DARE Interview : Jamestown, New York; Primary Informant NY225

Fieldworker

Ruff, Dale

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY225: White; male; age: 31 (young); education: college; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY225 (3:03)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1191-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Low-income housing for the elderly in converted hotel building
• 14:00 Race relations among tenants in the low-income housing, men and women in the housing
• 17:10 Low-income housing in converted hotel building, tenants
• 23:25 Local housing authority and the project's maintenance, new housing authority projects
• 26:25 Conversion of the hotel to housing, heating, tenants
• 31:45 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1191-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Community description: population, industry, character of people, class divisions
• 05:30 Ethnic groups in town: Black, Swedish, Italian
• 12:40 Local industry, business, politics
• 15:05 Arthur the Rat
• 18:15 Tape end