Interview with Viola and Melvin Calhoun, 1971-12-05

File — Box: MS 017-10, Folder: MS 017-10-02

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 03

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 03 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Calhoun, Melvin; Folklore of the Middle West, 1971, No. 3.; Folklore - Kansas; Underwood, Lowell P.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interview with Viola and Melvin Calhoun, an African American couple living in Russell, KS

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:02 - Introduction

00:00:22 - Remedies for cold: corn shuck tea, cotton seed tea, cow chip tea, poultices

00:05:26 - Remedy for tapeworms and fever

00:07:30 - Remedy for lockjaw

00:08:29 - Using spider webs instead of stitches

00:08:52 - Charm against black cats

00:10:03 - Remedy for measles

00:10:33 - Remedy for red bugs

00:12:44 - Killing a black snake to make it rain

00:14:35 - Superstitions

00:18:14 - Removing warts

00:19:15 - Story about the song "Give me Jesus"

00:20:08 - Meeting a cross-eyed girl

00:20:51 - Story about a "witch fella"

00:24:03 - Three divisions of the "Negro Race"

00:30:11 - The "Blue Vein" club

00:32:10 - "White mouth" and use of racialized language

00:38:04 - Career as a teacher

00:54:47 - Song, "He's my Rock, My Sword, My Shield", piano and vocal