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Interviews with Birdie Bell Wert Ford, Lelia Dell Kay, Bernice Fort, Marie Dahl, Glenn Wright, Lyndon L. McDougal, Kermit M. Greason, James D. Greason, William Rahe, Egla Olson, and Phillip Hanson, 1961-12-10

 File — Box: MS 017-05, Folder: MS 017-05-14
Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 09
RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 09 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

17 index cards - Dahl, Marie; Folklore of the Middle West, 1961, no. 9; Folk-songs - Kansas; Ford, Birdie Bell (Wert); Fort, Bernice; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Frontier and pioneer life - Oklahoma; Greason, James D.; Greason, Kermit M.; Hamill, Mary Jane; Hanson, Phillip; Kay, Lelia Dell; McDougal, Lyndon L.; Olson, Egla E. Steinle; Rahe, William; Tawney, Carrie Henrietta; Wright, Glenn A.;Folk-songs - Kansas; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Soliday, Martha; Soliday, Phyllis;Gunckel, Edith Dale; Gunckel, Oscar Lee; Kansas – History; Keyser, Calvin H.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Birdie Bell Wert Ford, Lelia Dell Kay, Bernice Fort, Marie Dahl, Glenn Wright, Lyndon L. McDougal, Kermit M. Greason, James D. Greason, William Rahe, Egla Olson, and Phillip Hanson regarding their experiences in Kansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:32 - Birdie Bell Wert Ford, traveling to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1907

00:03:33 - Remedy for warts

00:06:29 - Literaries

00:07:20 - Introduction, Lelia Dell Kay

00:07:43 - Mrs. Kay's wedding and shivaree in 1903

00:09:50 - Her children

00:10:09 - Her husband's death in 1907

00:10:31 - The horse and buggy wreck

00:11:36 - Pie suppers

00:12:38 - Introduction, Bernice Fort of Casper, Wyoming on December 25, 1961

00:13:02 - Songs of Stafford County, Kansas

00:13:11 - Song, "Two Babes in the Woods"

00:14:05 - Song, "Little Black Birdie"

00:14:41 - Song, "Leather Britches"

00:14:55 - Lelia Dell Kay, continuation

00:15:12 - Grandfather's contact with Indigenous Americans in Stafford County, KS

00:16:31 - Information regarding the continuation of the Lelia Dell Kay interview and poisoning a bob cat

00:17:21 - Introduction, Marie Dahl of Colby, KS on December 31, 1961

00:17:45 - Song, "Baby Bye"

00:18:21 - Introduction, Glenn A. Wright of McDonald, KS on January 11, 1962

00:18:45 - Square dancing

00:19:12 - Song, "Lady around the Lady"

00:20:52 - Song, "Out on the plains of Kansas" (The Dew-berry Song)

00:21:26 - Information about the preceding song

00:21:46 - Introduction, Lyndon L. McDougal of Atwood, KS on January 14, 1962

00:22:09 - Square dance call, "O jump up and never come down"

00:25:14 - Square dance call, "Birdie in the Cage"

00:26:26 - Square dance call, "Wave the Ocean"

00:28:06 - Square dance call, "Around that couple and take a little peek"

00:30:00 - Square dance call, "Indigenous American style"

00:31:10 - Square dance call, "All the company lead a lady"

00:32:59 - Square dance call, "The young fellows do it, deep, down"

00:34:17 - Introduction, Kermit and James Greason of Atwood, KS on January 17, 1962

00:34:38 - Song, "Winter Time"

00:35:05 - Song, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"

00:35:43 - Song, "Little 'Liza Jane"

00:36:10 - Song, "The Bulldog on the Bank"

The tape is degraded and the remaining portion of the Greason interview is missing.

00:36:46 - Song, "The Moon"

00:37:45 - Song, "Rock-a-bye Baby"

00:38:53 - Song, "Little Birdie"

00:39:26 - Song, "Cotton-eyed Joe"

00:39:42 - Song, "Put this Hat On Your Head"

00:40:04 - Song, "There was an old woman who lived on the moon"

00:40:24 - Song, Introduction, William Rahe of Ludell, KS. The very beginning of the interview is degraded but quality improves.

00:40:56 - Song, "Du, du liegst mir am Herzen"

00:41:29 - Song, "Zu Lauterbach hab ich mein strumpf Verlorn"

00:41:51 - Song, "Darling Nellie Gray"

00:42:33 - Introduction, Egla Olson of WaKeeney, KS. Tape is degraded and difficult to understand.

00:42:29 - Song, "At The Cross"

00:44:17 - Song, "Jesus is Calling"

00:45:43 - Mrs. Olson's old hymnal from 1897

00:46:07 - Poem, "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"

00:47:55 - Introduction, Phillip Hanson of WaKeeney, KS.

00:48:10 - Poem, "Speak for yourself, John"

00:50:17 - Song, "Skip to my Lou" on accordion



Dates

  • 1961-12-10

Language of Materials

English; German;

Extent

From the Collection: 11 Cubic Feet (11 boxes of audio recordings with transcripts.)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Fort Hays State University Special Collections Repository

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Hays KS 67601 United States