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Interviews with Father Alfred Carning, Ralph and Mary Compton and Ken Solomon
Gilbert Beyer and Sherry Stoskopt
Interviews with Father Alfred Carning, Ralph and Mary Compton, Ken Solomon.
00:00:00 - Introduction to interview with Father Alfred Carning by Father Gilbert Beyer on May 21, 1965 at Hays, KS
00:00:26 - Story about the stout Capuchin priest, Father Jerome Miller and the Bishop Cunningham's slippers
00:02:27 - Father Cunningham and Bishop Fink's long sermons
00:05:03 - Bishop Cunningham and the handwashing basin
00:06:36 - Song, "Die Ultima" or "The End" vocal in Latin, German, and then in English
00:10:39 - Song, "Er Liebe Hoch" or "He Should Live High" vocal in German and then in English
00:12:46 - Father Jerome Miller and "Chicken Eye Salve"
00:14:31 - Song, "Capuchin Ballad" vocal duet
00:19:23 - Introduction to interview with Ralph and Mary Compton of Greensburg, KS
00:19:31 - Mary Compton on her family coming to Kansas from England and Iowa and settling in Russell County and Stafford County and their life as homesteaders.
00:21:21 - Entertainment on the frontier
00:22:19 - Learning the alphabet
00:23:36 - Ralph Compton on the stories he knows about the old west
00:24:21 - Old proverbs
00:25:04 - Song, "Redwing" vocal
00:25:32 - Song, "Creole Sue" vocal
00:25:52 - Song, "I Wonder How the Old Folks Are At Home" vocal
00:26:13 - Song, "Casey Jones" vocal
00:26:53 - Square dancing at home and games played
00:27:36 - Introduction to interview with Ken Solomon of Hays, KS on May 16, 1965
00:27:58 - Sayings and customs learned as a soldier in Korea
00:30:13 - Treatment of American soldiers in Korea
00:31:07 - Kimchi
00:32:19 - Food eaten in the Philippines
00:33:00 - Food eaten in Japan
00:35:12 - Japanese bath houses
00:36:13 - Korean bath houses
00:37:53 - Korean customs of borrowing and returning items
00:39:25 - Animals in Korea
00:40:05 - Farming in Korea
00:44:09 - Living conditions in Korea
00:45:04 - Goats instead of lawn mowers
00:45:04 - Work with nuclear weapons
00:48:26 - Song, "Itazuki Tower" spoken word
00:49:10 - Song, "The Officer's Club" spoken word
00:50:17 - Song, "Airforce Toast" spoken word
00:51:44 - The tape jumps to a square dance call in progress
00:54:09 - Square dance call
00:55:50 - Square dance call
00:58:16 - Square dance call
01:00:51 - Square dance call
01:03:43 - Square dance call
01:06:33 - Elephant jokes
01:17:12 - Assorted jokes -
Interviews with Georgie Jackson, Clarence Laizure, and Adam Brening
Robert A. Smith and Louise Maxwell
Interviews with Georgie B. Jackson of Lenora, KS on June 16, 1962 by Robert A. Smith.
00:00:28 - Organizing a school in 1887
00:01:42 - Description of sod house used for school building
00:03:05 - Description of school room and using a buffalo skull as a chair
00:06:34 - Learning the poem "Thanatopsis"
00:07:20 - Prairie fire threatens the school
00:10:51 - Rolling her sister down a hill in a barrel
00:14:32 - Father's harnessing experience
00:16:43 - 1889 Easter Sunday fire
00:20:35 - Unsolved murder
00:22:30 - Father guards against prairie fires
00:27:00 - Capturing desperados
New interview with unknown contributor
00:31:02 - Whistling, "Just a Song at Twilight"
00:32:26 - Interview. School certificates and teaching
00:36:11 - Whistling, "Listen to the Little Mocking Bird"
00:38:32 - Interview with Clarence Laizure of Hays, KS on July 31, 1961 at Hays, KS. This interview was split on the tape. It has been digitally rejoined into a single clip.
00:39:53 - Interview with Adam Brening of La Crosse, KS on June 11, 1962
00:40:20 - German song
00:42:50 - German song
00:44:34 - German song
00:47:33 - German song
00:51:02 - German song -
Interviews with Hans Jorgensen, Dean and Dolorez Panzer, Bonnie Panzer, Alta Price, and Anna M. White
Kimberly Ann Panzer
Interviews with Hans Jorgensen, Dean and Dolorez Panzer, Bonnie Panzer, Alta Price, and Anna M. White.
