Interviews with Nellie Holtzinger, Alois B. Engel, Mildred Philip, and Ward Philip, 1970-03-20

RT 398 F666m 1970 no. 02 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

7 index cards - Engel, Alois B.; Engel, Kenneth; Folklore of the Middle West, 1970, No. 2.; Folklore - Kansas; Holtzinger, Nellie; Philip, Mrs. Ward; Philip, Ward;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Nellie Holtzinger, Alois B. Engel, Mildred Philip, and Ward Philip

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction. Tape has been recorded over loud music and so the introduction is difficult to understand.

00:00:33 - Interview with Nellie Holtzinger begins in progress. Life in early Ellis County.

00:01:38 - Prairie fires

00:03:59 - Raising animals, making sausage, food, and provisions

00:06:14 - Get-togethers, entertainment, and Christmas

00:07:01 - School, games, and Christmas

00:09:36 - Interview with Slois B. Engel of Ellis, KS begins in progress

00:09:39 - Rodeo and rattlesnakes

00:14:22 - Kenneth Engel on his motivations for recording these interviews

00:17:41 - Tuttle Ranch near McCracken and "How Charlie Came to Die"

00:22:43 - Story about a man who hanged himself [graphic content]

00:26:39 - Ancestors coming from Russia to America

00:31:10 - Interview with Mildred Philip begins in progress.

00:31:17 - Life in Hays and Munjor in the early 1930s

00:33:16 - Introduction, Ward Philip of Brownell, KS on March 27, 1970

00:33:36 - History of the Batell Ranch

00:36:56 - Use of root cellars

00:38:07 - Operation of the ranch and the ranch clock

00:40:29 - Water system

00:41:49 - Blizzard of 1931 near Victoria, KS

00:50:32 - Plight of the cows