DARE Interview : Palm Springs, California; Primary Informant CA013

Fieldworker

Williamson, Nancy

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• CA013: White; female; age: 74 (old); education: college; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: CA013 (3:19)
• Full Interview (Tape 0095-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 03:40 Early life in California in 1922. Indians in Palm Springs
• 06:30 She was first high school teacher then
• 08:05 Old guests at the Desert Inn, including Shirley Temple. Ways to entertain themselves
• 11:15 Dates, Desert Inn, and the desert
• 13:15 Coping with the heat, origin of film business
• 15:50 Tape end