DARE Interview : Dodge City, Kansas; Primary Informant KS001

Fieldworker

Cook, Stanley

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• KS001: White; female; age: 75 (middle-aged); education: college with graduate work; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0521-S1).
• Content:
• 00:26 Informant's writing
• 04:12 The infestation of fleas in the area
• 06:43 Informant's writing inspirations and poems
• 09:11 Local stories and Informant's poems
• 11:55 Dust storms and Informant's poems
• 14:30 Childhood memories and Informant's poems
• 16:00 Returning to Kansas and Informant's poems
• 17:00 Informant's consciousness of the landscape and Informant's poems
• 20:01 Informant's writing inspirations—family anecdotes
• 22:48 Past community activities
• 32:50 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0521-S2).
• Content:
• 00:11 "Prairie Dog Dave" Morrow
• 04:55 Pioneer fiction in comparison with reality
• 09:00 Community history—violence to farming
• 09:05 Homesteading and related problems
• 12:11 Informant's father's occupation—teaching and farming
• 13:20 The decline in the community's population
• 15:05 Tape end