Interview with Cleve and Debbie Wineinger, 1957-12-01

File — Box: MS 017-01, Folder: MS 017-01-15

Identifier: MS 017- File MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 6

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RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 6 - 7 inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

7 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1957, no. 6; Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas; Ross, Frank T. (3); Wineinger, Cleve; Wineinger, Mrs. Cleve

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Cleve and Debbie Wineinger regarding their experiences homesteading in Kansas and Nebraska during the sod house days.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository - Digitized Copy of Recording

00:01:05 - Living in a sod house

00:03:29 - Games played by children of the time including Baseball

00:03:55 - School experiences

00:05:30 - Indigenous Americans in Nebraska

00:06:45 - Farming experiences

00:14:08 - Fruit orchards

00:14:39 - Canning

00:15:55 - Vegetable gardens

00:16:45 - Windmills

00:17:18 - Rattlesnake hunting

00:20:17 - Halloween Prank

00:22:16 - Watermelon swiping

00:22:40 - Pranks

00:26:03 - Crime

00:33:01 - Superstitions

00:35:14 - Folk medicine

00:40:00 - Pranks at church camp meetings

00:43:10 - Change from horses to automobiles

00:49:40 - Church experiences

00:50:35 - Major changes of the past 50 years