Interview with Mela Meisner Lindsay, 1959-09-12

File — Box: MS 017-03, Folder: MS 017-03-10

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1959 no. 02

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1959 no. 02 - CD-ROM, 7 inch Reel Tape and 2 Audio Cassette Tapes

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1959, no. 2 (2); Lindsay, Mela Meisner (2);

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Mela Meisner Lindsay of Hays, KS regarding her experiences as a Volga-German immigrant in Kansas. The first half of the recording is missing.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:57 - Early recipes and food

00:01:30 - Bierock recipe and origin of the food

00:07:36 - Watermelon Syrup

00:09:44 - Black berries

00:10:35 - Butterballs

00:14:00 - Folk cures

00:26:49 - Belief in magic and witches

00:28:38 - Fuel for stoves

00:38:09 - Washing clothes

00:43:05 - Collecting feathers and wool for beds

00:46:08 - Games

00:52:55 - Songs

00:56:49 - Minnow soup

01:01:40 - Repairing an axle

01:03:44 - Storing food