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Interview with Carolyn Garcia

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Contributor

Garcia, Carolyn, 1946- ; McKiernan, Stephen

Description

Carolyn Garcia, a native of Poughkeepsie, NY, is known as "Mountain Girl" and is a former Merry Prankster. She is the former wife of Jerry Garcia. She wrote a book on marijuana cultivation, called Primo Plant: Growing Sinsemilla Marijuana, first published in 1976.

Date

2010-11-01

Rights

In copyright

Date Modified

2017-03-14

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

98:21

Date of Interview

2010-11-01

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Carolyn Garcia, 1946-

Biographical Text

Carolyn Garcia, a native of Poughkeepsie, NY, is known as "Mountain Girl" and is a former Merry Prankster. She is the former wife of Jerry Garcia. She wrote a book on marijuana cultivation, called Primo Plant: Growing Sinsemilla Marijuana, first published in 1976.

Duration

98:21

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

MicroCassette

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

Subject LCSH

Merry Band of Pranksters; Marijuana; Mountain Girl, 1946--Interviews

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Keywords

Baby boom generation; Polio epidemic; Nuclear pollution; Psychedelics; Communal living; Acid tests; Counterculture; Vietnam War; Nineteen sixties; Nineteen seventies; Summer of Love; Vietnam Veterans; Assassination of John F. Kennedy; Marijuana; Golden Gate Park; The Grateful Dead at Harpur College; Sexism; The Beatles; Woodstock; Academia; Psychotherapy.

Accessibility

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Files

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Item Information

About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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Citation

“Interview with Carolyn Garcia,” Digital Collections, accessed January 11, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/885.