DARE Interview: Prescott, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA006
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- Created Date
- 1966
- Description
Informant Data:
MA006: White; female; age: 66 (old); education: grade school; community type: rural
MA006B: White; female; community type: rural
Media Files:
Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA006 (2:44)
Full Interview 1 (Tape 0823-S1).
Content:
00:30 Wildflowers [recorded while looking at a book of wildflower pictures]
18:45 Beverages—recipes
20:46 Wildflowers, plants and trees
32:30 Tape end
Full Interview 2 (Tape 0823-S2).
00:10 Wildflowers and plants [recorded while looking at a book of pictures of wildflowers]
14:35 DARE Questionnaire T (Trees, Bushes)
23:55 Tape end
Full Interview 3 (Tape 0824-S1).
00:45 Family history, local history [Prescott]
06:15 Moving and flooding of Prescott to make a reservoir
12:10 Cheese making, cider mill
13:15 Family history
17:55 Schools in past
19:10 Local history [Prescott]
29:40 Tape end
Full Interview 4 (Tape 0824-S2).
00:10 Local history [Prescott]
07:15 Schools in past
10:00 Local history [Prescott]
11:05 Family history
29:00 Tape end
Full Interview 5 (Tape 0825-S1).
01:05 Local people
03:55 Local history [Prescott]
08:30 Horses
11:15 Arthur the Rat
14:05 Local people
18:50 Horse and wagon deliveries
20:40 Blacksmith work—horseshoeing
21:30 Home remedy
23:20 Local people
27:00 Book about local history [gap at 30:40-31:40, partial repeat, then resumes]
35:10 Tape end
Full Interview 6 (Tape 0825-S2).
00:05 Book about local history; local people
12:10 Food [general conversation during a meal]
18:05 DARE Questionnaire NN
21:00 Conversation about DARE Questionnaire
24:00 Songs
28:40 Tape end
Full Interview 7 (Tape 0826-S1). [Additional speakers: MA006B]
[MA006B with comments by MA006] 00:30-03:25 [Introductions]
03:30 Local people
06:10 Teaching career
15:20 Local history
18:10 Lightning
20:15 Pets (cats)
24:55 Local history
32:45 Tape end
Full Interview 8 (Tape 0826-S2). [Additional speakers: MA006B]
[MA006B with comments from MA006] 00:15 Local history—lightning strike
01:05 Chickens
01:35 Land possession
03:15 Local caves, man-made caves
09:05 Ancient cultures
11:20 Caves, man-made caves
13:10 Ancient cultures
13:50 Television
14:20 Caves, man-made caves
19:45 Local history—towns and roads under a reservoir
20:20 Local history—establishment of local towns
21:20 Local history—reservoir
22:10 Local history—establishment of town
24:25 Local families
27:30 Court case re: land payment/reservoir
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Publisher
- Dictionary of American Regional English
- Subjects
- Wildflowers
Beverages
Plants
Trees
DARE QR
DARE QR Section T
Family history
Local history
Food
Reservoirs
Local people
Horses
Home remedies
Blacksmithing
Horseshoeing
Songs
DARE QR Section NN
Teaching
Pets
Caves
Hampshire County (Massachusetts)
Prescott (Massachusetts) - Type
- sound
- Language
- English, English
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- DARE Interview: Prescott, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA006. 1966. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5U7K3LLKPAOXN9E. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1966) DARE Interview: Prescott, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA006. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5U7K3LLKPAOXN9E
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5U7K3LLKPAOXN9E>.