Interviews with John Hartman, Walter C. Harsh and Lee Samuels, 1965-04-28

File — Box: MS 017-08, Folder: MS 017-08-11

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 04

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RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 04 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

7 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1965, No. 4.; Folk-lore - Kansas; Harsh, Donna Jean; Harsh, Walter C.; Hartman, John; Samuels, Lee; Zrubek, Ken;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with John Hartman, Walter C. Harsh and Lee Samuels

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:03 - Introduction, John T. Hartman of Pratt, KS

00:00:28 - Folk legend of Skunk Johnson

00:03:01 - A ghostly light in Cherokee County, Kansas

00:06:07 - Introduction, Walter C. Harsh of Lincoln, KS on May 9, 1965 by Donna Harsh

00:06:27 - Biographical information

00:06:48 - Blizzard of 1888

00:07:47 - 1891 move to Enterprise, KS in Dickinson County and a visit from a church elder

00:08:52 - Life in Kansas in the late 19th century

00:11:14 - Story about a man he knew in Stockton, KS

00:12:01 - Prices of common goods in the late 19th century

00:13:00 - First steam threshing machine

00:13:40 - Getting kicked by a colt

00:15:08 - Moving from Illinois to homestead in Trego County, KS in 1878

00:16:33 - Grandfather's move to near Chicago in 1850 and the later Chicago fire

00:17:57 - Grandfather's work on the Erie Canal

00:18:45 - Father's work as an ordained minister

00:19:54 - Games played as a child

00:21:44 - Ice house at Enterprise, KS

00:24:05 - Playing coronet in the community band

00:26:04 - Story about Tipton, KS

00:27:14 - Work on the railroad near Waconda Springs

00:28:49 - Move to Texas in 1911 and a fish story. The story ends before finishing.

00:32:53 - Introduction, Lee Samuels of Stockton, KS on May 9, 1965 by Donna Harsh

00:33:31 - Early life and biographical information

00:36:30 - Hiring harvest hands the the IWW (International Workers of the World)

00:37:37 - Anti-union sentiments and abuse of workers (racist language)

00:40:15 - Medical care in the early 20th century

00:42:43 - Story about why he doesn't like fish

00:43:29 - Mail carriers

00:45:43 - Florida land speculation

00:48:44 - Schooling in the late 19th century at rural schools

00:52:52 - Working in the lumberyard

00:55:47 - Railroad shipping

01:00:14 - Dust Storms of 1933 in WaKeeney KS

01:03:46 - Story of Uncle Bob Samuels who murdered an Indigenous man

01:08:00 - Story about their dog named Bob and a description of their dugout

01:14:42 - Song, "Casey Jones" spoken word

01:15:50 - Song, "Don't Count Your Chickens" vocal

01:16:22 - Winter of 1911

01:19:26 - Life events in the 1920s and 1930s