A large, overweight girl, wearing a skirt and blouse, stands outside a cabin. Handwritten on the top border and image: "16 YEARS OLD WEIGHT 314 LBS. MAY 1915." Handwritten on bottom border: 392. See ULPA 1982.01.393.p for another image of...
Andy "Br'er Rabbit" Hacker, his second wife "Sis Rabbit" and son Bob. Sis had two brothers who were preachers, Andy and Tom Murrell. Bob Hacker graduated from Oneida in 1925.
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.
Students; Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Medical personnel; Clinics; Men; Women; Children
Students, patients and medical clinic personnel sit on the porch of Anderson Hall. The man in the doorway appears to be Dr. Joseph Addison Stucky from Lexington, Kentucky. He and Dr. C. Adeline McConville of New York conducted clinics at Oneida...
Teachers; Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Medical personnel; Men; Women
Oneida staff members and visiting medical personnel pose on the porch outside Anderson Hall Medical Clinic. Isham Hensley and Jerry Burns are on the left. In the doorway are John Henry Walker, Perry Davidson and visiting physician, C. Adeline...
Reverend Andrew "Andy" J. Murrell, mountain preacher, on horseback. Reverend Murrell performed the marriage ceremony for James Anderson Burns and Martha E. Sizemore in 1897.
Violins; Stringed instruments; Musicians; Country life; Log cabins
Sitting outside a log cabin, Sam "Danger" Davidson plays the fiddle while Ann Couch provides tempo with fiddlesticks. This is also known as "beatin' with straws." Handwritten on bottom border: 414. Title supplied by cataloger.
"Aunt" Arky Brewer sits outside her cabin. "Aunt" Arky was married to George Brewer, a Civil War veteran and preacher, who ran a steam mill on the Brewer Branch. Handwritten on bottom border: 515. Title supplied by cataloger.
Blind persons; People with disabilities; Boys; Log cabins
Arlin "Head" Burns, blind son of Harve "Cody" Burns. Arlin's brothers are on the porch of the cabin behind him. Handwritten on bottom border: 412. See ULPA 1982.01.352.p, ULPA 1982.01.434.p, ULPA 1982.01.454.p, ULPA 1982.01.455,...
Wash tubs; Washboards; Trees; Streams; Country life
A "battling board" and a wash tub sit in the "laundry" area under trees by a creek. Wet clothes were placed on the battling board, or the "butcher block" table on the right, and beat with paddles to loosen dirt. This...
Henry B. "Big Henry" Hensley, who operated a store on Manchester road, had fourteen children and seventy-six grandchildren. He was baptized at the age of 66 by Mr. Burns.
Henry B. Hensley, who operated a store on Manchester Road, had fourteen children and seventy-six grandchildren. He was baptized at age 66 by Mr. Burns. He was the school's first contributor, giving Burns $50.00 in 1899, and a long-time friend of...
Two oxen-drawn wagons meet on the road outside the blacksmith shop on the way from Oneida to London. See ULPA 1982.01.053.p for another view of this blacksmith shop.
Mart Doyle's blacksmith shop sits at the end of a dirt road. Yokes, wagon wheels, a sled, and other assorted parts and tools sit in the roadway and lean against a fence.
A woman and a small boy ride a horse or mule to the gristmill. The child has a "turn" or sackful of corn in his lap. The woman wears a bonnet and rides in typical sidesaddle fashion while the boy straddles the horse or mule as they ride...
A boy ginseng hunter poses with a ginseng root in his right hand and his "sang" hoe and "sang" bag in his left. A bull-tongue plow and grinding wheel lean against a fence in the background. Handwritten on bottom border: 418. ...
A boy, in overalls and a hat, plays a tune bow outside a log cabin. A little girl stands in the doorway behind him. The stick on a tune bow is bent slightly and holds a wire fastened tight at both ends. It sounds similar to a Jew's harp....
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...
