78 year old Alabama woman talks about business college, diffulty learning short-hand. She talks about taking the State of Alabama test and being offered a job with the State Health Department in Montgomery. She talks about going back to school and becoming a lab tech in the serology department, with the encouragement of her boss.

Alabama, school, lab, lab tech, serology, night class, Health Department, Montgomery, business college, short-hand

 

A young female child, aged around 8 years old, from Georgia talks about what is currently happening in her life.  She is not a fan of school and wants to do something fun over the summer.

 

A mother from Georgia, aged around 35 years old, loves her daughters and family.  She talks about how strong her kids are in school and how she enjoys spending time with her family.  She is married to a farmer and her family lives close by.

 

A young, teenage girl around the age of 14, from Georgia talks about her experience with trying to sneak out of the house at night.

 

White female 73 plantation southern woman talking about moonshine, publishing her family stories, and the grammar of educated southerners. Recorded in 1993

Plantation, Southern, whiskey, moonshine, stories, writing, grammar, laughter, publishing, history, industry, prohibition, workers, dentures

American Southern: Southern Dialects: Southern Accents: Plantation Southern: Tidewater Southern, Upper-Class, White Female.� Ann Peets was recorded in a hospital in Georgia, at age 78 in 1993.� Her family and accent are from the Mississippi Delta region.� She has a slightly diluted Tidewater or Plantation Southern dialect, shared by other families along the coastal and riverbed regions of the American South wherein rich plantation owners kept contact with British merchants during the 1700's and 1800's, dropping their "r's" along with the Southern British elite class to sound more refined.� This dialect also has elements of "ebonics" or "Gullah" sounds, as many children of plantation owners were raised by African slave nannies alongside their own children.

A 54 year old white male Ferry Captain talks about some of his genealogy as well as some of the history of the North Carolina coast, shipping and various types of boats and shipwrecks as well as some notable hurricanes that have had significant impacts.

Heritage, 1700s, genealogy, boats, North Carolina coast, schooners, island traffic, diamond shoals, "Graveyard of the Atlantic," historical records, hurricanes, Hatteras Island, Hoi Toider

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He tells a story about a young soldier and his surprise proposal at the plantation's chapel as well as a groom who got cold feet for the fourth time.

Love story, Afghanistan, Bosnia, flowers, broken-hearted, proposal, applause, gardens, Orton Plantation, groom missing, wedding, chapel, preacher, roses.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s talks about the history of the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. Talks about how his Great Grandfather purchased the abandoned property and their family's had it ever since.

1880, ownership, economy, Orton Plantation, taxes, Great Grandfather, timber.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He talks about growing up on the plantation, hunting and fishing in the woods, how some people wanted to come in and make a ghost story and how he debunks ghosts.

Orton Plantation, growing up, hunting, fishing, poison ivy, ticks, scared, ghost stories.

White female born in Tatterson, North Carolina, living in Wilmington, NC since 1989, talks about growing up in the south during segregation. Talks about how the beginning of integration started a rise in private schools in the area and how she became more upset and liberal after going to college in Virginia and South Carolina. Also, how she likes the laid back and relaxed lifestyle of the south.

Childhood during segregation, integration, College in Longwood, University of South Carolina, liberal, private school, conservative, private schools, deep south attitude, relaxed atmosphere, laid back. 

Woman in her 60s, behind the cash register of a store, talks with Eliza and her interns about the area, the island they are on rumored to be the real “Lost Colony”, seeing the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C., and going on an Alaskan Cruise to find a man to date.

Tidewater, Southern, North Carolina, Virginia, sister, brother, children, double first-cousins, great-grandson, Ferry, Coast Guard, Lost Colony, Hog Island, Chesapeake Bay, Washington DC, Mona Lisa, FBI, Alaska, Cruise, Norwegian Pearl, Switzerland, dating, alcoholic, harbor,

Female in her 60s from an island in North Carolina. The island is a 'lost colony.'  Her father was born on Hog Island across from her island. A lot of Indian artifacts. Ships couldn't have landed in Roanoke because the water wasn't deep enough. There is no land left on the island to buy, it's all been bought. She was born in a house down the street behind an abandoned store. When she was young she went to Washington DC to work, met a man and married and had a child, got divorced, moved back to NC and married the same man again. 46 year old daughter, with two granddaughters and one great grandson. 39 year old, unmarried son, Chris. Great grandson is Daly, named after his great grandfather. Grand daughter married 3 1/2 years ago. 

North Carolina, Roanoke, island, lost colony, artifacts, indian, hog island, ships, washington dc, married, children, grand children, great grand children, Daly, Chris, history, heritage

 

White male. 60s. Originally from 20 miles NE of Williamsburg, Virginia called West Point. Has lived in Florida for 5 years. Talks about where cities are in Florida like Jacksonville, Lake Whales, Orlando, Winterhaven, Cypress Gardens, Lady Lake.

Virginia, West Point, Williamsburg, Florida, Jacksonville, Lake Whales, Orlando, Winterhaven, Cypress Gardens

 

Rosa Lee Pruit was born Sept 5 1938.  She was born on Tangier Island and worked on the Eastern Shore.  She isn’t married and was only married for 1.5 months.  Areas of Residence outside of representative region for longer than 6 months: Onacock which is the Eastern Shore, but close.

Key Words: Language, English Heritage, yeah-uh, lilt, Games they used to play, red light, tin can, hopscotch, dance, sandwich place, baseball, back from Eastern Shore, old friends, Drama