DARE Interview : Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Primary Informant KY063

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• KY063: White; female; age: 56 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
• KY064: White; male; age: 54 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: KY063 (3:21)
• Full Interview (Tape 0561-S1). [Additional speakers: KY064]
• Content:
• [KY063] 00:20 Arthur the Rat
• 03:45 Local history—historical society, local buildings, immigrant settlers
• 09:05 Family history—settlers before 1800
• 10:50 Slavery; U.S. Civil War
• 11:40 Stone fence construction
• 12:45 Farming—horses, steam engines, wheat threshing
• 16:35 Antique collecting
• [KY064] 19:40 Tobacco growing, tobacco curing, tobacco sales
• [KY063] 27:15 Alternative crops to tobacco, effect of cigarette smoking reduction
• [KY064] 28:50 Alternatives to tobacco, cigarette smoking
• 30:25 Tape end