Interview with Fannie T. Taylor, Eunice Schubert, and Martin A. Stites, 1960-07-14

File — Box: MS 017-04, Folder: MS 017-04-12

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 08

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RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 08 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

7 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1960, no. 8; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Kansas--History; Schubert, Eunice I.; Stites, Elvena; Stites, Martin A.; Taylor, Fannie T.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Fannie T. Taylor, Eunice Schubert, and Martin A. Stites regarding their experiences in rural western Kansas in the early 20th century. Recording includes various poems and folk songs.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:32 - Early experiences in Bourbon County, KS

00:01:12 - Remedies

00:01:54 - Games

00:03:13 - Animals

00:03:46 - Sunday School and Church

00:04:09 - Snakes

00:04:32 - Turkeys

00:04:43 - Harvest

00:06:27 - School experiences and entertainment

00:08:48 - Sunday visits

00:09:21 - Learning about Crawfish

00:09:35 - Preserving food

00:10:03 - Cars

00:10:35 - Relationship with neighbors

00:11:28 - Spelling bees and ciphering matches

00:13:01 - Clothing

00:13:36 - The barn and chores

00:14:50 - Predicting weather

00:16:22 - Proverbs and sayings

00:17:17 - Nursery rhymes

00:17:58 - Picking blackberries and finding baby skunks

00:20:41 - Eunice Schubert, making molasses and taffy parties

00:22:55 - Making sauerkraut

00:24:07 - Playing split proverbs

00:25:27 - Martin S. Stites introduction

00:25:52 - Biographical information and early memories of life on a homestead

00:28:53 - Flood on Sugar Creek in 1878

00:31:26 - Singing experiences

00:33:13 - Moving west in 1886

00:36:33 - Building log cabins and establishing a farm

00:38:12 - Outbreak of typhoid fever in Boulder County, CO

00:38:52 - Move to Graham County, KS in 1910

00:41:20 - Introduction to songs

00:41:48 - Song, Give the Boy a Chance

00:45:08 - Song, Paper of Pins

00:47:00 - Introduction to song

00:47:13 - Song, I Wish I Had My Nickel Back

00:48:32 - Introduction to song

00:48:50 - Song, My Mama Told Me

00:49:15 - Song, My Little Gray Kitty

00:51:06 - Song, The Hunting Song

00:53:10 - Poem, Kansas Land

00:54:28 - Reading, Hans Stufienheimer and His Family Troubles