DARE Interview : Kutztown, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA160

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA160: White; male; age: 67 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1414-S1).
• Content:
• 02:35 Job history—worked in a bank
• 06:45 Language—father knew Dutch and English, owned a farm, was a teacher
• 10:20 Informant was a banker for 46 years
• 13:35 Description of his father’s job
• 15:35 No banker’s union in Informant’s area, discussion of banker’s salaries, use of banks by Dutch people
• 23:35 Local Amish—want land, some use machines to farm
• 32:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1414-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Language—popularity of Dutch
• 02:55 Local people Informant thinks Fieldworker should talk to
• 05:35 Popularity of Dutch
• 08:00 Community description—bedroom town
• 09:50 Family history—Informant’s brother’s job history
• 16:15 Reasons Informant’s road is so busy
• 18:25 Travel—around New York and Pennsylvania
• 22:50 [General conversation]
• 27:35 Tape end