Scope and Contents The collection consists of four audiocassette tapes containing oral history interviews conducted by Wallace Hopper related to the Baker-Chilton family of southern Missouri (particularly Reynolds and Carter Counties), as well as transcripts for the first two tapes. Interviewees include Hopper's in-laws, John Chilton (1888-1979) and Flossie Melissa Baker Chilton (1889-1974). Topics discussed include family history, the lumber industry in southern Missouri, the Civil War, hunting,...

Content Description The collection contains 122 black-and-white photographic prints, most documenting the American lumber industry in the early 20th century. The bulk of the photographs are unidentified. Photographs with captions are: Image 8, “J. S. Betts Plant” (Ashburn, Georgia); Image 26, “J. S. Betts Plant”; Image 30, “White Boyne” (likely one of the White brothers associated with the Boyne City, Michigan lumber industry); Image 31, “Band saw damaged by a nail in a log. Lincoln, N.H. May 1907. J. E....

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Printed address of Alexander Copeland Millar to Arkansas Legislature concerning decline in forest reserves in Arkansas, 1904-1927, and the steps necessary to restore Arkansas's forests.