Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2013.47 |
Title |
Oral History Interview of David Collins |
Date |
2007 Mar 27 |
Scope & Content |
In this interview, David Collins talks to Jan Kennedy about being raised in a farming family in the Wapping section of South Windsor. The Collins family maintained a dairy and managed some tobacco farming. Dave talks about his childhood, growing up in the Wapping community with siblings Porter, Sherman, Cynthia and Buddy, and attending local grammar and high schools. He recalls harvesting ice in the early winter months, and storing it between layers of sawdust for use in the summer months to cool milk. Collins' wife Dorothy Simler Collins also speaks in this interview. |
Orgnaizational or Biographical History |
David Collins was born in 1926 in South Windsor and attended South Windsor Schools. In 1943, at the age of 18, Dave joined the Army for a two-year stint, driving a tank in Germany and Czechoslovakia. Returning to Collins Lane after the war, Dave married Dorothy Simler and settled into his grandmother's house. Throughout his life, Dave was active in the Wapping Community Congregational Church. His livelihood was in dairy farming, growing tobacco, and eventually driving freight trucks, hauling milk and other products. |
Creator |
Collins, David |
Other Creators |
Kennedy, Jan |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Interviewer |
Kennedy, Jan |
Interview date |
2007-03-27 |
People |
Chapman, Brian Collins, Buddy Collins, Charlotte Collins, Cynthia Collins, David Collins, Dorothy Simler Collins, Nancy Collins, Porter Collins, Sherman Collins, Wendy Connery, Miss Kennedy, Jan McCarton, Mr. McClain, Doug Simler, Mildred Snow, Priscilla Collins Summerfield, Mr. Waldron, Cynthia Collins Waldron, Mervin E., 1926-2013 |
Subjects |
Czechoslovakia Methodist churches Tobacco World War II |
Search Terms |
1938 Hurricane and Flood Agway Bossen's Store Bradley Field Bridgeport, CT Buckland Road, South Windsor, CT Christian Endeavor (youth group) Church of the Nazarene Collins Bus Company Collins Family Collins Farm Collins Lane, South Windsor Colrain, MA Community House Connecticut River DeCarli's Express Ellsworth Memorial High School Enfield, CT Forrester Farm Greenfield, MA Greenwich, CT Hartford, CT Hills Grove, Sullivan Avenue Ice harvesting and deliveries Icehouse Main Street South Windsor Manchester, CT Methodist Church, South Windsor Montgomery Ward (department store) Nevers Road, South Windsor, CT New Haven, CT Patritis's Store Pierce Road, South Windsor, CT Poquonock (Windsor Locks), CT Route 5 Sadd Memorial Library Sears, Roebuck and Company Simler Family Snow's Store Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT Sunnyside Farm Tank driver Tobacco Wapping Wapping Community Church Wapping Community Hall Wapping Grammar School Westbrook College, Portland, ME Western Connecticut College Woodland Motor Freight |