Interviews with Jim White, Clarence W. Beamgard, Artaxa Patten, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin, Aloys, Schneider, and Mary Jane Hamill, 1962-06-15

File — Box: MS 017-07, Folder: MS 017-07-05

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1962 no. 20

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1962 no. 20 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

11 index cards - Beamgard, Clarence W.; Benjamin, Harvey H.; Benjamin, Martha C.; Folklore of the middle west, 1962, No. 20; Folk-songs - West; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Hamill, Mary Jane; Mayfield, Velma; Patten, Artaxa; Schneider, Aloys; White, Jim E.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Jim White, Clarence W. Beamgard, Artaxa Patten, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin, Aloys, Schneider, and Mary Jane Hamill

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

Recording is muffled and can be difficult to understand at times

00:00:19 - Jim White describing the homes of early settlers and antiques in his collection.

00:28:14 - Song, "Home on the Range" played on guitar

00:30:40 - Song, "Poor Folks" played on guitar

00:33:58 - Introduction, Clarence W. Beamgard of Atwood, KS.

00:34:37 - Ethnic makeup of settlers in Kansas

00:37:27 - Personal history

00:38:27 - Entertainment and good times

00:40:10 - Tall tales about Kansas wind

00:41:00 - Song, "That Silver haired Daddy of Mine"

00:44:03 - Song, "The Great American Bum"

00:46:56 - Introduction, Artaxa Patten of Atwood, KS on June 16, 1962

00:47:29 - Song, "The Housekeeper's Lament"

00:50:10 - Introduction, Harvey H. and Martha C. Benjamin on May 17, 1962

00:50:33 - Song, "Nobody Knows but Mother" played on harmonica

00:52:05 - Song, "Sweet Hour of Prayer" played on harmonica

00:53:54 - Introduction, Aloys Schneider

00:54:21 - Song, "The Streets of Laredo"

00:53:27 - Song, "When The Work's All Done This Fall"

00:59:45 - Introduction, Mary Jane Hamill

01:00:16 - Song, "They'll All Be Sorry That They Picked on Me"