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Interview with Raynell Houck
Samuel John Sackett
Interview of Raynell Houck of McPherson, KS.
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:24 - Personal experience with witches and witchcraft
00:03:17 - Orgies and use of sex
00:08:26 - Medicine men and Voodoo
00:09:50 - Head Level
00:13:55 - Death 00:16:12 - Personal powers
00:21:05 - Relationship with Satan
00:22:55 - Gurus
00:24:30 - Astral projection
00:26:50 - Local witches
00:27:50 - Symbolism
00:30:40 - Types of witchcraft and opinion on Satan worship
00:32:55 - Rituals
00:34:26 - Conversion to witchcraft and discussion of beliefs -
Interview with Rudolph Oborny
Betty Romeiser
Interview with Rudolph Oborny. This recording is unavailable.
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Interview with Sarah Lee Carter, J.O. Carter, Edward E. Bill, and Wayne M. Campbell
Esther L. Thompson
An interview with Sarah Lee Carter, J.O. Carter, Edward E. Bill, and Wayne M. Campbell regarding the early days of Garden City, KS.
00:00:32 - Sarah Lee Carter, the beginnings of Garden City
00:02:21 - Windsor Hotel the "Waldorf of the Prairies" hotel
00:05:33 - Droughts and blizzards
00:07:54 - J.O. Carter, early business history of Garden City
00:09:41 - Amusing anecdotes and jokes
00:11:09 - Bank history of Garden City
00:12:30 - Edward Bill, Kansas history and tribute to the pioneers of Finney County
00:24:45 - Wayne Campbell, early town history
00:30:25 - Lion cub in Wichita
00:31:05 - Weather prediction
00:32:11 - County fairs
00:34:10 - Old newspaper stories
00:36:55 - Developing the forest
00:38:10 - More newspaper ads
00:41:48 - The butcher's wife
00:44:39 - Sockless Jerry
00:45:07 - Populist uprising
00:46:35 - Methodists
00:47:45 - Entertainments and social societies
00:53:01 - Liverpool, KS Postmaster
00:53:55 - Balls and dances
00:54:49 - Cemetery club
00:56:40 - Garden City electrification
00:58:02 - Telephone system -
Interview with Stella Hill Ryan of Lacrosse, Kansas
Mary P. Schmidt
An interview with Stella Hill Ryan of La Crosse, KS regarding her experiences as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. Recording is muffled.
00:01:00 - Family origins
00:03:16 - Family homestead
00:05:11 - Experience with Indigenous Americans
00:06:34 - Grasshopper swarms
00:07:18 - Attending school
00:10:00 - Overview of teaching career
00:12:00 - Moving a school across the river
00:14:24 - Discipline in the schools
00:15:50 - Involvement with politics
00:17:26 - Discipline in the schools
00:20:43 - Finding a place to board
00:22:38 - Corporal punishment
00:26:11 - Personal politics and political work
00:31:00 - More teaching experiences
00:36:18 - Retirement
00:40:54 - Memories of Rush County
00:46:55 - Remaining family -
Interview with Swedish Immigrants Living in WaKeeney, Kansas
Egla Steinle Olson
An interview with several persons of Swedish and Volga German descent living in WaKeeney, KS. Recording includes Swedish and German language songs and stories about life on the plains in Kansas and in Russia. The beginning of the recording is quiet. Persons interviewed include Phillip Hanson, Margaret Hanson, Ella Powers, Othelia Knutson, Eva Meisner, Lena Schwein, Mildred Walker, Emil Olson, Otto Olson, Hannah Nelson, and Dale Olson.
Phillip Hanson
00:00:33 - Swedish folksong
00:01:27 - The Legend of the Missing Dinner
00:02:53 - Margaret Hanson, mistaking tumbleweeds for Indigenous Americans
00:03:48 - Ella Powers, Threshing-machine Canyon
00:06:17 - Margaret Hanson, Origin of the names of Ogallah and WaKeeney, KS
00:07:07 - Othelia Knutson, A Volga German Journey
00:15:28 - Eva Meisner and Lena Schwein sing "Gott is die Liebe" (God is Love)
00:17:38 - Song, "Von meinem Heiland Erzähl Gern" (I Love to Tell About My Lord)
00:20:41 - Mildred Walker, Life in a sod house
00:30:46 - Ella Powers, Emil Olson, Otto Olson, Hannah Nelson, and Dale Olson introduction
00:31:20 - Hannah Nelson, Swedish song
00:33:26 - Ella Powers, Pioneer life
00:37:36 - Dale Olson, memories of Grandpa Olson
00:38:16 - Emil Olson, Homesteading in Trego County, KS
00:42:48 - Otto Olson, Life as a child on a homestead in Trego County, KS
00:47:04 - Hannah Nelson, Life on a farm
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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