Interview with Swedish immigrants living in WaKeeney, KS, 1958-06-23
File — Box: MS 017-02, Folder: MS 017-02-07
Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 02
RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 02 - 7 inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape
20 index cards - Folk-lore--Kansas; Folk-songs, Swedish--Kansas; Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 2; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Knutson, Othelia; Hanson, Margaret; Hanson, Phillip; Meisner, Eva; Nelson, Hannah; Olson, Dale; Olson, Egla E. Steinle (4); Olson, Emil; Olson, Otto; Powers, Elia; Schwein, Lena; Trego County, Kansas--History; Walker, Mildred;
Typed and handwritten notes.
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.
Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording
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
20 index cards - Folk-lore--Kansas; Folk-songs, Swedish--Kansas; Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 2; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Knutson, Othelia; Hanson, Margaret; Hanson, Phillip; Meisner, Eva; Nelson, Hannah; Olson, Dale; Olson, Egla E. Steinle (4); Olson, Emil; Olson, Otto; Powers, Elia; Schwein, Lena; Trego County, Kansas--History; Walker, Mildred;
Typed and handwritten notes.
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.
Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording
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
Dates
- 1958-06-23
Language of Materials
English; Swedish; German;
Extent
From the Collection: 11 Cubic Feet (11 boxes of audio recordings with transcripts.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Sackett, Samuel John, 1928-2018 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Fort Hays State University Special Collections Repository