Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection
 
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Identifier

RT398_F666M_1957_06

Publication Date

12-1-1957

Description

An interview with Cleve and Debbie Weininger regarding their experiences homesteading in Kansas and Nebraska during the sod house days.
00:01:05 - Living in a sod house
00:03:29 - Games played by children of the time including Baseball
00:03:55 - School experiences
00:05:30 - Indigenous Americans in Nebraska
00:06:45 - Farming experiences
00:14:08 - Fruit orchards
00:14:39 - Canning
00:15:55 - Vegetable gardens
00:16:45 - Windmills
00:17:18 - Rattlesnake hunting
00:20:17 - Halloween Prank
00:22:16 - Watermelon swiping
00:22:40 - Pranks
00:26:03 - Crime
00:33:01 - Superstitions
00:35:14 - Folk medicine
00:40:00 - Pranks at church camp meetings
00:43:10 - Change from horses to automobiles
00:49:40 - Church experiences
00:50:35 - Major changes of the past 50 years

Physical Description

reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation

Subject

Frontier & pioneer life, Indigenous people, Nebraska, Kansas, Sod houses, Rural schools, Farming, Rattlesnakes, Crime, Superstitions, Traditional medicine, Natoma (Kan.), Coddell (Kan.), Automobiles, Homesteaders, Osborne County (Kan.)

Rights

© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

Interview with Cleve and Debbie Weininger

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