T. W. Wells Lecture - April 13, 1961, 1961-04-13

File — Box: MS 017-05, Folder: MS 017-05-08

Identifier: MS 017- File MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 03

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RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 03 - CD-ROM and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

3 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1961, no. 3; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Wells, Thornton Walton;

Typed and handwritten notes.

A recording of a lecture given by Thornton Walton Wells, former school superintendent of Russell County Schools, to Samuel Sackett's folklore class at Fort Hays Kansas State College on April 13, 1961.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Cheyenne Bottoms: Hunting, Laying the Railroad and Dog Racing.

00:18:00 - Folklore discussion: Cocklebur story

00:22:08 - Osage Orange wood

00:25:33 - Fish skin purse

00:29:42 - Hunting

00:30:29 - Hydrophobia (rabies), mad stones, other fears

00:42:32 - Mother Bickerdyke and buffalo hunts

00:45:18 - Poem "How do I know my youth is all spent?"