DARE Interview : New Harmony, Indiana; Primary Informant IN051

Fieldworker

Seastone, Charles

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• IN051: White; male; age: 79 (old); education: 7th grade; community type: village
• IN052: White; female; age: 72 (old); education: 8th grade; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: IN051 (5:46)
• Full Interview (Tape 0508-S1). [Additional speakers: IN052 (Wife of IN051)]
• Content:
• 00:15 Farming—history and changes
• 02:30 Oil industry—oil field work, fuel transport, petroleum products, gas
• 05:50 Fuel in past—fireplaces, cooking
• 07:30 Food on the farm—butchering, storing, preserving, economics
• 16:30 Soapmaking [response by IN052]
• 18:15 Hunting (raccoons)
• 19:20 Farming—history and changes, economics of farming
• 25:35 Arthur the Rat
• 31:25 Tape end