Interviews with John O. Carter, Carol Charlotte, Paul T. Sissell, Virgie Stevenson, Addie May Morrison, and Clarence A. Morrison

Authors

Sara Ann Johnson
Elva Jean Latas
Dallas Paul Sissell
Janet Karen Morrison

Files

Identifier

RT398_F666m_1966_04

Publication Date

2-16-1966

Description

Interviews with John O. Carter, Carol Charlotte, Paul T. Sissell, Virgie Stevenson, Addie May Morrison, and Clarence A. Morrison.
00:00:00 - Introduction, John 0. Carter of Garden City, KS on February 16, 1966
00:00:31 - Founding of Garden City
00:16:46 - Introduction, Carol Charlotte of Kinsley, KS
00:17:18 - Song, "The Chinaman", vocal
00:18:37 - Song, "True Blue Bill", vocal
00:20:52 - Song, "Tie Pin Knots in the Devil's Tail", vocal
00:24:18 - Song, "Put me in your pocket", vocal
00:30:15 - Song, "My True Love", vocal
00:32:42 - Introduction, Paul T. Sissell of Palco, KS
00:33:11 - Song, "When I was a little boy", vocal
00:35:23 - Tall tale, "Melted stove"
00:36:55 - Song, "Madelina Catalina", vocal by an unnamed woman
00:38:15 - Introduction, Virgie F. Stevenson of Iola, KS
00:38:40 - Move to Abilene, KS in 1871
00:39:58 - Grasshopper swarm in 1872
00:40:50 - Fear of Indigenous Americans
00:41:56 - Housing
00:42:36 - Introduction, Addie May Morrison of Elkhart, KS
00:43:03 - Father's trip to Santa Fe, NM in 1860
00:45:13 - Discovery of coal in Kansas (beginning of the story is cut off)
00:46:26 - Introduction, Clarence A. Morrison of Elkhart, KS
00:46:44 - Grandfather's stories about Indigenous Americans and their relationship with the gray wolf

Physical Description

reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation

Subject

Frontier & pioneer life, Homesteading, Indigenous people, Farming, Folk lore, Folk tales, Folk songs, Folk music, Garden City (Kan.), Kinsley (Kan.), Iola (Kan.), Palco (Kan.), Elkhart (Kan.), Ghost towns

Rights

© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Sackett Folklore Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Sara Ann; Latas, Elva Jean; Sissell, Dallas Paul; and Morrison, Janet Karen, "Interviews with John O. Carter, Carol Charlotte, Paul T. Sissell, Virgie Stevenson, Addie May Morrison, and Clarence A. Morrison" (1966). Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection. 126.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/126

Language

eng