Interview with Melvin Simmons, 1975-03-29

RT 398 F666m 1975 no. 1 - 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1975, No. 1.; Folklore - Kansas; Kuiper, Alice; Simmons, Melvin;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interview with Melvin Simmons of Almena, KS on March 29, 1975

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:00:21 - Biographical information

00:01:38 - Schooldays

00:03:52 - Homesteading

00:06:58 - Sod houses

00:10:26 - His family

00:12:29 - Almena, KS

00:15:39 - Buffalo

00:16:15 - Amos Cole

00:23:45 - Buffalo

00:24:18 - Digging wells

00:27:00 - Dog chasing an antelope

00:29:25 - Farmers

00:30:08 - Entertainment

00:33:49 - Horses

00:38:09 - Alice Kiper's family

00:39:23 - Water pump and fires

00:45:35 - Raising watermelons and onions

00:48:17 - Making butter

00:50:20 - Keeping bees

00:54:39 - Working during childhood

00:58:32 - Farming

01:01:45 - His wife and marriage

01:11:25 - Move to Coffey County, KS and then to Guymon, OK, and on to Almena, KS

01:23:38 - Running the rest home in Almena