DARE Interview : Queens, New York; Primary Informant NY061

Fieldworker

Goldberg, Susan

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY061: Black; female; age: 84 (old); education: grade school; community type: urban
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY061 (5:44)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1106-S1).
• Content:
• 00:30 Jamaica in the past was rural; dogcatcher
• 03:00 School in the past
• 04:15 Race relations in the past, neighborhoods mixed racially and ethnically
• 07:50 Employment in the past: farm work; coal or wood yards
• 12:25 Family history: father worked in livery stable, mother was a domestic
• 13:05 She worked as a domestic from 14 years old; washing clothes in the past [described]
• 27:35 Housecleaning work
• 31:55 Trolley cars, streets
• 32:40 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1106-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 Sleigh riding [sledding], ice skating
• 00:35 Iceboxes and icehouses
• 01:55 Sleigh, ice skating
• 02:45 Clothing in the past
• 04:50 Games
• 05:30 Disciplining children
• 10:30 Blizzard of 1888; organ and music lessons; her aunt
• 13:30 Food and groceries in the past
• 19:00 Parties and dances; going to the beach; visiting
• 23:05 Arthur the Rat
• 28:50 Comments about the DARE interview
• 30:45 Family history: grandparents' origins
• 32:40 Tape end