DARE Interview : Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Primary Informant KY063

Dictionary of American Regional English

Informant Data:
KY063: White; female; age: 56 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
KY064: White; male; age: 54 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
Media Files:
Arthur the Rat. Speaker: KY063 (3:21)
Full Interview (Tape 0561-S1). [Additional speakers: KY064]
Content:
[KY063] 00:20 Arthur the Rat
03:45 Local history—historical society, local buildings, immigrant settlers
09:05 Family history—settlers before 1800
10:50 Slavery; U.S. Civil War
11:40 Stone fence construction
12:45 Farming—horses, steam engines, wheat threshing
16:35 Antique collecting
[KY064] 19:40 Tobacco growing, tobacco curing, tobacco sales
[KY063] 27:15 Alternative crops to tobacco, effect of cigarette smoking reduction
[KY064] 28:50 Alternatives to tobacco, cigarette smoking
30:25 Tape end

Publication Details

Fieldworker: Huizenga, Sharon
Date: 1969
Publisher: Dictionary of American Regional English
Language: English
Collection: Fieldwork Recordings—Dictionary of American Regional English
Subjects: Local history; Family history; Farming; Antiques; Tobacco growing; Mercer County (Kentucky); Harrodsburg (Kentucky)
For Staff: METS

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