Kenneth's Father's Cars 

Dublin Core

Title

Kenneth's Father's Cars 

Description

Kenneth recalls his father's first car, how his father started driving before being told how to stop the car and had to drive round and round for hours until he ran out of gas. He eventually learned to drive and fell in the practice of buying a new car every year

Creator

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

Date

January 1, 1920

Rights

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Format

.mp3

Identifier

LC04-06

Provenance

Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewee

Kenneth Landon

Duration

2:08

Sound File Location

Box 75: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles" Tapes 1-20

Clip Location

Hour 4, clip 6

Sub-Collection

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Main Collection

Series 1: Biographical

Citation

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993) , “Kenneth's Father's Cars ,” Digital Exhibits of Wheaton College, accessed May 4, 2024, https://omeka.wheaton.edu/items/show/248.