Interviews with Harry Robinson, Elsie Berkey, and Maude Franklin, 1971-11-26

File — Box: MS 017-10, Folder: MS 017-10-06

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 07

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 07 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 2 Audio Cassette Tapes

6 index cards - Berkey, Elsie; Folklore of the Middle West, 1971, No. 7.; Folklore - Kansas; Franklin, Maude; Robinson, Dan; Robinson, Harry;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Harry and Helen Robinson, Elsie Berkey, and Maude Franklin

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:01 - Introduction, Harry Robinson of Easton, KS on Thanksgiving Day, 1971 in Russell, Ks

00:00:33 - Millwood raids

00:01:36 - Lynching an African American man in Easton, KS in the 1890s

00:03:30 - Corn thief

00:04:45 - Easton Saloon

00:06:23 - Millwood Saloon

00:06:56 - Story about his grandfather

00:07:42 - Introduction, Helen Robinson

00:08:04 - Family stories

00:11:24 - Introduction, Elsie Berkey of Russell, KS on December 8, 1971

00:11:38 - Biographical information

00:11:53 - Proverbs

00:13:49 - Information about her family

00:14:55 - Recipes

00:15:57 - Family stories

00:20:58 - Games played

00:22:37 - Song, "Old Dan Tucker", vocal

00:24:03 - Childhood stories

00:37:23 - Marriage and children

00:48:22 - Church

00:54:16 - Square dancing

00:55:14 - Gathering walnuts

00:56:31 - Poem, "Remember when hippy meant big in the hips"

00:59:02 - Poem, "The Year of 1969"

01:05:46 - Christianity

01:07:58 - Introduction, Maude Franklin of Russell, KS

01:08:22 - Listening to William Jennings Bryan speak at a Chautauqua

01:09:39 - Personal memories of Tonkawa, Oklahoma

01:12:23 - Teaching school in 1919

01:13:39 - Chautauquas

01:15:12 - A skunk

01:17:09 - Her childhood as an only child

01:20:31 - Games and dances

01:24:16 - Wearing long underwear

01:27:16 - Remedies

01:30:57 - Horse and buggy

01:32:14 - Recipes

01:33:32 - More childhood stories

01:35:58 - Sayings and proverbs