliding over the Green Mountains, Vermont Wineries Inc., Vermont canoe makers, The Grass Roots party in Stamford, Woodford and Searsburg, The toponymy of Vermont places, Vermont fences, The most fragile islands in Lake Champlain, Spring scenic photo portfolio, The Crossroads Press in Waitsfield, The bottle bill, The Palace Inn in Manchester Depot, Spring swimming, The Grouse, Poker Hill School, Horse teams. Buy this issue.

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