Leon Stevens, Emogene Stevens, and Richard Giles: interview with Miles L. Hanley
Description:
From a series of interviews conducted for the Linguistic Atlas of New England to document New England dialects. Speakers include Leon Stevens (Cummington, Mass.; LANE informant 232.2) speaking of crops, farming; Mrs. Emogene Stevens (talking about early settlements, mostly from eastern Massachusetts; cottage work; parlors, nineteenth century households. Part two includes a discussion with other residents of Cummington regarding William Cullen Bryant, the Bryant family, and Cummington. Also Richard Giles and other younger men debating about "Mass State." Audio quality spotty.
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