Interviews with John O. Carter, Carol Charlotte, Paul T. Sissell, Virgie Stevenson, Addie May Morrison, and Clarence A. Morrison, 1966-02-16

RT 398 F666m 1966 no. 04 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

12 index cards - Carter, John O.; Charlotte, Carol; Folklore of the Middle West, 1966, No. 4.; Folklore - Kansas; Johnson, Sara Ann; Latas, Elva Jean; Morrison, Addie May; Morrison, Clarence A.; Morrison, Janet K.; Sissell, Dallas Paul; Sissell, Paul T.; Stevenson, Virgie F.;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with John O. Carter, Carol Charlotte, Paul T. Sissell, Virgie Stevenson, Addie May Morrison, and Clarence A. Morrison

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction, John 0. Carter of Garden City, KS on February 16, 1966

00:00:31 - Founding of Garden City

00:16:46 - Introduction, Carol Charlotte of Kinsley, KS

00:17:18 - Song, "The Chinaman", vocal

00:18:37 - Song, "True Blue Bill", vocal

00:20:52 - Song, "Tie Pin Knots in the Devil's Tail", vocal

00:24:18 - Song, "Put me in your pocket", vocal

00:30:15 - Song, "My True Love", vocal

00:32:42 - Introduction, Paul T. Sissell of Palco, KS

00:33:11 - Song, "When I was a little boy", vocal

00:35:23 - Tall tale, "Melted stove"

00:36:55 - Song, "Madelina Catalina", vocal by an unnamed woman

00:38:15 - Introduction, Virgie F. Stevenson of Iola, KS

00:38:40 - Move to Abilene, KS in 1871

00:39:58 - Grasshopper swarm in 1872

00:40:50 - Fear of Indigenous Americans

00:41:56 - Housing

00:42:36 - Introduction, Addie May Morrison of Elkhart, KS

00:43:03 - Father's trip to Santa Fe, NM in 1860

00:45:13 - Discovery of coal in Kansas (beginning of the story is cut off)

00:46:26 - Introduction, Clarence A. Morrison of Elkhart, KS

00:46:44 - Grandfather's stories about Indigenous Americans and their relationship with the gray wolf