DARE Interview : Milford, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA231

Fieldworker

Sloan, Timothy

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA231: White; male; age: 53 (middle-aged); education: 8th grade; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA231 (4:13)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1450-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 04:35 Work for Highway Department
• 06:20 Built own house, built several complete houses
• 08:50 Leather craft hobby
• 10:35 Family history—ancestor first settler there 18th century
• 14:15 Born locally, in past valley had three farms
• 15:00 Hunting in past
• 15:45 Development of the area as vacation spot, residential
• 20:25 His son’s life, son’s hunting accident
• 32:30 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1450-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Childhood canoeing, camping, swimming
• 04:10 Poling a canoe in the river, canoeing
• 09:00 Tape end