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Complex patterned calico quilt

Quilt made of calico with small interlocking oval sections framing pink unprinted sections. With cream colored spacing squares.
Identification Interview Transcript #2
Interview with Fr. Moses Berry identifying items OAAHM0086-OAAHM0091.
Triplett Family, Two Male Children; Portrait
Charcoal portrait of two young boys. The boy on the left appears to be younger, and is wearing a white shirt and a collared jacket. The boy on the right is wearing a button down shirt and a buttoned jacket.
Young Boy in White Dress; Photograph
"That is an unknown fellow, one of the relatives of Miss Olivia Murray. We think it's, perhaps, her nephew. We don't know anything else about it...This was given to me by a lady named Ms. Ruby Fletcher who was a white lady who lived in this town, and…
Oval Portrait of Man in Suit; Photograph
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Man in fedora and overcoat; Photograph
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Woman in white wide brim hat; Photograph
"That's Miss Olivia Murray when she was young...Olivia Murray, born 1897, died 1991."
Two children, one standing, one in chair; Photograph
Unknown children, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Woman in graduation cap; Photograph
"That's Olivia Murray when she graduated high school...no, university. She graduated from the University of Ohio."
Inscription on back could refer to Ruby Fletcher, later the executive of Murray's estate.
Inscription on back could refer to Ruby Fletcher, later the executive of Murray's estate.
Middle aged woman holding papers; Photograph
"That's a lady who lived in this town, that's one of my relatives, and I think that her [surname] is Carlock. They called her... I'm not sure. I've heard her referred to as Faye Carlock...she was one of the Carlock ladies. Basically what I've heard…
Young man; Photocopy of Photograph
Member of the Looney Family, said to be one of the men lynched in the 1906 Good Friday lynching of Springfield, Missouri. From the collection of John Freeman, a native of Ash Grove, Missouri.