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Interview with Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Morgan, Mrs. C.E Toothacher, and Mr. Ervin Morgan
Laura Morgan
An interview with Lena and Walter Morgan, Mrs. Pearl Toothacher, and Mr. Ervin Morgan containing various stories and remembrances.
00:00:41 - Lena Deibert Morgan, Moving to Kansas from Iowa in the winter of 1901
00:02:54 - Life on the farm south of Hoxie, KS
00:03:47 - Walter Morgan, early life history
00:05:52 - Early memories
00:06:34 - School experiences
00:07:45 - Herding cattle
00:11:08 - Literaries and dances
00:12:26 - Churches and Sunday schools
00:14:16 - Proverbs and sayings
00:18:40 - Superstitions
00:20:13 - Remedies
00:22:33 - Prairie Fires
00:25:06 - Audio becomes very quiet
00:26:13 - Normal audio resumes
00:26:20 - Interview with Pearl Toothacher introduction
00:26:44 - Family history and early memories
00:27:58 - Experience with Indigenous Americans in 1883
00:29:55 - Child reading the bible
00:30:31 - Poem, Gripe and Grin
00:31:04 - Poem, Like October
00:32:14 - Ervin Morgan introduction
00:33:07 - Grandfather's life as an Army scout and homesteader
00:35:25 - Grandfather Morgan's acquaintance with Buffalo Bill Cody
00:36:10 - Museum Ranch in Sheridan County, KS
00:37:27 - Indigenous American remains on Museum Ranch
00:37:59 - Cattle drives
00:39:57 - Experience with Indigenous Americans in 1878
00:44:30 - Bank Robbers at Lenora, KS
00:46:53 - Laura Morgan, family's arrival in western Kansas
00:48:12 - Quaker sayings -
Interview with Mr. Stadelman and Birdie Graham
Patty Ann Loomis and Ralph E. Oringer
Interviews with Mr. Stadelman and Birdie Graham. This recording is of poor quality and appears to have been recorded over an unidentified T.W. Wells lecture to a folklore class.
00:00:00 - Interview with Mr. Stadelman of Hays, Kansas on January 4, 1964 by Patty Ann Loomis
00:00:32 - Song, "Brotliebe" on accordion
00:02:15 - Three waltzes on accordion
00:04:35 - Song, "Hochzeit" on accordion
00:06:26 - Song, "The Flying Dutchman" on accordion
00:07:24 - Song, "Put Your Little Foot" on accordion
00:08:47 - Song, "Schottische" on accordion
00:09:40 - Song, "Du, du Liegst mir am Herzen" vocal and accordion
00:10:29 - Song, "Beer Barrel Polka" accordion
00:11:51 - Song, "Hochzeit" on accordion
00:12:57 - Introduction, interview with Birdie Graham of Dodge City, KS by Ralph Oringer on December 1, 1963
00:13:33 - Life near Old Salem and Abraham Lincoln's log cabin
00:15:33 - Mill on the Solomon River
The recording abruptly ends and the remainder is missing -
Interview with Nancy Ellen Miller
Samuel John Sackett 1928-2018
An interview with Nancy Ellen Miller regarding her life on the Kansas plains during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Recording includes various songs and stories from the time period.
00:00:37 - Experiences with the Dalton family and other outlaws.
00:19:50 - Literaries
00:23:51 - Song, Streets of Laredo
00:27:36 - Bill Doolin
00:28:46 - Sam Bass
00:32:53 - Fare You Well Mollie
00:34:24 - Gallant Donahoe
00:36:37 - More memories of outlaws
00:39:56 - Common games of the era
00:41:15 - Celebrating Christmas
00:42:22 - Celebrating Independence Day
00:44:34 - Community dances
00:46:30 - Predicting the weather
00:47:23 - Riddles, jokes, and stories
00:48:50 - School and church experiences
00:49:46 - Sioux-speaking Evangelist
00:52:33 - School curriculum
00:54:41 - Driving cattle on the trail
00:55:33 - Differences between Kansas and Oklahoma -
Interview with Oscar Lee Gunckel, Calvin H, Keyser, Lila Grace Ash and Margaret Flint
Edith Dale Gunckel, Lila I. Ash, and Margaret Flint
An interview with Oscar Lee Gunkel, Calvin H, Keyser, Lila Grace Ash and Margaret Flint containing various stories and songs native to Western Kansas.
