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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.
Screw lock
Two piece lock and key. Key screws into the locking mechanism.
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."
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…
Man standing on porch with chair; Photograph
"That's William Berry, my great grandfather, who built the house that I live in, in 1873. He was born in 1849 and died 1917."
Toddler leaning on chair-back; Photograph
"That's Drucella Berry, that's my aunt. She was born around 1908 in Ash Grove..that's my dad's oldest sister. My grandma Berry was married in 1907 and a year later they had Drucella."
Woman standing in front of Berry homestead; Photograph
"That's a picture of my grandma [Mamie Berry] standing outside of the house, sometime in the 40s"
Woman, standing portrait; Photograph
"She's my great aunt, her name is Sarah Berry, and she's buried in our cemetery. She died in the teens, I think it was 1917, or something like that, from the influenza epidemic."