DARE Interview : Salem, Virginia; Primary Informant VA018

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• VA018: White; female; age: 81 (old); education: college; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: VA018 (3:42)
• Full Interview (Tape 1689-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's daughter]
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 04:10 Camping with family; country life
• 06:50 Family farm—dairy, feed, garden
• 08:10 Family history—several generations in Virginia
• 10:15 Teaching career—one-room school to town schools
• 10:45 Family life, family
• 14:05 Nine generations of her family went to local church; social attitudes
• 16:05 Teaching
• 18:30 Governess, education as child
• 22:00 Family life
• 25:45 Rivalry between Roanoke and Salem
• 28:05 Slavery: descendents of slaves of her grandmother were servants in her family
• 29:05 Tape end