DARE Interview : Petersburg, Virginia; Primary Informant VA072

Fieldworker

Murray, Laura

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• VA072: Black; female; age: 65 (old); education: college; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: VA072 (3:28) [Tape hiss]
• Full Interview (Tape 1728-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 03:45 Family history—lives in family house built in 1857; family were "free Negroes", several generations teachers
• 08:30 Son is city councilman, local elections
• 10:50 Family history, family home, family racial makeup
• 17:55 Local college family went to, husband taught at
• 21:40 Family
• 24:30 Nature. Gardening, flowers
• 32:10 Tape end