Interviews with "Red" Holmes, Amy Smith, Horace and Floy Jones, Bonita Thompson, Marie Dorsey, Margaret Hatt, Clara Switzer, Jane Kain, and Joan Kesser, 1971-11-07

File — Box: MS 017-10, Folder: MS 017-10-09

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 10

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RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 10 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

9 index cards - Dorsey, Marie; Folklore of the Middle West, 1971, No. 10.; Folklore - Kansas; Holmes, Red; Jones, Horace; Kain, Jane; Orr, Curtis; Smith, Amy; Thompson, Bonita;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with "Red" Holmes, Amy Smith, Horace and Floy Jones, Bonita Thompson, Marie Dorsey, Margaret Hatt, Clara Switzer, Jane Kain and Joan Kesser

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00:00:00 - Introduction, Milton "Red" Holmes of Woodston, KS

00:00:14 - Song, "Home Sweet Home Waltz", harmonica and autoharp

00:02:01 - Song, "The Little Twin Coons", banjo and vocal (racist language)

00:03:41 - Song, untitled, banjo and vocal

00:04:25 - Song, "Watermelon Song", banjo and vocal (racist language)

00:05:06 - Song, "Negro Whistler", banjo and vocal (racist language)

00:06:11 - Song, "Whoa Mule", banjo and vocal

00:07:33 - Introduction, Amy Smith of Woodston, KS

00:07:51 - Song, "A Georgia Rose", guitar and vocal

00:11:27 - Poem, "The Hook Worm"

00:13:06 - Song, "The Marriage Festival", vocal and guitar (racist language)

00:15:47 - Poem, "Old Roller Towel"

00:18:22 - Introduction, Horace and Floy Jones of Russell, KS

00:18:42 - Tall tales

00:20:27 - Song, "Kansas Land", vocal

00:20:55 - Kansas girl's imagination

00:21:40 - Poem about Women's Suffrage, "Hans Dunderkopf"

00:25:19 - Poem, "The Puzzled Dutchman"

00:26:41 - Poem, "Monday's Child"

00:27:10 - Husking Bee

00:27:41 - Introduction, Bonita Thompson of Russell, KS

00:28:04 - Eulenspiegel and family lore

00:33:11 - Marie Dorsey of Protection, KS. This interview begins in progress

00:33:19 - Introduction

00:33:40 - Song, "Blue Danube", whistling

00:36:36 - Explanation and more whistling

00:37:54 - Poem, "There was an old woman . . ."

00:39:09 - Song, "Six Little Mice", vocal

00:39:59 - Introduction, Margaret Hatt of Protection, KS

00:40:31 - Song, "I Love the Name Protection"

00:41:06 - Czech folk song, "Cats and Dogs"

00:41:53 - Lullaby, "The Slumber Boat"

00:42:50 - Song, "The Fiddle"

00:43:13 - Clara Switzer of Protection, KS

00:43:30 - Song, "The Ditty"

00:44:14 - Jane Kain of Protection, KS

00:44:41 - Song, "Mary Margaret Truman"

00:45:26 - Song, "We are nuns of Coddie Sea"

00:47:12 - Song, "Hark the Dotty Coddies Shout"

00:47:51 - Song, Dotty Codie vacation song

00:48:40 - Introduction, Joan Messer of Pratt, KS

00:48:48 - Song, "The Fox"

00:50:10 - Song, "Soldier, Soldier"

00:51:54 - Song, "Colorado Trail"

00:52:28 - Song, "The Riddle"

00:53:34 - Song, "Perry, Meri, Dixi, and Dominie"

00:55:44 - Song, "Two Brothers"

00:57:40 - Song, "My Good Old Man"

00:59:30 - Song, "Woman Got Home"

01:01:09 - Song, "Wizard Oil"