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DARE Interview : Memphis, Tennessee; Primary Informant TN048

Fieldworker: McKeldin, Marsha
Date: 1970
Publisher: Dictionary of American Regional English
Summary: Informant Data:

TN048: Black; male; age: 82 (old); education: college; community type: large city

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Arthur the Rat. Speaker: TN048 (4:00)

Full Interview (Tape 1586-S1).

Content:

00:20 Grandparents freed slaves, came to Memphis 19th c.

02:20 Parents from Memphis; brothers and sisters; father was schoolteacher, contractor

05:30 Education—school, college (grad. 1912) Morehouse

06:40 Military service French lessons World War I, was chaplain

08:30 Taught school, principal elementary and high schools 30+ years, church pastor ca. 50 years

10:30 The Depression 1930s—pay in scrip

11:20 Politics (national)

13:05 Character of Memphis, local politics

21:50 Arthur the Rat

25:50 Tape end

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Arthur the Rat
Full Interview

Fieldworker: McKeldin, Marsha
Publisher: Dictionary of American Regional English
Date: 1970
Format: Sound recording
Language: English
Collection: Fieldwork Recordings—Dictionary of American Regional English

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