DARE Interview : Montrose, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA101

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA101: White; female; age: 55 (middle-aged); community type: village
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 1390-S1).
• Content:
• 00:41 [Static]
• 01:18 Local people
• 02:05 Family history—father was in lumber business
• 03:05 Account of mining accidents
• 05:00 Local history—original settlers were from Connecticut, Irish settlers during potato famine
• 07:05 Travel—lived in Arizona for two years
• 07:25 Settlers from Philadelphia
• 11:00 Local taxes—very high
• 14:00 Local industries
• 15:00 [Fieldworker describes speech he is interested in]
• 18:35 Local people—old families
• 20:35 Husband’s family history
• 27:20 Underground Railroad
• 32:05 Tape end