Interview with Wilbur S. Fry, 1960-04-29

File — Box: MS 017-04, Folder: MS 017-04-06

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 02

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RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 02 - 1 Audio Cassette Tape

5 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1960, no. 2; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Fry, Wilbur S.; Kansas-History; McDonald, Emerson;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Wilbur S. Fry of Great Bend, KS regarding his experiences in Kansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:36 - Personal background

00:01:22 - Country conditions around Great Bend

00:02:16 - School experiences, entertainments, and songs

00:03:41 - Two lynchings of Black men in Great Bend

00:04:52 - Christmas celebrations

00:06:30 - First ice cream

00:07:22 - Baby dies during a blizzard

00:08:30 - Church experiences

00:09:38 - GAR Hall

00:10:41 - African Americans in Great Bend

00:11:18 - Experiences after school, college, and career

00:12:32 - Wheat harvesting methods

00:16:00 - Square dances

00:17:32 - Salina YMCA songs

00:18:16 - Song, There's a really splendid town

00:18:42 - Song, There's a short, short, trail

00:19:14 - Song, What's the matter with Salina?

00:19:55 - Song, The YMCA

00:20:21 - YMCA campaign of 1915

00:20:42 - C.P Townsley founder of Great Bend Tribune newspaper, and his New Years custom

00:21:28 - Great Bend town infrastructure (sidewalks, streets, lights, and electricity)

00:23:20 - Shopping in Great Bend and means of travel

00:25:52 - Blizzard of 1886