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Box MS 017-12

 Container

Contains 27 Collections and/or Records:

Sackett Folklore Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 017
Scope and Contents The Sackett Folklore Collection consists of documents and audio recordings created and collected by former Fort Hays State Professor of English Dr. Samuel J. Sackett and his graduate assistants between the years 1954 and 1977. Dr. Sackett served in the Department of English at FHSU for 23 years and founded the Kansas Folklore Society. Dr. Sackett and his assistants interviewed immigrants, homesteaders, and other community figures in Kansas and beyond. The project also collected documents...

Folklore Collection Classification Scheme, 1950-1981

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-01
Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-12-01
Scope and Contents Folder Contents : Document – “Lawrence said we have defacto ownership….”Document – “Belief Project Moving Slowly” – 2 pagesDocument – “Classroom Presentation for Kansas Folklore” Dianne Gum, May 9, 1968 – 4 pagesDocument – “Informant Biography, Form B – Dianne Gum, Spring 1968” – 15 pages with different informantsBound Document – “Type and Classification of Folklore” Dr. S.J. Sackett.Note...

Medicine (Folk and Recipes), 1892

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-02
Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-12-02
Scope and Contents

Folder Contents :

Document - “The Every-Day Cook-Book and Encyclopedia of Practical Recipes.” Miss E. Neil, 1892 – 7 pages

Index cards – Handwritten bibliographies written on the back of card catalog cards – 6 cards

A 400 (1 of 2 Folders), 1957-1962

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-03
Identifier: MS 017- subseries A- file MS 017-12-03
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – A 320.01“Ustate, Downstate” B.A. Botkin, Spring, 1962 – 6 pagesNewspaper Document – A 340.01 “Kansans Hard at Work Collecting Folklore” Dick Mann, Topeka Daily Capital – 1 pageDocument – A 420.01 “Song or Story Information, Form C” Margery Staggs – 14 pagesDocument – A 420.02 “Song or Story Information, Form C” Reverend Joseph Buman, April 20, 1960, Collector – Sister Mary Luke...

A 400 (2 of 2 Folders), 1962-1968

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-04
Identifier: MS 017- subseries A- file MS 017-12-04
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – A 420.15 “Recipes and Prescriptions for the Great Plains” Roberta C. Stout – 4 pagesDocument – A 420.16 “Soaps from cracklings or fat scraps” Mary Roberts, January 4, 1964, Collector Gerald B. Whipple – 1 pageDocument – A 420.17 “Soaps from lard or grease” Mary Roberts, January 4, 1964, Collector Gerald B. Whipple – 1 pageDocument – A 420.18 “About the size of mosquitos” Steve Lewis,...

A 500, 1912-1954

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-05
Identifier: MS 017- subseries A- file MS 017-12-05
Scope and Contents

Folder Contents :

Document – A 538.501 “Song or Story Information, Form C” Laura P. Carlson – 5 pages

Document – A 780.01 “A College Course in Kansas Folklore” S.J. Sackett – 15 pages

B 400 – 476.25 Tales, 1958-1968

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-06
Identifier: MS 017- subseries B- file MS 017-12-06
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – F B 400.01 “A Fast Ride” Clara Baumfalk – 1 pageDocument – F B 400.02 “Two Stories Heard in the Funeral Parlor” Jerry Allison – 2 pagesDocument – B 400.1 “Song or Story Information, Form C” Ethyle Ballard, March 28, 1959, Collector Cherel Ballard – 2 pagesDocument – B 400.2 “The Rainbow” Emma Burrell – 1 pageDocument – B 400.3 “A Story of the First Stringed Instruments”...

B 476.26 – 499 Tales, 1958-1968

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-07
Identifier: MS 017- subseries B- file MS 017-12-07
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – B 476.26 “Early Kansas Farming” John Briggs, April 2, 1968 – 7 pagesDocument – B 476.27 “Catherine, Kansas” Al Schmidt, April 20, 1968 – 7 pagesDocument – B 476.28 “Life of a Cook on Trail Drives” Pete Yunker, March 7, 1968, Collector Paula Degnan – 3 pagesDocument – B 476.29 “Immigrants to Munjor” Sherry Holzmeister, March 14, 1968 – 5 pagesDocument – B 476.30 “Song or...

Unlabeled [B 500 – 500.20], 1957-1961

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-08
Identifier: MS 017- subseries B- file MS 017-12-08
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – B 500.01 “Pioneer Tale” Gladys Green, June 24, 1958 – 3 pagesDocument – F B 500.011 “The following are…” Clara Baunafalk, June 24, 1958 – 3 pagesDocument – B 500.02 “Majestic Ranges…” J.O. Carter, July 21, 1958 – 2 pagesDocument – B 500.021 “Early Days” Lawrence Smith, May 1961, Collector Robert Smith – 1 pageDocument – B 500.031 “Paint, Preacher’s Kids…” …” J.O. Carter,...

B 500.201 – 500.57 Legend – Reminiscence, 1958-1964

 File — Box: MS 017-12, Folder: MS 017-12-09
Identifier: MS 017- subseries B- file MS 017-12-09
Scope and Contents Folder Contents :Document – F B 500.201 “Indian Scare” Mattie Jacka, March 11, 1961, Collector Doris Quenzer – 1 pageDocument – B 500.21 “The First House In Jetmore…” Margaret Haun Raser – 1 pageDocument – F B 500.211 “Reminiscence of Ina Stoskopf” Summer 1961, Collector Beth Boger – 1 pageDocument – B 500.22 “When I was planning…” Leo Lewis Westerhaus, July 7, 1958, Bettie Nebergall – 1 pageDocument...