Interview with Alice White, 1958-11-20

File — Box: MS 017-03, Folder: MS 017-03-07

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 18

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 18 - CD-ROM, 7 inch Reel Tape, and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 Index Cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 18; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Kansas--History; White, Alice;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Alice White of Coldwater, KS regarding her experiences homesteading in Comanche County, Kansas. Recording contains various songs and remembrances.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:24 - Moving to western Kansas in 1885

00:02:31 - Life in a sod house

00:04:43 - Experience with Indigenous Americans

00:09:30 - School experiences

00:14:14 - Churches

00:19:13 - Literary Society

00:20:14 - Poem, "No I wasn't cryin' neither"

00:22:07 - Poem, "A woman come to our house once"

00:24:10 - Poem, "You're surprised if ever I ay so"

00:28:52 - Poem, "It is well I ran into the garden"

00:29:44 - Poem, "Once there was a kitty"

00:30:44 - Poem, "Kentucky Belle"

00:38:37 - Poem, "Who shall it be?"

00:43:06 - Poem, "St. Valentine's Eve"

00:46:37 - Poem, "Ms. Dorothy Dot with her little red chair"

00:47:09 - Poem, "Kitty, kitty"

00:47:34 - Poem, "Daddy says I love him too"

00:47:55 - Poem, "A good wife rose from her bed that day"

00:49:46 - Poem, "The Dashing Ride of Jenny McNeil"