00:00:00 - Introduction, Hans Jorgensen of Lincoln, KS
00:00:20 - His father and his search for gold
00:01:14 - Arrival in Lincoln County, KS, his early life, family, and school days
00:03:39 - Coal mining in Lincoln County
00:07:21 - Partially remembered song
00:08:55 - Taking care of his boots as a child and other stories
00:12:06 - Games played as a young person
00:13:51 - Wild Bill Hickok story
00:15:29 - A relative of Martin Luther
00:18:50 - Places he's lived and jobs he's held
00:20:59 - Superstitions and differences in style of dress
00:22:47 - Founding of Lincoln, KS
00:24:52 - Snake stunt
00:26:00 - Story about a boy posessed by the devil as a result of "playing church" and his subsequent exorcism
00:28:31 - Predicting weather by watching a crane on the river
00:30:15 - Snake girl
00:32:18 - Faith healing for burns
00:33:54 - Recipe from a magazine
00:34:46 - Recipe for preparing the Christmas goose
00:36:20 - Short sayings and poems
00:41:13 - Poem, "Kansas Land" -
Interviews with Harold Riisoe and Zelma Sibley
LaRue Covalt and Austin Covalt
Interviews with Harold Riisoe and Zelma Sibley.
00:00:01 - Introduction, Harold Riisoe of Kinsley, KS
00:00:25 - Childhood in Norway
00:01:14 - Norwegian song, vocal and guitar, with English translation
00:04:10 - Song, "A New Pig in the Parlor" vocal and guitar
00:05:11 - Song, Square Dance, vocal and guitar
00:05:40 - Song, "Sailing East", vocal and guitar
00:06:17 - Song, "Coffee Grows on White Oak Stumps"
00:08:13 - May 17th Norwegian Independence Day celebrations
00:10:10 - Food and recipes
00:16:22 - Predicting the sex of a baby
00:16:44 - Song, square dance, fiddle and guitar
00:18:07 - Song, "Chase that Possum", fiddle and guitar
00:18:50 - Song, Polka square dance, fiddle and guitar
00:19:38 - Song, "Little Brown Jug", fiddle, vocal, and guitar
00:21:04 - Song, "Heel and Toe Polka", fiddle and guitar
00:22:30 - Song, "Waltz Quadrille", fiddle, vocal, and guitar
00:23:51 - Song, "The Rye Waltz", fiddle and guitar
00:24:50 - Song, "The Cake Waltz", fiddle and guitar
00:26:09 - Song, "Rag-time Annie", fiddle and guitar
00:27:29 - Song, "Schottische", fiddle and guitar
00:28:42 - Unidentified song, fiddle and guitar
00:29:53 - Song, "Put Your Little Foot", fiddle and guitar
00:31:12 - Song, "Flying Dutchman", fiddle and guitar
00:33:08 - 44th birthday
00:34:31 - Blizzard of 1886
00:37:47 - Introduction, Zela Sibley of Lewis, KS
00:38:24 - Song, "Little Blossom", vocal and piano
00:42:50 - Song, "The Sailor's Daughter", vocal and piano
00:45:06 - Song, "Babes in the Woods", vocal and piano
00:46:32 - Song, "The Black Sheep", vocal and piano
00:51:17 - A Salvation Army song, vocal and piano
00:52:44 - Unknown man, poem, "Two babes were born in the self-same town" -
Interviews with Harry Robinson, Elsie Berkey, and Maude Franklin
Dan Robinson
Interviews with Harry and Helen Robinson, Elsie Berkey, and Maude Franklin.
00:00:01 - Introduction, Harry Robinson of Easton, KS on Thanksgiving Day, 1971 in Russell, Ks
00:00:33 - Millwood raids
00:01:36 - Lynching an African American man in Easton, KS in the 1890s
00:03:30 - Corn thief
00:04:45 - Easton Saloon
00:06:23 - Millwood Saloon
00:06:56 - Story about his grandfather
00:07:42 - Introduction, Helen Robinson
00:08:04 - Family stories
00:11:24 - Introduction, Elsie Berkey of Russell, KS on December 8, 1971
00:11:38 - Biographical information
00:11:53 - Proverbs
00:13:49 - Information about her family
00:14:55 - Recipes
00:15:57 - Family stories
00:20:58 - Games played
00:22:37 - Song, "Old Dan Tucker", vocal
00:24:03 - Childhood stories
00:37:23 - Marriage and children
00:48:22 - Church
00:54:16 - Square dancing
00:55:14 - Gathering walnuts
00:56:31 - Poem, "Remember when hippy meant big in the hips"
00:59:02 - Poem, "The Year of 1969"
01:05:46 - Christianity
01:07:58 - Introduction, Maude Franklin of Russell, KS
01:08:22 - Listening to William Jennings Bryan speak at a Chautauqua
01:09:39 - Personal memories of Tonkawa, Oklahoma
01:12:23 - Teaching school in 1919
01:13:39 - Chautauquas
01:15:12 - A skunk
01:17:09 - Her childhood as an only child
01:20:31 - Games and dances
01:24:16 - Wearing long underwear
01:27:16 - Remedies
01:30:57 - Horse and buggy
01:32:14 - Recipes
01:33:32 - More childhood stories
01:35:58 - Sayings and proverbs
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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