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Clarence Anderson telling Ole Oleson stories
Samuel John Sackett 1928-2018
Storyteller Clarence Anderson tells tales of his imaginary hired man Ole (Ollie) Oleson.
00:00:48 - Ole Oleson's Straw Hat
00:06:43 - A Fish Story
00:10:27 - Ole's Dirty Story
00:13:15 - Grasshoppers
00:15:00 - Swede's Stone
00:20:45 - Walking to Dodge
00:25:00 - Celebrating the end of the drought
00:29:05 - Speaking of languages
00:30:37 - A fishing story and its implications
00:35:20 - A baker's dozen of geese
00:41:24 - Ole and Paul Bunyan compare chewing tobacco
00:43:30 - Coffee Break
00:44:29 - Conversation
00:45:34 - Ole's wisdom tooth
00:48:17 - Start of the dust storms
00:52:45 - A Fishing Story
00:54:05 - Another fishing story
00:55:00 - The Corn Fence
00:57:17 - Yale -
Collected Music of Ed Neal, Edith Neal, Harold Riisoe, Fredona Anderson, Fritz Riisoe, and Elmer Sharp
Laura Morgan, Jessie Losie, and Erma Burrell
A recording of collected music performed by Ed Neal, Edith Neil, Harold Riisoe, Fredona Anderson, Fritz Riisoe, and Elmer Sharp.
00:00:30 - Ed Neal, background
00:01:37 - Song, Buffalo Gal
00:03:07 - Song, Turkey in the Straw
00:04:22 - Song, Livin' Like a Hog Uncle Joe
00:05:44 - Song, Unnamed
00:06:42 - Song, Devil's Dream or Devil in the Pea Patch
00:07:46 - Song, Get Along Little Doggie
00:08:54 - Song, Unnamed
00:09:46 - Harold Riisoe introduction
00:10:15 - Song, The Grand March
00:11:54 - Song, Polka
00:12:26 - Song, Schottische
00:12:56 - Song, The Muse
00:13:33 - Song, Over the Waves
00:15:07 - Song, The Suzanna
00:16:27 - Song, First Couple Balance
00:18:44 - Song, Newport
00:19:28 - Song, Rye Waltz
00:20:20 - Song, Happy is the Miller
00:20:53 - Song, Pig in the Parlor
00:21:28 - Song, The Coffee Song
00:22:21 - Song, My Father Was a Rich Man (Norwegian)
00:22:54 - Elmer Sharp introduction
00:23:22 - Song, Greencorn
00:25:07 - Song, Going Down Town
00:26:46 - Song, Little Liza Jane
00:27:45 - Song, Unnamed
00:28:24 - Song, Old Joe Clark -
Decatur County Kansas Folklore
Raymond L. Stacey
An interview with several persons from Decatur County Kansas relating old stories, songs, poems, and folklore. Much of the recording is unintelligible or missing. Side two suffers from various recording and speed issues.
00:00:38 - Mr. Bryon C. Scott
00:00:51 - Mary Ann (song)
00:01:43 - Copper Head
00:03:04 - Cattle Rustler
00:04:36 - Thanksgiving
00:06:07 - Elmer Van Grundy
00:06:54 - Song
00:08:13 - School Building
00:11:27 - Copper-toed shoes
00:13:02 - Poem: That Land Where They Never Grow Old
00:15:25 - Mr. & Mrs. Rohan
00:16:15 - Kansas Towns of Jackson, Slab City, and Clinton
00:20:13 - Casper - Wheeler Fight
00:23:08 - Jacob A. Brown
00:24:02 - Burned Wagon at Lyle, KS
00:29:35 - Experience as a teacher
00:35:40 - Early Towns that have disappeared
00:42:45 - Organizing a school at Norcatur, KS
00:46:45 - D.G. Addleman
00:47:40 - Settling Oberlin, KS
00:50:26 - Entertainment
00:52:52 - Availability of game and wildlife 00:54:43 - Ura Feely
00:55:08 - The Sod Schoolhouse
00:56:13 - Kansas Land (verses 1 & 2 are missing from the recording)
00:56:42 - Miller boy
00:57:21 - Side Two intro
00:58:35 - "Madame"
01:01:36 - Ms. Lila Sloan translation of "Madame"
01:04:28 - Don Hall
01:04:49 - Indigenous American burial mound south of Russell, KS
01:08:00 - Bertha Grace Wylie
01:08:37 - Tom Twist (incomplete)
01:12:01 - Theology in the Quarters (incomplete)
01:13:32 - Serenade to Spring (incomplete)
01:15:18 - The Old Violin (incomplete)
01:17:50 - Alta & Albert McLeod and Anna Van Schuetz
01:18:38 - Moving to Kansas and crossing a flooded river in 1898
01:23:02 - Anna Van Schuetz. The recording abruptly ends after the introduction -
Dr. John Greenway Lecture on Songs of the Freedom Movement
John Greenway
Dr. John Greenway lecture on songs of the Freedom Movement. This recording is unavailable.
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Dulcimer Music
Samuel John Sackett
Wendelyn Younger, Ned Legleiter, Mike Younger, and John Braun playing German folk music on dulcimer. The initial introduction is difficult to hear.
00:00:11 - Song, Mockingbird Hill
00:01:47 - Song, Hochzeit
00:02:57 - Song, Lili Marlene
00:04:18 - Song, Pistol Packin' Mama (Lay That Pistol Down) 00:05:57 - Song, Peekaboo Waltz (It Ain't Gonna Rain No More)
00:07:10 - Song, Hochzeit
00:08:46 - Song, Listen to the Mockingbird
00:10:08 - Song, Redwing
00:11:26 - Song, Wedding March (Hochzeitlied)
00:13:09 - Song, Two waltzes
00:16:52 - Comments on German wedding customs
00:17:16 - Song, Sioux City Sue
00:20:32 - Song, Hochzeit
00:22:30 - Song, Bis' Niet Schon
00:26:13 - Song, Spanish Two-Step
00:27:51 - Song, Over the Waves
00:30:27 - Song, Hochzeit (partial)
00:31:49 - Song, Hochzeit (complete)
00:33:28 - Song, Sioux City Sue
00:35:13 - Song, Chicken and Roosters
00:36:51 - Song, Hochzeit
The following songs are played by Ned Legleiter of Liebenthal, KS
00:38:53 - Song, One, Two, Three, Waltz, Waltz, Waltz
00:41:15 - Song, Waltz (Mockingbird Hill)
00:45:35 - Song, Polka (Too Fat Polka)
The following song is played by Mike Younger
00:46:06 - Song, Waltz
00:48:36 - Introduction to John Braun of Walker, KS
00:48:47 - Song, Brautdusch
00:50:00 - Song, In Lauterbach Hab Ich Mein Strump Verloren
00:51:28 - Song, Polka
00:52:51 - Song, Waltz
00:54:25 - Song, Waltz
00:55:52 - Song, The Mockingbird
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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