Interview with Mary C. Highland of Bucklin, KS, 1958-01-01

File — Box: MS 017-03, Folder: MS 017-03-04

Identifier: MS 017- File MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 15

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RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 15 - CD-ROM and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

5 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 15; Highland, Marg. (2); Kansas--History; Webber, Philip;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Mary C. Highland regarding her experiences as a homesteader in western Kansas

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:01:36 - Harvesting milo

00:02:43 - Life in the sod house

00:05:43 - Women homesteaders

00:06:25 - Corporal punishment in the schools

00:07:49 - Looking at photographs

00:10:47 - Old Bucklin

00:11:33 - First automobiles

00:14:33 - Trees in Kansas

00:15:09 - Wild game

00:18:06 - Carrying a firearm

00:19:25 - Family arriving in Kansas

00:20:42 - Boot Hill

00:22:12 - Experiences with Indigenous Americans

00:23:12 - Family immigrating from Germany

00:25:46 - Criticisms of the government and economic system

00:26:42 - Early Jetmore

00:29:16 - Changes in the river

00:30:54 - Herding sheep

00:31:53 - Sister-in-law having a baby (tape ends and is incomplete)