Interviews with Lola Adams Carter and Ivan & Lillian Breidenstein, 1958-06-25

File — Box: MS 017-01, Folder: MS 017-01-12

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 3

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RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 3 - 7 inch Reel Tape, 1 Audio Cassette Tape

11 Index Cards - Breidenstein, Ivan; Breidenstein, Lillian; Butler County, Kansas--History; Carter, Lola Adams (3); Folklore of the Middle West, 1957, no. 3; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Marion County, Kansas--History; Nebergall, Bettie; Prairie View Literary Society; Singing games;

Typed and handwritten transcription of recording.

Lola Adams Carter of the Prairieview School district near Dodge City, KS along with a group of 16 former schoolteachers and students relate various party games played by children in the one-room schools and sings some popular songs. Bettie Westerhaus Nebergall interviews Ivan and Lillian Breidenstein and Ivah Westerhaus of Marion, KS about their experiences growing up as homesteaders in western Kansas in the early 20th century.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository - Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:54 - Introductions

00:02:50 - Miller Boy

00:03:52 - Way Down in the Holler

00:04:39 - We're Marching 'Round the Levee

00:06:06 - Weevilly Wheat

00:07:28 - Here Goes Topsy Through the Window

00:08:25 - Down the Ohio

00:09:16 - Pig in the Parlor

00:10:17 - Paw Paw Patch

00:11:26 - Three Little Girls a' Skating Went

00:12:55 - Skip To My Lou

00:16:01 - Captain Jinks

00:16:49 - Nita Juanita

00:18:09 - Prairie View Literary Society

00:21:02 - Ivan and Lillian Breidenstein interviewed by Bettie Nebergall

00:21:26 - Grandparent's immigration to the United States and moving to Kansas

00:23:42 - Grandfather's failed farm in Butler County

00:25:11 - Prospect School in El Dorado, KS

00:26:36 - After leaving school in the 8th grade

00:27:02 - Common entertainment in the period

00:29:58 - Pranks

00:35:01 - Discipline

00:35:28 - Experiences with Indigenous Americans

00:37:20 - Availability of medical care

00:38:33 - Local churches

00:39:07 - Toys

00:39:38 - Price of goods

00:41:36 - Westerhaus side of the family

00:47:47 - Tobacco spitting incident

00:50:55 - Common entertainment in the period

00:51:42 - Discipline

00:53:41 - Time as a telegraph operator

00:58:05 - Grandfather Westerhaus's Civil War service