Memories of the 1930s - FHKSC Radio Program, 1968-01-01

File — Box: MS 017-10, Folder: MS 017-10-15

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1973 no. 01

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RT 398 F666m 1973 no. 1 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1973, No. 1.; Folklore - Kansas; Gum, Diane; Memories of the 1930's;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Dr. Ray McCartney, Mrs. H.E. Malloy, Etta L. Wiest, H.J. Tholen, John Schaeffer, Frank and Marianne Anderson, John and Edna Zielke, Lydia Eichman, Helen Wise, and John Bird

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction and background

00:01:16 - Introduction, Dr. Ray McCartney

00:04:42 - Teaching at Fort Hays in the 1930s during dust storms

00:09:54 - Introduction, Mrs. H.E. Malloy

00:10:19 - Keeping house during the dust storms

00:12:51 - Introduction, Etta Wiest

00:13:08 - The first dust storm in Hays. From here out the interviews are recorded over music which plays in reverse in the background.

00:17:05 - Introduction, H.J. Tholen

00:17:22 - Economy in Hays during the 1930s

00:25:40 - Introduction, John Schaeffer

00:25:48 - Welfare relief workers during the Dust Bowl

00:28:19 - Conclusion to the first half

00:29:20 - Introduction to the second half

00:30:47 - Introduction, Frank and Marianne Anderson

00:31:06 - Farming during the Dust Bowl

00:34:49 - Keeping house during the Dust Bowl

00:37:08 - Tall tale about a badger

00:37:38 - Introduction, John and Edna Zielke

00:37:45 - Farming and raising livestock during the Dust Bowl

00:44:07 - Introduction, Lydia Eichman

00:44:25 - Losing the farm as a result of the Dust Bowl

00:45:40 - Introduction, Helen Wise

00:45:52 - Challenges raising a family during the Dust Bowl

00:53L53 - Conclusion