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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
KANSAS COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Acquired
through 1997
Compiled by: Molly J. McCall Series Editor: Ann Hoog
Publication Date: March 2001; Web Revision: March 2006
Series Number: LCFAFA No.
27
ISSN 0736-4903
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of Folk Culture collections, contact the Folklife
Reading Room. To request copies, see our webpages regarding audio
materials and photographic materials.
Please refer to the AFC and/or AFS numbers when requesting information.
All indications of time duration listed in this finding aid are estimates.
Multiformat Collections
AFS 1055-1058: Alan Lomax / Myra E. Hull Collection
Four 7-inch discs of 31 songs sung by Myra
E. Hull of Lawrence, Kansas. Recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Library
of Congress, by Alan Lomax, July 16-17, 1937. (35 minutes; tape
copy on LWO 4872 reel 75B-76A)
AFS 1298: Alan Lomax / Myra E. Hull Collection
One 7-inch disc of 9 songs, one with piano, sung
by Myra E. Hull of Lawrence, Kansas. Recorded in Washington, D.C., at
the Library of Congress, by Alan Lomax, July 26, 1937. (8 minutes;
tape copy on LWO 4872 reel 95A)
AFS 1602: Alan Lomax / Myra E. Hull Collection
One 12-inch disc of 10 songs sung by Myra E. Hull of
Lawrence, Kansas. Recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress,
by Alan Lomax, July 16, 1937. (10 minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reel
117A)
AFS 1871-1876: Alan Lomax / Myra E. Hull Collection
Six 10-inch discs of 15 songs sung by Myra
E. Hull of Lawrence, Kansas. Recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Library
of Congress, by Alan Lomax, July 15, 1937. (45 minutes; tape copy
on LWO 4872 reel 132)
AFS 10,495: Ivan Sutton Kansas Recordings
One 7-inch tape of 2 songs sung by Jack Staton and
seven songs sung by Ivan Sutton. Also included are 2 radio commercials,
a monolog by Sutton, and songs sung by 2 unidentified singers. Recorded
in Pleasanton, Kansas, by Ivan Sutton, ca. 1950. The collection includes
a 1-page list. (40 minutes; LWO 1968)
AFS 12,139-12,196: Willard Rhodes Recordings
Fifty-eight 12-inch discs of American Indian
music recorded in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and South Dakota
by Willard Rhodes, summer 1942 and 1943, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The
collection includes 35 pages of notes.
AFS 12,186 A2, B2: One disc containing 2 Potowatomie songs
sung by students. Recorded in Lawrence, Kansas,
1943. (10 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 395A)
AFS 12,197-12,203: Willard Rhodes Recordings
Seven 12-inch discs of American Indian music recorded
in Kansas and Oklahoma by Willard Rhodes, summer 1943, for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The collection includes 2 pages of notes.
AFS 12,203 A2-B1: One disc containing 3 Creek, 2 Navajo, and
1 Tewa song, recorded in Lawrence, Kansas,
at the Haskell Institute. (10 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 396B)
AFS 13,720: Martin Gordon and Ron Lesser /
Interview and Fiddling by "Fiddlin'
Charlie" Chas. A. Waer
One 10-inch tape of an interview and fiddling by Charles
A. Waer, the "Native Son of Kansas." Recorded in Whittier, California,
by Martin Gordon and Ron Lesser, July 1963. (50 minutes; LWO 5539)
AFS 14,204-14,216: Folk Legacy Records Duplication
Project
Thirteen 10-inch tapes of songs recorded in Arkansas,
Connecticut, Indiana, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, and Vermont. Recorded by Lee B. Haggerty, Charles (Sandy) Paton,
and others for Folk-Legacy Records, 1958-69. The collection includes 4
pages of correspondence and 1/4 linear inch of lists.
AFS 14,216: One tape containing 8 songs learned in Kansas, 4 with
guitar, sung by Vern Smelser. Recorded in Paoli, Indiana, by Pat Dunford and
Lee B. Haggerty, ca. 1964. (27
minutes; LWO 6042 reel 13)
AFS 15,077: Ernest Duerksen Duplication Project
One 10-inch tape of an oral history spoken in English
and German dialect by Ernest Duerksen. Recorded in Hillsboro, Kansas, by
Ernest Duerksen, December 1971-January 1972. The collection includes 9
pages of addresses and explanations. (29 minutes; LWO 6965)
AFS 17,479: Vera Mae Duerksen / Kansas Mennonite
Recordings
One 10-inch tape of an oral history about Mennonites in
Kansas spoken in English and German dialect by Mrs. P. P. Unruh. Recorded
in Newton, Kansas, by Ernest Duerksen, December 9, 1974. (28 minutes;
LWO 8330)
AFS 18,732: L.H. Caldwell Pennsylvania Dutch
Songs
One 7-inch tape of Kansas and Pennsylvania German family
lore and six songs sung and spoken by L. Harold Caldwelll of Wichita, Kansas. Recorded
in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress by Gerald E. Parsons, December
22, 1975. The collection includes 1/4 linear inch of a bibliography,
correspondence, and notes. (27 minutes; LWO 9104)
AFS 19,341: Howard W. Marshall / Old-Time
Fiddle Recordings
One 10-inch tape of fiddle tunes recorded in Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, and Oklahoma by Jake Hughes, in or before 1965. The collection includes
4 pages of lists and notes.
