DARE Interview : Carrollton, Kentucky; Primary Informant KY060

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• KY060: White; male; age: 58 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: KY060 (3:37)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0560-S1).
• Content:
• [KY060] 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 04:00 Local history—origins, economy, water, development, railroad
• 07:25 Tobacco selling—warehousing, selling, regulations, grading
• 19:15 Tobacco curing
• 25:00 Tobacco selling—season of sales, tobacco economy
• 30:45 Local water supply
• 32:05 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0560-S2). [Additional speakers: Adult female]
• Content:
• [KY060] 00:05 Local history—town riverboats, celebrations, population, water supply, development
• 04:20 River transport in past—freight and passenger boats, roustabouts, river ice, sinkings
• [Adult female] 11:05 Slavery in Kentucky—family history, U.S. Civil War stories
• [KY060 and adult female] 14:05 Race relations and local people
• 22:30 [Gap to 23:35]
• 23:35 Race relations (conversation resumes)
• [KY060] 26:45 Local development and water supply
• 30:30 Local soils and land value
• 31:50 Tape end