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Interview with William Albert Earnest
Dolores Earnest
Interview with William Albert Earnest of Hays, KS by Dolores Earnest on May 15, 1965 at Russell, KS.
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:12 - Recording begins in progress. Poem, "The Woodpecker"
00:02:47 - Poem, "The Easter Lily"
00:04:04 - Poem, "If I Had a Donkey"
00:04:21 - Story, "The Lap Dog"
00:06:40 - Introduction to part two
00:07:18 - Poem, "Daniel Morton"
00:08:24 - Discussion about the civil war and Earnest family history
00:12:40 - Introduction to part three
00:13:13 - Russell County Literary Society
00:18:00 - Nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" altered
00:18:38 - Poem, "What I Live For"
00:19:55 - Poem, "I want a man who will not smoke . . ."
00:20:36 - Poem, "My old rooster"
00:21:52 - Poem, "Girl in the looking glass"
00:22:45 - Poem, "Flora McGinsey"
00:27:53 - Opposing S.P. Dinsmoor at a local debate
00:34:30 - Poem, "A Roman Legend"
00:39:45 - Poem, "Peter and Thisby"
00:44:46 - S.P Dinsmoor and the Garden of Eden
00:51:11 - Russell County GAR encampments in the late 1880s
00:55:27 - Altercation between two former civil war soldiers
00:57:27 - Poem, "United at Last"
00:59:44 - Alva Stone
01:00:52 - Introduction to part four
01:01:17 - Original poem, "A philosophy of Life"
01:02:22 - Original poem, "The Presidents"
01:07:37 - Events through his life -
Interview with Zona Holland
Samuel John Sackett 1928-2018
An interview with Zona Holland regarding her life experiences including participation in Indigenous American Removal as a homesteader in Oklahoma in 1891.
00:00:43 - Coming to Kansas as a child
00:02:09 - Availability of medical care
00:02:39 - Going to school in Kansas
00:03:57 - Moving to Oklahoma
00:06:30 - Wagon Travel
00:08:10 - Staking a claim
00:09:38 - Building house
00:11:22 - Moving freight from Kansas
00:15:06 - Native American encampment
00:17:11 - Delivering Groceries
00:18:46 - Cook Gang
00:23:28 - Henry Starr
00:26:56 - Nell (horse) -
Kansas Folklore Society Concert
Samuel John Sackett
Kansas Folklore Society Concert - May 2, 1968
00:00:00 - Song, "Jack and Joe", vocal and guitar, in progress
00:03:25 - Song, "Tie Ten Knots in the Devil's Tail", vocal and guitar
00:07:56 - Song, "Wednesday Night Walts", guitar and fiddle
00:09:31 - Song, "Heel and Toe Polka", guitar and fiddle
00:10:33 - Song, "Irish Washerwoman", guitar and fiddle
00:12:16 - Song, "Chivalrous Shark", autoharp and vocal
00:15:31 - Song, "Mi amore, mi corazon", autoharp and vocal
00:18:09 - Song, "Little Ole Sod Shanty on the Claim", guitar and vocal
00:19:54 - Song, "John Henry," guitar and vocal
00:23:06 - Remarks, audio is difficult to understand.
00:23:42 - Song, "When Robert Kennedy was a Little Boy", guitar and vocal
00:24:14 - Song, "The Lost Indian", guitar and fiddle
00:25:32 - Song, "The Grey Eagle", guitar and fiddle
00:26:35 - Song, "The Cake Walk", guitar and fiddle
00:28:01 - Song, "Lullaby Land", guitar and fiddle
00:29:46 - Song, "Shenandoah", autoharp and vocal
00:33:26 - Song, "Turn Around", autoharp and vocal
00:35:14 - Song, "My Mother was a Lady", guitar and vocal
00:39:25 - Song, "Jesus Hold My Hand", guitar and vocal
00:41:56 - Song, "Well It's All Right", guitar and vocal
00:43:46 - Song, "500 miles", guitar and vocal
00:45:51 - Song, "Ole' Blue", guitar and vocal
00:47:14 - Introduction, Mame L. Williamson of Garden City, KS
00:47:42 - Song, "Touch Not the Cup", piano and vocal
00:48:39 - Song, "Jack and Jill", piano and vocal
00:49:16 - Song, "Come Away", piano and vocal
00:49:54 - Song, "Work, For the Night is Coming", piano and vocal
00:51:06 - Song, "My Pussy", piano and vocal
00:51:55 - Introduction, William S. Florer of Deerfield, KS
00:52:34 - Square dance calls -
Kansas Folklore Society Concert and Performance by Eddie Basgall's Band
Corliss Freeman
Kansas Folklore Society Concert and performance by Eddie Basgall's band. This recording is unavailable.
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Kansas Folklore Society Concert Featuring Lloyd White, Barbara Maricle, Murray Edwards, and Harold Riisoe
Kansas Folklore Society Concert Featuring Lloyd White, Barbara Maricle, Murray Edwards, and Harold Riisoe. This recording is unavailable.
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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