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Identifier

RT398_F666m_1965_04

Publication Date

4-28-1965

Description

Interviews with John Hartman, Walter C. Harsh and Lee Samuels.
00:00:03 - Introduction, John T. Hartman of Pratt, KS
00:00:28 - Folk legend of Skunk Johnson
00:03:01 - A ghostly light in Cherokee County, Kansas
00:06:07 - Introduction, Walter C. Harsh of Lincoln, KS on May 9, 1965 by Donna Harsh
00:06:27 - Biographical information
00:06:48 - Blizzard of 1888
00:07:47 - 1891 move to Enterprise, KS in Dickinson County and a visit from a church elder
00:08:52 - Life in Kansas in the late 19th century
00:11:14 - Story about a man he knew in Stockton, KS
00:12:01 - Prices of common goods in the late 19th century
00:13:00 - First steam threshing machine
00:13:40 - Getting kicked by a colt
00:15:08 - Moving from Illinois to homestead in Trego County, KS in 1878
00:16:33 - Grandfather's move to near Chicago in 1850 and the later Chicago fire
00:17:57 - Grandfather's work on the Erie Canal
00:18:45 - Father's work as an ordained minister
00:19:54 - Games played as a child
00:21:44 - Ice house at Enterprise, KS
00:24:05 - Playing coronet in the community band
00:26:04 - Story about Tipton, KS
00:27:14 - Work on the railroad near Waconda Springs
00:28:49 - Move to Texas in 1911 and a fish story. The story ends before finishing.
00:32:53 - Introduction, Lee Samuels of Stockton, KS on May 9, 1965 by Donna Harsh
00:33:31 - Early life and biographical information
00:36:30 - Hiring harvest hands the the IWW (International Workers of the World) 00:37:37 - Anti-union sentiments and abuse of workers (racist language)
00:40:15 - Medical care in the early 20th century
00:42:43 - Story about why he doesn't like fish
00:43:29 - Mail carriers
00:45:43 - Florida land speculation
00:48:44 - Schooling in the late 19th century at rural schools
00:52:52 - Working in the lumberyard
00:55:47 - Railroad shipping
01:00:14 - Dust Storms of 1933 in WaKeeney KS
01:03:46 - Story of Uncle Bob Samuels who murdered an Indigenous man
01:08:00 - Story about their dog named Bob and a description of their dugout
01:14:42 - Song, "Casey Jones" spoken word
01:15:50 - Song, "Don't Count Your Chickens" vocal
01:16:22 - Winter of 1911
01:19:26 - Life events in the 1920s and 1930s

Physical Description

reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation

Subject

Frontier & pioneer life, Folk lore, Folk stories, Indigenous Americans, Comanche Nation, Sod houses, WaKeeney (Kan.), Ellis (Kan.), Floods, Winter storms

Rights

© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

Interviews with John Hartman, Walter C. Harsh and Lee Samuels

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