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Final Use Copy Filename
JKC_Caller_RoloffKen_19910520_20_merged_edited
Identifier
JKC_Caller_RoloffKen_19910520_1of2
Field Notes URL
JKC_Caller_RoloffKen_19910520_1of2_AND_2of2.txt
Abstract
This interview is with Kenneth “Ken” W. Roloff, who discusses his carnival career, his father’s blacksmith shop, his instruments, and what dance figures Ken has called. This prompts Ken and James “Jim” Kimball to visit the blacksmith shop.
File Length
1:25:05
File Format
WAV
File Size
2.94 GB
Cassette Video #
020_026
Digitization Notes
Playback speed is very slow when tape is started. Wow increases when machine warms up, mechanical noise noticeable, Tried to improve a bit with pitch curve
KC Comments
Jim gives the interview date as May 17 1991 at the end of the recording. Interview includes a visit to an old building, where Ken's father had his blacksmith shop.
Original Format
Cassette
Event Date
1991-05-17
Collection
Interviews
Location
Artist's Home, Marilla, NY; Erie County
Publication Date
10-1-2021
Rights
College Archives, State University of New York at Geneseo
Source
State University of New York at Geneseo
Artists and Specialties
Kenneth "Ken" W. Roloff - Calling, Accordion
Interviewer(s)
James "Jim" W. Kimball
Release on File
N
Recommended Citation
Kimball, James W., "Interview with Kenneth "Ken" W. Roloff, Marilla, NY, May 1991 (1 of 2)" (2021). KimballARCH Audio. 89.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/kimball_arch_audio/89
Notes
Ken ran a carnival for his living, used to bring all the rides to the local carnivals in the 1970's.