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Identifier

RT398_F666m_1973_01

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Description

Interviews with Dr. Ray McCartney, Mrs. H.E. Malloy, Etta L. Wiest, H.J. Tholen, John Schaeffer, Frank and Marianne Anderson, John and Edna Zielke, Lydia Eichman, Helen Wise, and John Bird.
00:00:00 - Introduction and background
00:01:16 - Introduction, Dr. Ray McCartney
00:04:42 - Teaching at Fort Hays in the 1930s during dust storms
00:09:54 - Introduction, Mrs. H.E. Malloy
00:10:19 - Keeping house during the dust storms
00:12:51 - Introduction, Etta Wiest
00:13:08 - The first dust storm in Hays. From here out the interviews are recorded over music which plays in reverse in the background.
00:17:05 - Introduction, H.J. Tholen
00:17:22 - Economy in Hays during the 1930s
00:25:40 - Introduction, John Schaeffer
00:25:48 - Welfare relief workers during the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:28:19 - Conclusion to the first half
00:29:20 - Introduction to the second half
00:30:47 - Introduction, Frank and Marianne Anderson
00:31:06 - Farming during the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:34:49 - Keeping house during the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:37:08 - Tall tale about a badger
00:37:38 - Introduction, John and Edna Zielke
00:37:45 - Farming and raising livestock during the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:44:07 - Introduction, Lydia Eichman
00:44:25 - Losing the farm as a result of the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:45:40 - Introduction, Helen Wise
00:45:52 - Challenges raising a family during the Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
00:53L53 - Conclusion

Physical Description

reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation

Subject

Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939), Dodge City (Kan.), Ford County (Kan.), Kiowa County (Kan.), Farming, Frontier & pioneer life

Rights

© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Memories of the 1930s - FHKSC Radio Program

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