Name/Title
Sample Tape Recorder Counter IndexScope and Content
SAMPLE TAPE RECORDER COUNTER INDEX
PROCESS DOCUMENTATION INTERVIEW WITH RUDOLPH MATTES
Kiel, Wisconsin
December 19, 1985
Interview Conducted by Betty Kilsdonk
Counter No.
Tape 1, Side 1
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Contents
Family history: birth date, place of birth, and occupation; names, birth dates, and places of birth of parents and grandparents.
Purchase dates and descriptions of home farm and present farm
Pig butchering on home farm: when, where and how many
Persons involved in butchering
Preparations for butchering, setting up equipment, gathering wood, scheduling help
Butchering day schedule
Heating water in a kettle
Catching pig and butchering it
Catching and stirring blood
Scalding pig in a barrel
Use of hook in scalding
Later use of trough for scalding
Scraping pig using bell scraper, knife
Insertion of gambrel into hind legs
End Tape 1, Side 1Acquisition
Accession
2015.0500Source or Donor
Waupun Heritage MuseumAcquisition Method
Donation