Audio Recordings of Anna Pape Dieckhoff's Memories
The following is a list of the recordings made by Anna Pape Dieckhoff of her memories of life on the Pape farm and the Concordia area, as well as a few other memorable events.
Click on the MP4 link for a particular subject to play or download a video slide show with titles and occasional photos. The MP3 links are used to access the audio only files. The last pair of links in the list allow one to access the entire set of clips as a single large file. Note that this last audio file is in a bookmarked M4B file format. This can be played in QuickTime (free program) in which one can click on a bookmark to jump to a particular segment.
Name |
With photos |
Audio only |
Length
(mm:ss) |
Description |
Updated |
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1 |
Anna’s
naming & family |
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Anna
introduces herself, her family and how she came to be named. |
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2 |
Grandpa’s
early life |
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Jacob's
childhood in |
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3 |
Grandpa
dislikes cucumbers |
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Why Jacob
disliked cucumbers. |
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4 |
Long-legged
friend, Jacob |
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Jacob's
letters to Maria. |
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5 |
Summer
& winter kitchens, Bushwhackers |
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Location
of kitchens and encounters with the bushwhackers. |
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6 |
Ella Schlesselman |
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Anna Schlesselmann is slighted and her sister Ella's home on
Hamburger Hill. |
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7 |
Pyloric stenosis |
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Children
with pyloric stenosis. |
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8 |
Aunt
Martha’s picket fence |
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The jars
on Aunt Martha's picket fence. |
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9 |
Mice for
the cats |
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Gathering
mice on the hay wagon and feeding the cats. |
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10 |
Cold
winter nights |
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Cold
winter nights in the Pape home. |
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11 |
Christmas |
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The
excitement of Christmas. |
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12 |
Walking
to school |
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The trip
from home to school. |
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13 |
Final
exam grade school |
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Preparing
for the eighth grade final exams. |
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14 |
Wishbook |
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Shopping
from the mail-order catalog |
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15 |
(deleted,
duplicate) |
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16 |
Oldtime wall-to-wall carpet |
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Carpeting
in the house. |
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17 |
Outhouse
stories |
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Life with
outdoor plumbing. |
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18 |
Homemade
soap, Eggs |
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Making
homemade soap at the Schlesselmanns, eating eggs. |
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19 |
Farm
animals & pasture, Fruit trees & nuts |
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Caring
for farm animals, the pasture, pond, plane landing, fruit and nut trees. |
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20 |
Finding
the calf |
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Where to
look for a lost calf. |
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21 |
Ducks |
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The flock of ducks fly away. |
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22 |
Hatching
eggs (nature’s way) |
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Hatching
eggs as nature would. |
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23 |
Cultivator |
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Riding
the back of the cultivator. |
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24 |
Fodder,
hay, & threshing |
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Working
the fields. |
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25 |
Threshing
day |
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Feeding
and milking cows, preparing the food, and threshing day. |
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26 |
Molasses |
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Making
molasses. |
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27 |
Pecans
& dried peaches |
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The pecan
tree and drying fruit. |
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28 |
Cows
& sheep |
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The
cattle and stitching. |
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29 |
Sheep |
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Caring
for the sheep and other topics. |
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30 |
Sheep wool |
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Preparing
the sheep skins. |
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31 |
Corn
shucking, featherbeds |
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Shelling
corn, saving seed corn, making pillows and featherbeds. |
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32 |
Ground
corn |
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Grinding
the shelled corn. |
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33 |
Corncob
pipes |
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Growing
corn for corncob pipes. |
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34 |
Horses
& mules |
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Comparing
horses and mules. |
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35 |
Horses |
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Controlling
the horses. |
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36 |
Arthur
loses class ring |
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The
search for Arthur's lost class ring. |
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37 |
Flora’s
sewing |
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Flora/s
sewing skills. |
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38 |
Silver
wedding anniversary |
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Surprise
silver wedding anniversary celebration. |
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39 |
Norbert Stuenkel sick-Funeral |
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Norbert Stuenkel's illness and funeral. |
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40 |
Louis
dating, Engine shed |
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Louis
goes dating, buildings on the farm, going for a drive in the car |
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41 |
Schlesselmann’s water |
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Drinking
water at Schlesselmanns |
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42 |
Squirrel,
Red sky in morning |
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Feeding a
squirrel, German saying about "Red sky" |
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43 |
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Stormy
trip to |
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44 |
Elmer and
rooster, Louis & Cornelia quarrel |
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Elmer
attacked by rooster, Louis disappears after quarrel with Cornelia. |
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45 |
Edwin and
Anna first met |
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Anna
meets Edwin Dieckhoff. |
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46 |
Edwin,
Louis, Anna flew the coop |
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Three
children leave home. |
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47 |
Elmer’s
grades |
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Why
Elmer's grades dropped off. |
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48 |
Depression
years |
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Life
during the depression. |
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49 |
Arthur in
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Arthur's
family in |
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50 |
WWI and
WWII |
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Various
memories of the wars. |
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51 |
Victory
garden |
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Growing a
victory garden. |
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52 |
Bobby
born, News of Elmer |
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News of
Elmer's death arrives when Bob Dieckhoff is born. |
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53 |
Elmer’s
cemetery in |
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Visiting
Elmer's grave in |
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54 |
Grandpa
& Flora speaking Low German |
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Jacob and
Flora have a discussion in Low German (unintelligible). |
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55 |
Family
deaths |
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Death's of the brothers and sister. |
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56 |
Wonderful
Memories |
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Summary. |
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Full
recording |
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All
segments (very large file). |
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