Interview with Alma Carlson, George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson, 1960-07-24

RT 398 F666m 1960 no. 10 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 2 Audio Cassette Tapes

7 index cards - Carlson, Alma E.; Carlson, Carl E.; Carlson, Laura P.; Folklore of the Middle West, 1960, no. 10; Kansas--History; McCall, R.W.; Sidwell, George;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with Alma Carlson followed by an interview with George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson regarding their experiences as county agents.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:02:05 - Coming to the United States from Sweden

00:02:40 - Chicago fire of 1871

00:05:41 - Moving to Kansas

00:11:24 - Life in the dugout

00:14:50 - Building the frame house

00:16:16 - Life as a Swedish immigrant

00:17:37 - Song, a Swedish verse (Swedish language)

00:18:47 - Song, What a Friend We Have In Jesus (Swedish language)

00:19:03 - Learning English

00:22:50 - Life as a shut-in

00:25:26 - George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson introduction

00:26:15 - George Sidwell, experience as a county agent in Leoti, KS in 1918

00:29:46 - Experience as a county agent in Ness County, KS

00:32:00 - Max McCall, experience as a county agent in Clark County, KS in 1921

00:35:12 - Carl Carlson, experience recruiting labor during a labor shortage and cultural tensions between African Americans and Volga-Germans

00:38:18 - Vaccinating livestock

00:39:54 - Gaining the trust of the Volga-German community in Rush County, KS

00:42:57 - McCall, experiences with prairie dogs and fires in Clark County, KS

00:45:20 - Sidwell, poultry culling

00:46:46 - Gaining the trust of farmers

00:49:07 - George Sibler's Model-T roadster

00:50:22 - Working long hours as a county agent

00:51:51 - Mixing poison for prairie dogs and grasshoppers

00:54:26 - History of the Farm Bureau in Kansas

00:56:25 - McCall, life after working as a county agent

00:57:02 - Sidwell, life after working as a county agent

00:58:36 - Carlson, women in extension work