00:00:30 - Early personal history and family life in Rush County, KS
00:04:52 - Father's country store in Lacrosse
00:09:29 - Rattle snakes
00:11:32 - Prairie chickens
00:12:32 - Jack rabbits
00:13:51 - Seeing the first train
00:14:47 - Schooling
00:16:41 - Literaries
00:17:21 - Prairie fires in Rush County
00:20:31 - County seat fight between Lacrosse and Rush Center, KS
00:23:32 - Ice for summers
00:27:47 - Train trip to Colorado
00:32:12 - Harmonica music
00:33:09 - Harmonica music, Skip to my Lou
00:33:50 - Harmonica music, untitled
00:34:36 - Harmonica music, Swanee River
00:35:19 - Harmonica music, Irish Washer Woman
00:35:59 - Harmonica music, No Place Like Home
00:36:69 - Harmonica music, untitled
00:37:20 - Harmonica music, untitled
00:38:10 - Song, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
00:38:51 - Song, Once I Had a Charming Beau
00:39:29 - Song, A Village in Sunny Tennessee
00:41:20 - Song, Two Little Girls in Blue
00:42:32 - Song, The Battle of Bull Run
00:43:10 - Joke, Green apples
00:43:47 - Story, Origins of butter
00:44:27 - Story, Little girl from Missouri
00:45:31 - Story, Indigenous Americana Mosquitos
00:45:49 - Joke, Kissing Grandma
00:46:07 - Joke, The carpenter
00:46:45 - Introduction, Calvin H. Keyser
00:47:15 - Poem, Romance of a Red Ear
00:48:55 - Introduction, Lila Grace Ash
00:49:19 - Song, I kissed my girl while riding
00:49:52 - Song, Little girls are made of sugar and spice
00:50:25 - Song, You Don't Know Nellie Like I Do
00:50:35 - Introduction, Margaret Flint
00:50:43 - Song, Children's Rain Song
00:51:07 - Song, Froggy Ain't Got No Tail But Hardly
00:51:46 - Song, In the Evening By The Moonlight
00:53:10 - Song, The King's Hash
00:53:43 - Song, Little Red Caboose
00:54:01 - Lila I. Ash, story, Big George and Little George
00:56:22 - Story, An English lady in Barber County
00:57:02 - Story, Big George
00:57:33 - Story, Carrie Nation in Barber County
00:58:23 - Story, Sockless Jerry Simpson
00:58:56 - Song, Barbara Allen
01:02:30 - Song, Way Out West in Kansas
01:03:22 - Joke Recipes, Bear meat, mint julep,
01:04:18 - Margaret Flint, story, the farmer who needs a new mule
The recording abruptly ends -
Interview with Ras and Dot Wampler
Vera Mae Wampler
An interview with Eurastas Oliver "Ras" Wampler and Dot Stout Wampler regarding life in western Kansas in the late 19th century.
00:00:19 - Ras Wampler, school experiences
00:02:10 - Games played at recess
00:03:31 - School facilities
00:04:36 - Transportation
00:05:14 - Preserving food
00:07:03 - Going to town
00:09:40 - Remedies
00:10:16 - Planting crops
00:11:08 - Herding cattle
00:11:50 - Blizzards
00:13:56 - Trading turkeys for dry goods
00:15:25 - 4th of July celebrations
00:16:51 - Harvesting wheat
00:21:25 - Learning how many days are in each month
00:22:51 - Dot Wampler, pet rabbit story
00:24:52 - Toy butter churn and toy stove
00:26:51 - Sledding
00:29:48 - Ras Wampler, milking cows and making cheese
00:33:24 - Dot Wampler, remedies
00:35:17 - Buying "roasting ears" (corn)
00:36:10 - School experiences
00:39:45 - Moving to Topeka
00:41:20 - Ras Wampler, keeping ice
00:42:48 - Harvesting wheat in Ohio
00:43:24 - Watering livestock
The Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection consists of recordings created by Dr. Sackett and his graduate assistants between the years of 1954 and 1977. Dr. Sackett and his assistants interviewed immigrants, homesteaders, and other community figures in Kansas and beyond, with a specific focus on folk music and folk lore. Subjects covered include folk music, folk stories, immigration and homesteading in the late 1800s through early 1900s, relations with Indigenous Americans and other minorities, Volga-German music, language, and customs, along with a wealth of genealogical information. Some of the recordings include racially sensitive language and as well as accounts of hate crimes. Originally recorded on reel-to-reel media, the collection was migrated to cassette tape in the 1990s and then transferred to digital beginning in 2020. Many of the recordings were in poor condition. The access recordings presented here have undergone audio enhancement in order to improve the user experience where possible, though some recordings remain difficult to understand. Unaltered audio transfers are available for researchers on request. Dr. Sackett served in the Department of English at FHSU for 23 years and founded the Kansas Folklore Society. His research materials were transferred to the University Archives in 1992.
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