AFS 19,341A29-31: One tape containing 3 tunes played on
fiddle, 2
with guitar, by Byron Berline of
Caldwell, Kansas. (6 minutes; LWO 12,302)
AFS 22,573-22,577: Keith Ludden / Kansas Folk
Music and Oral History Collection
Five 10-inch tapes of oral histories, songs, and
stories recorded at various locations in Kansas by Keith Ludden, June-August
1980, for the Kansas Folklife Project at the University for Man. The collection
includes 39 pages of correspondence, lists, and tape logs. (10 hours;
RWA 7794-7798)
AFC 1980/011: Thurlow Lieurance Memorial Project
One 3/4-inch videocassette entitled "Thurlow Lieurance
and Indian Music" of 7 American Indian songs performed by various
musicians and 4 melodies played on flute by Betty Hensley, based on recordings
made at various locations by Thurlow Lieruance, 1911-26. Written and produced
by Carol Holan, with Fred Hurst, television director, for The Thurlow Lieurance
Memorial in Wichita, Kansas, August 1979. The video includes documentation
of American Indian hoop dancing, a narrative, paintings, and photographs, and
is accompanied by 2 pages of correspondance and notes. (29 minutes)
AFC 1984/012: Raven McDavid / Regional Dialect
Collection
One hundred and sixty-one 7-inch tapes, 36 5-inch
tapes, 4 3-inch tapes, and 1 audiocassette of conferences, interviews,
lectures, radio programs, and dialectical and phonetic readings, recorded in
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Turkey, and
West Virginia by Audrey Duckert, A. Lloyd James, Raven I. McDavid, Pat Nichols,
and Barbara Rutledge, 1953-81. The collection includes 1 1/4
linear inches of content lists, correspondence, and ephemera.
[temporary ID: Box 5]: One tape containing an interview with Mrs. Willard
recorded in Fort Scott, Kansas. Interview conducted by Harold Orton and two
students, ca. 1963.
AFC 1989/026: H. Karl Saalbach / Reminiscences of Gerhard J. Duerksen
Family
Schmidt, Mrs. Anton, and Alvin Duerksen. "Reminiscences of Gerhard J. Duerksen
Family." Hillsboro, Kansas, 1987. Eighty-six pages of narratives by 4 Duerksen
family members, Agnetha, Alvin, Margaret, and Paul, a history of Steinbach School
District No. 72, and a letter written by the parents, Gerhard J. and Maria Duerksen.The
material covers 94 years, from 1893, when the couple married, to 1987, but focuses
primarily on the 1930s.
AFC 1986/037: 1986 Neptune Plaza Concert Series
Collection
Twenty-four 10-inch tapes, 481 black-and-white
prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and 408 color slides
of performances from the 1986 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, sponsored by
the American
Folklife Center and featuring the presentation of folk traditions from many
cultures. Recorded in Washington, DC, at the Library of Congress, April-September
1986. A finding aid to this collection is available at: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/neptune86.html.
The collection includes 15 linear inches of print materials. The
following lists materials from the April 24th concert of Byron
Berline, Dan Crary (of Kansas), and John Hickman.
AFS 24,234-24,236: Three tapes containing bluegrass
instrumentals and songs. (One hour and thirty minutes; RWB 2960-2962)
AFC 1986/037:Folder 2: Twenty-three pages of press releases, fliers,
news clippings, administrative correspondence, and identification of people
in photographs.
AFC 1986/037:Envelope 1: Thirty-six black and white images photographed
by John T. Gibbs.
AFC 1986/037:Envelopes 2-4: Forty-three color slides photographed
by John T. Gibbs and Reid Baker.
Manuscript Collections
"Folk Songs of Rural Ohio," edited by W. Alwyn Ashburn. A twenty-four
volume manuscript (eighteen and one-half linear inches) of songs collected
primarily by Harry Lee Ridenour, with essays and headnotes. Berea, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace
College, 1973. (M1629.R458F6)
Eight pages of "Traditional Songs and Ballads (Heard in Kansas) 1876-1936," consisting
of a list of 178 songs and an accompanying letter submitted
by Myra E. Hull, Lawrence, Kansas, October 25, 1936. Contained in volume 24.
Schmidt, Richard H., and Helen Peters Epp. "District School Games as
Played by Grandpa in the Late Teens and Early Twenties and History of Maple
Hill." Emporia, Kansas, 1986. Forty pages of games and stories played
at the Maple Hill School District No. 100, in rural northwest Kansas, and the
school's history from 1887 to 1954.
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