Interview with H.W. Sample, November 1938, including his "Snake Story" Courtesy Courtesy Library of Congress, Federal Writers’ Project, Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39

Courtesy Library of Congress, LC-B8171-3626 DLC

Courtesy German Federal Archives, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1900-0105-029

Mrs. O.C. Bell remembered the sod house experience with less fondness. In the late 1930s she told researchers from the Federal Writers Project about her life and some of the songs that were written about the sod house frontier.

Read more about it:1938 Federal Writers’ Project about Nebraska Folklore,Pamplhlet SeventeenNebraska Cattle BrandsCourtesy Lincoln City Libraries