Interviews with Jim White, Clarence W. Beamgard, Artaxa Patten, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin, Aloys, Schneider, and Mary Jane Hamill

Authors

Velma Mayfield

Files

Identifier

RT398_F666m_1962_20

Publication Date

6-15-1962

Description

Interviews with Jim White, Clarence W. Beamgard, Artaxa Patten, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin, Aloys, Schneider, and Mary Jane Hamill.
Recording is muffled and can be difficult to understand at times
00:00:19 - Jim White describing the homes of early settlers and antiques in his collection.
00:28:14 - Song, "Home on the Range" played on guitar
00:30:40 - Song, "Poor Folks" played on guitar
00:33:58 - Introduction, Clarence W. Beamgard of Atwood, KS.
00:34:37 - Ethnic makeup of settlers in Kansas
00:37:27 - Personal history
00:38:27 - Entertainment and good times
00:40:10 - Tall tales about Kansas wind
00:41:00 - Song, "That Silver haired Daddy of Mine"
00:44:03 - Song, "The Great American Bum"
00:46:56 - Introduction, Artaxa Patten of Atwood, KS on June 16, 1962
00:47:29 - Song, "The Housekeeper's Lament"
00:50:10 - Introduction, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin on May 17, 1962
00:50:33 - Song, "Nobody Knows but Mother" played on harmonica
00:52:05 - Song, "Sweet Hour of Prayer" played on harmonica
00:53:54 - Introduction, Aloys Schneider
00:54:21 - Song, "The Streets of Laredo"
00:53:27 - Song, "When The Work's All Done This Fall"
00:59:45 - Introduction, Mary Jane Hamill
01:00:16 - Song, "They'll All Be Sorry That They Picked on Me"

Physical Description

reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation

Subject

Folk music, Folk songs, Colby (Kan.), Atwood (Kan.), Udell (Kan.), Frontier & pioneer life, Sod houses, Dugout houses, Indigenous people

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

Mayfield, Velma, "Interviews with Jim White, Clarence W. Beamgard, Artaxa Patten, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin, Aloys, Schneider, and Mary Jane Hamill" (1962). Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection. 77.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/77

Language

eng