DARE Interview : Norwalk, Ohio; Primary Informant OH028

Fieldworker

Clark, Tom

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• OH028: White; female; age: 77 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: OH028 (3:34)
• Full Interview (Tape 1221-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 04:45 Historical museum—history, funding, content
• 07:20 History of the firelands—land in Connecticut burned during the Revolution
• 08:20 Content of museum
• 10:05 History of the firelands—who burned the land and why
• 11:40 Personal history—ethnic descent, involvement in local social clubs, religious history
• 14:15 Local history—growth of town linked to local industry, town's 150th birthday celebration
• 07:55 History of collections in museum
• 21:25 Personal history—grandfather's job, home
• 23:30 History of immigrants
• 25:45 Tape end