Interview with George S. Merritt, Madalen Merritt, Ava Schwindt and Louis T. Jacobi, 1962-06-11

RT 398 F666m 1962 no. 11- 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

8 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1962, no. 11; Folk-songs - Kansas; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Jacobi, Louis T.; Merritt, George S.; Merritt, George W.; Merritt, Madelen; Patterson, Helen; Schwindt, Ava;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interview with George S. Merritt, Madalen Merritt, Ava Schwindt and Louis T. Jacobi

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:50 - A bad snowstorm that stopped a train

00:07:00 - The train hits a car

00:09:03 - The amount of coal and water used on a trip

00:14:00 - Interview with Madalen Merrit

00:14:20 - Story told by her grandmother about a man who was buried alive. Story is told in Ukrainian

00:16:21 - English translation of the preceding story

00:18:18 - Story about a girl who would visit her grandmother in the cemetery

00:20:52 - Ukrainian Fairy Tale, "The Spindle"

00:26:18 - Interview with Ava Schwindt of Norton, KS. Recording is muffled.

00:26:40 - Beginning of Ava Schwindt interview. Audio is severely degraded.

00:49:19 - Prairie Fires

01:05:55 - Song, "Too-roo-lee-loo"

01:06:57 - Song, "When You and I Were Young, Maggie"

01:07:44 - Song "I'm just a little . . ."

01:08:40 - Song, "Bright Eyes So Bright"

01:09:34 - Louis T. Jacobi of Agra, KS plays the fiddle. Interview begins in progress.

01:09:38 - Song, "Miss Brown Reel"

01:10:51 - Song, Unnamed folk tune

01:12:17 - Song, Unnamed polka

01:14:51 - Song, "Jenny Lind Polka"

01:15:57 - Song, Unnamed folk tune

01:17:10 - Song, Unnamed folk tune

01:18:09 - Song, "The Mockingbirds"