DARE Interview : Little Falls, New York; Primary Informant NY203

Fieldworker

Ruff, Dale

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY203: White; male; age: 65 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY203 (4:28)
• Full Interview (Tape 1179-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Character of people in the past was less selfish
• 03:20 Thanksgiving
• 04:40 American history hobby
• 09:30 Vietnam War
• 10:45 Working in a hotel as a bellhop and desk clerk; before the Depression he was a title searcher
• 17:00 Depression 1930s, factory closings
• 20:35 Employment: newsboy, bookkeeper, title searcher
• 22:35 Arthur the Rat
• 27:10 Tape end