Interviews with Walter Williams, Ira Leidig, Troy Thomas Dillinger, Troy Clyde Dillinger, Leland C. Rumford, Fred Riddle, Virgil Miller, and Cecil Miller, 1961-05-16

File — Box: MS 017-05, Folder: MS 017-05-10

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 05

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RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 05 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 2 Audio Cassette Tapes

14 index cards - Brown, Carole Jean; Dillinger, Troy T.; Folklore - Kansas; Folklore of the Middle West, 1961, no. 5; Hayes, Bill; Leidig, Ira; Miller, Cecil A.; Miller, Virgil E.; Newbridge, Agnes; Quenzer, Doris L.; Riddle, Fred; Rumford, Clair, Rumford, Leland C.; Williams, Walter;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Walter Williams, Ira Leidig, Troy Thomas Dillinger, Troy Clyde Dillinger, Lelanc C. Rumford, Ed Hirschler, Fred Riddle, Virgil Miller, and Cecil Miller regarding their early experiences in Kansas.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:17 - Introduction to interview with Ira Leidig by Carol Jean Brown

00:00:35 - Brewster then and now

00:01:46 - First job sod busting in 1912

00:03:30 - Meeting the Oklahoma Kid at the Cimarron River Bottom, Oklahoma

00:07:06 - Hunting and preserving quail

00:09:47 - Introduction to interview with Ira Leidig by Bill Hays

00:10:15 - 1878 raid by Indigenous Americans in Decatur County, KS

00:19:18 - Introduction to interview with Troy T. Dillinger by Doris L. Quinzer

00:19:43 - Dust storms

00:21:02 - Poem, "Excuse Me If I Shed a Tear."

00:23:26 - Introduction to interview with Arlita S. Dillinger by Doris L. Quinzer

00:23:54 - Poem, "Widow Sprigin's Daughter"

00:25:24 - Introduction to interview with Troy C. Dillinger by Doris L. Quinzer

00:25:40 - Song, "The Matinee"

00:29:34 - Song, "Old Farmer" or "Farmer's Daughter"

00:31:10 - Song, "Katie Lee and Willie Gray"

00:33:22 - Introduction to interview with Troy T. Dillinger by Doris L. Quinzer

00:33:36 - Hunting coyotes

00:35:16 - Introduction to interview with Leland Rumford by Clair Rumford

00:35:36 - Song, "Old Joe Finley"

00:37:16 - Introduction to interview of Ed Hirschler by Clair Rumford

00:37:36 - Sam Hertel murders and hanging

00:45:53 - A Boston millionaire's son and his troubles with sheep

00:53:13 - Introduction to interview with Virgil and Cecil Miller by Clair Rumford

00:53:36 - Song "Little Robbie"

00:56:00 - Play party games

00:57:07 - Miller boy

00:58:58 - Pig in the parlor

01:00:53 - Skip to my Lou

01:03:54 - Old Dan Tucker

01:05:07 - Topsy Through The Window

01:06:03 - The Girl I Left Behind Me

01:08:41 - Buffalo Gal

01:10:44 - Farmer Boy or Oats, Beans, and Barley Grow

01:17:57 - Wabash Bottoms and Weevilly Wheat

01:21:32 - Introduction to interview with Fred Riddle by Agnes Newbridge. This portion of the recording is muffled.

01:21:53 - Home remedies

01:26:32 - Recording of interview with unknown woman from Cimarron, KS

01:28:07 - Influenza epidemic of 1918

01:29:00 - Farming

01:32:20 - Song, Be Kind To One Another