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Informant Data:CA015: White; male; age: 65 (old); education: high school; community type: urbanMedia Files:Arthur the Rat 1. Speaker: CA015 (3:52) [Periodic loud squeaking noise]Arthur the Rat 2. Speaker: Informant's sister (3:40) [Periodic loud squeaking noise]Full Interview 1 (Tape 0096-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's sister]Content:00:10 Always lived in same San Francisco neighborhood01:45 Father in laundry and real estate, his first job in bank04:15 Mission District dialect in the bank06:30 Informant had TB at young age, got over it mostly in a year08:30 Enters real estate business and Democrat politics10:45 Starts to take notes on sportswriters' language, involvement in political appointments12:40 Becomes Notary Public in 193814:25 Organizing integrated jam sessions17:10 Involvement in jazz world18:25 Publishing on language, jazz24:20 Reasons to study San Francisco language26:20 Arthur the Rat31:10 Tape endFull Interview 2 (Tape 0096-S2). [Additional speakers: Informant's sister]00:20 Home births02:00 Candymaker they know04:25 Movie houses, nickelodeons. Mother liberal with letting them go to shows. Relative fascinated with acting10:00 Sister's early jobs, saw people in serious charge trouble; other jobs13:00 Depression era; secretarial jobs16:15 Sister wanted to be in police, got into prison matron's job19:50 People she knew in the prison, matrons and inmates23:05 Weekends with the USO, staying in a firehouse26:40 Arthur the Rat30:55 Tape end

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