Interview with Laura & Karl E. Carlson and Mr. & Mrs. August H. Schulte, 1960-07-23

RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 05 - CD-ROM and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

5 index cards - Carlson, Karl E.; Carlson, Laura P.; Folklore of the Middle West, 1960, no. 5; Kansas--History; Schutte, August;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Laura & Karl E. Carlson and Mr. & Mrs. August H. Schulte containing various songs and remembrances from rural western Kansas in the early 20th century

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:55 - Family's arrival in Kansas in 1876

00:04:08 - Song, She Sailed in the Air with a Tulip on her Breast

00:04:40 - Song, Way Down in the Buttercup Meadow

00:08:16 - Song, Noah's Ark (Swedish Language Song)

00:08:45 - Carlson family arrival from Sweden and early family history

00:10:19 - The homestead

00:11:07 - Raising cattle

00:23:29 - Sod busting and farming

00:24:18 - Entertainment and Recreation: church, school, Literaries, parties, and dances

00:25:34 - Interview with August Schulte and wife introduction. Mr. Schulte was a stonecutter who helped build Picken Hall on the FHSU Campus in 1904. This area of the recording is difficult to understand

00:26:29 - Construction of Picken Hall

00:29:44 - Education in Salina

00:35:18 - Family history

00:37:17 - Marriage and education

The remainder of the tape is an unrelated recording of a casual conversation with a child. This portion of the recording has been omitted. The full tape, unedited, is available by request.