Interview with Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Morgan, Mrs. C.E Toothacher, and Mr. Ervin Morgan, 1960-07-23

File — Box: MS 017-04, Folder: MS 017-04-10

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 06

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RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 06 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

8 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1960, no. 6; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Kansas--History; Morgan, Ervin; Morgan, Laura; Morgan, W.E.; Morgan, Mrs. W.E.; Toothacher, Mrs. C.E.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Lena and Walter Morgan, Mrs. Pearl Toothacher, and Mr. Ervin Morgan containing various stories and remembrances.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:41 - Lena Deibert Morgan, Moving to Kansas from Iowa in the winter of 1901

00:02:54 - Life on the farm south of Hoxie, KS

00:03:47 - Walter Morgan, early life history

00:05:52 - Early memories

00:06:34 - School experiences

00:07:45 - Herding cattle

00:11:08 - Literaries and dances

00:12:26 - Churches and Sunday schools

00:14:16 - Proverbs and sayings

00:18:40 - Superstitions

00:20:13 - Remedies

00:22:33 - Prairie Fires

00:25:06 - Audio becomes very quiet

00:26:13 - Normal audio resumes

00:26:20 - Interview with Pearl Toothacher introduction

00:26:44 - Family history and early memories

00:27:58 - Experience with Indigenous Americans in 1883

00:29:55 - Child reading the bible

00:30:31 - Poem, Gripe and Grin

00:31:04 - Poem, Like October

00:32:14 - Ervin Morgan introduction

00:33:07 - Grandfather's life as an Army scout and homesteader

00:35:25 - Grandfather Morgan's acquaintance with Buffalo Bill Cody

00:36:10 - Museum Ranch in Sheridan County, KS

00:37:27 - Indigenous American remains on Museum Ranch

00:37:59 - Cattle drives

00:39:57 - Experience with Indigenous Americans in 1878

00:44:30 - Bank Robbers at Lenora, KS

00:46:53 - Laura Morgan, family's arrival in western Kansas

00:48:12 - Quaker sayings