Interview with Swedish immigrants living in WaKeeney, KS

An interview with several persons of Swedish and Volga German descent living in WaKeeney, KS. Recording includes Swedish and German language songs and stories about life on the plains in Kansas and in Russia. The beginning of the recording is quiet. Persons interviewed include Phillip Hanson, Margaret Hanson, Ella Powers, Othelia Knutson, Eva Meisner, Lena Schwein, Mildred Walker, Emil Olson, Otto Olson, Hannah Nelson, and Dale Olson. Phillip Hanson 00:00:33 - Swedish folksong 00:01:27 - The Legend of the Missing Dinner 00:02:53 - Margaret Hanson, mistaking tumbleweeds for Indigenous Americans 00:03:48 - Ella Powers, Threshing-machine Canyon 00:06:17 - Margaret Hanson, Origin of the names of Ogallah and WaKeeney, KS 00:07:07 - Othelia Knutson, A Volga German Journey 00:15:28 - Eva Meisner and Lena Schwein sing Gott is die Liebe (God is Love) 00:17:38 - Eva Meisner and Lena Schwein sing Von Meihen Heiland Erahl Gern (I Love to Tell About My Lord) 00:20:41 - Mildred Walker, Life in a sod house 00:30:46 - Ella Powers, Emil Olson, Otto Olson, Hannah Nelson, and Dale Olson introduction 00:31:20 - Hannah Nelson, Swedish song 00:33:26 - Ella Powers, Pioneer life 00:37:36 - Dale Olson, memories of Grandpa Olson 00:38:16 - Emil Olson, Homesteading in Trego County, KS 00:42:48 - Otto Olson, Life as a child on a homestead in Trego County, KS 00:47:04 - Hannah Nelson, Life on a farmhttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1011/thumbnail.jp