DARE Interview : Cassel, California; Primary Informant CA134

Fieldworker

Anderson, Leslie

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• CA134: White; female; age: 71 (old); education: grade school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: CA134 (3:36)
• Full Interview (Tape 0126-S1). [Additional speakers: Fieldworker’s sister]
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat (CA134)
• 04:15 Changes in prices and difficulty of keeping a farm going. Subsidies
• 08:00 Chavez and the grape union
• 11:40 Communists in the universities causing trouble
• 14:30 Students mostly not involved, bulk of them just want to study
• 17:35 Deterioration vs. patriotism
• 22:15 Walking five miles to school as a child, doesn't like buses, kids are coddled
• 25:00 Isolation of community has protected them from protest
• 28:40 Community activities and social events
• 31:00 Tape end