"Otto Ernest Rayburn at Cotter, Arkansas, November, 1923."
Photograph, vol. 1, title page.
"Farm Implement of Pioneer Days. This 'Lye Hopper' on the
farm of the Allen sisters near Batesville, Ark., is still in use.
Wood ashes are saved in the vat and, when soap making time comes,
water is poured through the ashes to make a home-produced lye.
The lye runs out through the trough at the bottom made of a
hollowed log." Clipping, [The Ash Hopper], vol. 1, page 54.
"Three Baldknobbers. On left is C.(?) A. S. Prather. These
hill men of the eighteen eighties were typical Baldknobbers." Two
clippings, [Bald Knobbers and Violence], vol. 1, page 74.
"Elkhorn Tavern as it looked at time of Battle of Pea Ridge."
Picture, clipping, [Pea Ridge], page 83.
"Elkhorn Tavern as it appears today." Photograph, vol. 1,
page 84.
"Lou Goddard of St. Paul, Arkansas plays the fiddle while
Opal Arnold of St. Joe, Arkansas 'Beats the strings' Vance
Randolph (left) looks on with approval. Otto Rayburn claps time
to the melody." Picture, clipping, [Beating the Strings], vol. 1,
page 88.
"Otto Rayburn observes the 'Indian markings' on the bluff at
Blue Springs." Photograph, [The Blue Spring Story], vol. 1, page
95.
"Kingston, Arkansas in the 1920's. The X marks the location
of the town pump in the center of the square where the 'Bully'
was captured." Photograph, [Bully of the Town], vol. 1, page 110.
"Otto Rayburn takes a look at an old stick-and-clay chimney
in Montgomery County, Arkansas (Caddo Gap neighborhood)."
Picture, clipping, [Chimney Lore], vol. 1, page 138.
"The DeSoto Monument at Caddo Gap, Arkansas." Photograph,
[DeSoto Monument], vol. 1, page 178.
"'The Arkansaw Traveler' was a home-made house boat, 26 feet
long, 4 feet wide at the center, and shaped for speed. Rayburn
sitting, Turner standing." Picture, clipping [Down the River We
Go], vol. 1, page 202.
Battle of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson's victory at
New Orleans, January 8, 1813, is said to have inspired the
production of the popular fiddle tune, 'The Eighth of January.'"
Picture, clipping, [The Eighth of January], vol. 1, page 210.
"Two Kansas boys, Joe Spillman and Albert Miller, at Hideaway
Lodge, May 1922. They helped put a roof on the cabin."
Photograph, [Hideaway Lodge], vol. 1, page 300.
"The Hillcrofters at Round Spring Cavern, November 7, 1931."
Photograph, [Hillcrofters], vol. 1, page 299.
"The Hillcrofters at Camp Ramona, Galena, Missouri, 1932."
Photograph, vol. 1, page 300.
"Miss Dorothy Chilton of Eminence, Missouri, now Mrs. J.
Burns of Willow Springs, was the Hillcrofter's 'Miss Ozarks' in
1932." Two photographs, vol. 1, page 301.
"Health seekers camped at the Basin Spring in July, 1879."
Picture, clipping, vol. 1, page 317.
Volume 2
"Otto Ernest Rayburn in 1939." Photograph, vol. 2, n.p.
"Sorghum making time is here again in the Arkansas Ozarks."
Picture & article, clipping, ['Lasses Making' Time], vol. 2, page
36.
"The opening of Oklahoma 1889 'The Run.'" Postcard,
[Oklahoma], vol. 2, page 113.
"Hand powered Ferry crossing the Niangua river near the point
where it flows into the Osage river. The ferry is operated by a
hand cranked drum over which a steel cable is wound." Picture,
clipping, [Old-Time Ferries], vol. 2, page 116.
"Seven-year-old Charles Donelson rides an improvised cable
car as he is pulled across the Weldon fork of the Grand River,
near Mercer, Mo., on his way home from the East White rural
school. Furnishing the motive power is his mother, Mrs. Fred
Donelson. Charles is one of several pupils of the rural school
who have to cross the river by cable car to go to school. A
bridge, one end of which Mrs. Donelson is standing on, was washed
out by 1947 flood and has not yet been replaced. In real cold
weather, a scum of ice forms across the river but is not safe for
crossing." Picture, clipping, vol. 2, page 117.
"Burning a Canebrake in Arkansas for Game." Drawing,
clipping, [Outdoor Arkansas], vol. 2, page 124.
"Eureka Springs Square Dance Team at the Ozark Folk
Festival." Photograph, [Folk Festival], vol. 2, page 130.
"Frank Cisco fiddling at the Ozark Folk Festival."
Photograph, [Folk Festival], vol. 2, page 131.
"Clarence 'Tobe' Baker of St. Paul, Arkansas at the Ozark
Folk Festival. Clarence and his brother, Bill, are top hillbilly
entertainers." Photograph, [Folk Festival], vol. 2, page 132.
"The Van Devanters at the Ozark Folk Festival." Photograph,
[Folk Festival], vol. 2, page 133.
"Impromptu Shot Gun Wedding in the Basin Circle, Ozark Folk
Festival, 1952. Left to right--Otto Rayburn, 'Pa', Edna Bergdorf,
'Ma', Zoe Harp, 'the bride', Cliff David, 'the groom', Operator
of our Liquor Store, Mr. Vandevanter, 'the preacher,' Matt West,
probably 'the mother-in-law.'" Photograph, vol. 2, page 134.
"Soap Making Was a Spring Occupation of Pioneer families."
Picture, clipping, [Soap Making], vol. 2, page 219.
"Whiskers at the Ozark Folk Festival, Eureka Springs, 1952."
Photograph, [Whiskers], vol. 2, page 322.
Volume 3, October 1958
"Cooking Twist on a Stick on picnic at Baldwin, Kansas, may
1916. Blanch Weeks, Otto Rayburn, Myrnah Franklin." Photograph,
vol. 3, n.p.
"Governor Charles H. Brough was the speaker when the Leath-
Kennedy Bridge Studio was dedicated at Eureka Springs, May 2,
1932." Picture, clipping, [Bridge studio], vol. 3, page 75.
"Mrs. Rhodia Callihan of Fremont, Missouri making meal by
gritting corn." Photograph, [Corn Gritter], vol. 3, page 91.
[The Country Store], drawing, clipping, vol. 3, page 103.
"Here a stake and rider rail fence is used to advantage to
enclose the grounds of this restored 19th century home." Picture,
clipping, [Fences and Brands], vol. 3, page 134.
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