Interviews with Georgie Jackson, Clarence Laizure, and Adam Brening, 1962-06-16

RT 398 F666m 1962 no. 24 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the middle west, 1962, No. 24; Folklore - Kansas; Jackson, Georgie; Smith, Robert A.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Georgie B. Jackson of Lenora, KS on June 16, 1962 by Robert A. Smith

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:28 - Organizing a school in 1887

00:01:42 - Description of sod house used for school building

00:03:05 - Description of school room and using a buffalo skull as a chair

00:06:34 - Learning the poem "Thanatopsis"

00:07:20 - Prairie fire threatens the school

00:10:51 - Rolling her sister down a hill in a barrel

00:14:32 - Father's harnessing experience

00:16:43 - 1889 Easter Sunday fire

00:20:35 - Unsolved murder

00:22:30 - Father guards against prairie fires

00:27:00 - Capturing desperados

New interview with unknown contributor

00:31:02 - Whistling, "Just a Song at Twilight"

00:32:26 - Interview. School certificates and teaching

00:36:11 - Whistling, "Listen to the Little Mocking Bird"

00:38:32 - Interview with Clarence Laizure of Hays, KS on July 31, 1961 at Hays, KS. This interview was split on the tape. It has been digitally rejoined into a single clip.

00:39:53 - Interview with Adam Brening of La Crosse, KS on June 11, 1962

00:40:20 - German song

00:42:50 - German song

00:44:34 - German song

00:47:33 - German song 00:51:02 - German song