Interviews with Jessie Mae Decker, Mary Burgtorf McKinney, and Ralph McKinney, 1965-06-20

File — Box: MS 017-08, Folder: MS 017-08-14

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 07

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1965 no. 07 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Decker, Mrs.; Folklore of the Middle West, 1965, No. 7.; Folklore - Kansas; McKinney, Mr.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Jessie Mae Decker, Mary Burgtorf McKinney, and Ralph McKinney

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:11 - Winter storm of February 13, 1919 told by Jessie Mae Decker of Great Bend, KS

00:03:30 - Flood of Walnut Creek in the 1870's told by Mary McKinney

00:08:30 - Life on the family farm told by Ralph McKinney

00:16:23 - Pranks played on fellow students

00:19:15 - Mary McKinney reads from the diary of her in-laws, Andrew and Mariah McKinney who homesteaded east of Great Bend in 1870. The diary spans the years 1875-1876. Mentions Mrs. Bickerdyke.

00:32:26 - Recording cuts off