Interviews with Dova Wolfe Williams, Mildred McMullen, June Sinclair, Beulah V. White, Florence Mallott and Ima Van Natter, 1962-06-15

File — Box: MS 017-08, Folder: MS 017-08-13

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 06

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RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 06 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

9 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1965, No. 6.; Folklore - Kansas; Green, Mildred Muller; Mallott, Florence; Natter, Ima Van; Sinclair, June; Sinclair, Norma; Tague, Mary Jane; White, Beulah V.; Williams, Dova Wolfe;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Dova Wolfe Williams, Mildred McMullen, June Sinclair, Beulah V. White, Florence Mallott, Irma Van Natter and Ezra G. Reese

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:01 - Introduction, Dova Wolfe Williams on June 15, 1962 by Norma Sinclair at Norton, KS

00:00:23 - Signs and superstitions

00:02:37 - Folk beliefs

00:04:32 - Weather wisdom

00:05:52 - Cures and remedies

00:08:07 - Superstitions

00:08:34 - Poetry from an autograph book from the early 1900s

00:16:40 - Superstitions and proverbs

00:21:10 - Introduction, Mildred McMullen Green of Norton, KS on June 16-17, 1962 by Norma Sinclair

00:21:32 - Ballad from her Masters Thesis, The Prairie Sings , "The Cork Leg"

00:25:07 - "Spirit of the Plains" Based on the experience of her grandmother, Belinda Webber

00:30:49 - Introduction, June Sinclair of Wichita, KS by Norma Sinclair

00:31:09 - Little Moron jokes

00:32:47 - Sentimental songs sung at funerals for children. "Two Little Hands"

00:34:07 - Introduction, Beulah V. Murphy White of Bonner Springs, KS on April 16, 1965 by Mary Jane Tague.

00:34:45 - Folk lore and sayings

00:36:01 - History of Pat and Mike Jokes

00:37:59 - Music of the area

00:38:52 - Last line of a song about a blind girl, "They Tell me Father . . .", vocal

00:39:21 - Last line of a song about a prince and a princess, "I could not help but love him", vocal

00:40:30 - Partial song about a girl who sought help in a barroom, "She's only a maiden . . .", vocal

00:40:58 - Railroad songs

00:42:02 - Introduction, Florence Mallott of Edwardsville, KS on April 18, 1965 by Mary Jane Tague

00:42:26 - Story and song about a Black boy writing a song for his love interest (racist language)

00:43:37 - Introduction, Irma Van Natter of Carl Junction, MO on April 27, 1965 by Mary Jane Tague.

00:43:59 - Song, "Tell me father", vocal

00:46:53 - Song, "Down By the Weeping Willow", vocal

00:49:41 - Song, "Put My Little Shoes Away", vocal

00:52:31 - Introduction, Ezra G. Reese by Irma Natter

00:52:37 - Biographical information and early life

00:53:48 - Salvation Army Song, "Roll the Ole' Chariots", vocal

00:55:30 - Pat and Mike jokes

01:01:22 - "Big Rock Candy Mountain" read by a woman