Appalachians (People); Appalachian Region--History; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Education--Appalachian Region; Education--Kentucky; Kentucky--Social life and customs; Rural schools--Kentucky--History; Oneida Baptist Institute;...
665 items from Louisville native Claude C. Matlack (1878-1944), an amateur photographer who, working as an engineer for his family's plumbing business, happened to capture on film the formative years of a settlement school built by feuding...
McMurray Hall, Oneida Baptist Institute's first building, was erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story...
H. G. "Hamp" Coldiron's farm in Oneida before these buildings were torn down to make room for Anderson Hall, which opened at Oneida Baptist Institute in 1912.
Seven young women pose outside the girls' dormitory, Carnahan Hall. Della Davidson, whose father and brother were killed in the feuds is on left. Her sister, Esther Davidson, is in the center. Lillie DeZarn is on the far right.
Oneida Baptist Institute; Students; Boys; Group portraits; Play (recreation)
Thirteen boys pose for a group photograph on a hill. Two hold shinney sticks. Shinney was played like hockey but used handmade sticks and a tin can or rock.
Two visitors from Louisville, Kentucky and an unidentified man pose on horseback on a hill near Oneida Baptist Institute in Oneida, Kentucky. Reverend Doctor Alfred Porter was with the Walnut Street Baptist Church and Reverend Doctor William D. was...
Minnie Gibson, in the doorway, and a female student stand at the entrance to the girl's dormitory, Carnahan Hall. One of the earliest female faculty members, Minnie Leigh Gibson joined Oneida Baptist Institute in 1907. See ULPA 1982.01.115.p for...
A view of the town of Oneida from Sandlin Hill. Lee Combs' farm and house on the South Fork are on the left. The white two-story "Big Store" is at the foot of the hill on the left. Oneida Baptist Institute's Marvin Hall is the building...
Men threshing wheat in a field on the Oneida Baptist Institute school farm. Students and faculty worked on the farm, which was purchased with a donation from a woman in New York, to provide food for the school. See image ULPA 1982.01.310.p. for...
Oneida staff members pose outside a tent in the woods at night. The woman kneeling on the right appears to be Lillie DeZarn and the man standing on the far right appears to be Mr. A. S. Baty. The man to Miss DeZarn's right may be Dr. Preston...
Families; Men; Women; Children; Dogs; Oneida Baptist Institute
A couple, a young girl and their dog pose for a family portrait under a large tree. Marvin Hall and Anderson Hall are in the background. See ULPA 1982.01.369.p and ULPA 1982.01.374,p for other images of the man, and ULPA 1982.01.226.p for another...
