Hearth in log cabin owned by Samuel W. Hegan, father of Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, author of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." A kettle hangs on the left side of the fireplace and other personal items decorate the room. Inscription on...
Boys; People with disabilities; Portrait photographs
Hugh Mobley, a crippled boy, whose family sold everything and moved from Newfound to Oneida because they believed Hugh would not be able to make a living without an education. Hugh's father died when he was in the third grade and financial...
Two men stand outside Joe Hignite's mill on Bullskin. One man is holding a homemade compass made of hickory that was used to mark out mill stones for grinding corn and wheat. Title supplied by cataloger.
Stoves; Porches; Country life; Girls; Crying; Pain
A crying girl stands next to a hot stove sitting on a large stone on a cabin porch. She may have found the kettle or stove too hot, or she may have hit her hand. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two boys use a mule-drawn plow in a field while three girls appear to be working with hoes. An inscription on the back of the print is partially obscured but it may say "fossil farming". This image is similar to ULPA 1982.01.419.p. Title...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Students; Boys; People with disabilities
A male student with a wooden crutch in his left hand. It is probably Hugh Mobley, a crippled student whose family sold everything and moved to Oneida because they feared their son would not be able to make a living without an education. Mr....
An elderly man, wearing a suit and glasses, is talking to the photographer's father, William Matlack, and three women. They appear to be at a family gathering or other special occasion that is also captured in images ULPA 1982.01.607.p, ULPA...
A steersman guides a log raft into the treacherous "Narrows" near Patty's Rock on the South Fork of the Kentucky River near Oneida. A johnboat sits on the raft. Timber was rafted down river every spring.
A boy is sitting on a pole, which is being trimmed to match the one leaning against the cabin. The cabin was located at Dark Hollow on Bullskin Creek. Title supplied by cataloger.
Claude C. Matlack's parents, Minnie Freeman Matlack and William Harvey Matlack, pose sitting in a living room or parlor. Mrs. Matlack wears a dark, high-collared Victorian style blouse with a lighter-colored skirt. Mr. Matlack wears a three piece...
McMurray Hall, the school's first building, 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 square with...
A statue of George D. Prentice, editor of the "The Louisville Daily Journal" from 1831 to 1868, sits on the grass in front of what appears to be a church. Early in the twentieth century, the statue was moved from the Courier-Journal...
A stone gristmill and waterfall on Wolf Pen Branch in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The gristmill was built around 1875. See ULPA 1982_01_677_p, ULPA 1982_01_678_p and ULPA 1982_01_679_p for other images of this area. Title supplied by cataloger.
Four men and a woman on an ocean beach. The men are in business suits and hats and the woman is wearing a coat and hat. The man second from the left appears to be Professor James Anderson Burns of Oneida Baptist Institute. He may have been on a...
