Personal history and reading by 70 year old white female, Huntsville, Texas (Transcript)

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70 year old white female. A member of the "landed gentry" her speech is that of a small group of older people belonging to the old southern settlers whose heritage goes back to Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville, Texas is near the edge of the pine tree belt

english language dialects texas east upper class women language upper class families texas huntsville christmas veterans families portraits gibbs family women white methodists huntsville tex history house furnishings interviews narratives personal narratives transcripts personal personal history year transcript high resolution center for applied linguistics collection american english dialect recordings the center for applied linguistics collection american folklife center american memory eleanor mitchell manuscript ultra high resolution

1970 - 1990

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