DARE Interview : Hamilton, New York; Primary Informant NY202

Fieldworker

Ruff, Dale

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY202: White; male; age: 60 (old); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY202 (3:34)
• Full Interview (Tape 1178-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Heistown historian
• 01:40 Settlement of town 1794; village; 1817 Baptist Education Society
• 06:50 Canal
• 07:55 19th-century movements, Underground Railroad
• 12:10 U.S. Civil War; railroad, canal
• 13:15 He came in 1927 to University, town in the past
• 15:10 Architecture
• 16:35 Rendezvous of the Militia, Memorial Day
• 18:50 Arthur the Rat
• 22:30 Village residents—changes, ethnic groups
• 24:20 Tape end