Interview with J.W. Hickman, Louis Abbott, Velma Goodgody, Mrs. E.D. Brenneman, Herman J. Tholen, Freda Desbian, and Amy Toepfer, 1958-10-19

File — Box: MS 017-03, Folder: MS 017-03-06

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 17

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RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 17 - CD-ROM, 7 inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

13 index cards - Abbott, Louis; Brenneman, Mrs. E.D.; Desbian, Freda; Folklore--Kansas; Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 17; Goodgody, Velma; Hickman, Mrs. J.W. (2); Munsell, Darrell; Sackett, Samuel John; Tholen, Herman J.; Toepfer, Amy; White, Jerry;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interview with J.W. Hickman, Lois Abbot, Velma Goodbody, Mrs. E.D. Brenneman, Herman J. Tholen, Freda Desbian, and Amy Toepfer. Recording includes a variety of old stories and songs along with food culture and Kansas history. Some parts of the recording are unintelligible.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - J.W. Hickman introduction

00:00:14 - Cattle business in Jewell County, KS

00:02:53 - Experience with Indigenous Americans

00:06:47 - Forts in Kansas in 1878 and Fort Larned

00:09:28 - Pawnee Rock

00:09:58 - Santa Fe Trail

00:10:28 - Trees in Kansas

00:15:26 - Louis Abbot introduction

00:15:58 - St. John, KS in 1898

00:17:40 - Life on the farm

00:19:40 - Schools

00:20:20 - Road conditions

00:20:37 - Churches

00:22:18 - Trees in St. John

00:22:58 - Local social and fraternal clubs

00:23:30 - Population of St. John

00:24:00 - Condition of the land and farming

00:25:14 - Oil business in St. John

00:26:18 - Physicians in St. John

00:27:31 - Song, "Babes in the Wood", sung by Velma Goodbody

00:29:35 - Mrs. E.D. Brenneman introduction

00:30:00 - Song, "Dying Cowboy" (Streets of Laredo)

00:31:17 - Comments on the song and history

00:32:42 - Song, "Charles Gateau" (The Murder of James Garfield)

00:34:10 - Herman J. Tholen introduction

00:35:01 - Song, "Babes in the Wood"

00:36:05 - Learning the song in 1898

00:37:01 - Cowboy or barroom song (Streets of Laredo)

00:38:41 - Story about Haverkamp of Grinnell

00:40:26 - Ellis county farmer going to Kansas City

00:41:33 - Volga German weddings in Ellis County

00:44:15 - Frieda Desbian and a story of a murder in Zurich

00:47:18 - Amy Toepfer introduction

00:47:44 - The young man who didn't say his prayers before going to the river and became bewitched

00:50:57 - Kugelsuppe (butter ball soup)

00:52:12 - Cherry tart

00:53:30 - German New Year's wish