DARE Interview : Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA031

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA031: White; female; age: 78 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA031 (3:33)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1351-S1).
• Content:
• 00:35 Local history—William Penn grants
• 01:50 Friends meetings—described
• 05:20 Sunday school= first day school
• 06:20 Committees within friends meeting—membership, percentage of Friends in town
• 09:20 Wedding ceremony of Friends
• 14:30 Popularity of Friends, decline of plain language
• 20:35 Local building used for underground railroad
• 21:35 Community description—industry, race relations
• 30:10 Education
• 32:10 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1351-S2). [Additional speakers: Adult female]
• Content:
• 00:05 [General conversation with another woman]
• 00:40 Meeting house—age, location, old location, use
• 03:00 Town policy about open housing
• 04:55 Reasons for names of streets in town
• 06:15 History, location and cost of Friend’s Home
• 10:00 Arthur the Rat
• 13:35 Tape end