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R         Elgin, Robert L., 1914-

1015                Photograph collection, ca. 1950s-1990s.

                                    Thirty-six folders.

 

 

 

These are black and white photographs, color slides, plans, and detail drawings of historic structures in the northern Ozarks of Missouri.  Several counties are represented, but especially Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Osage, and Washington.  The primary topics are vernacular architecture, log structures, churches, and cemeteries.

 

Folders 1-30:  Photograph collection

 

F. 01:  Boone County, Rocheport

                Green House

                Rocheport buildings

 

F. 02:  Clay County

                Withers House near Liberty

                Mill dam across Little Platte, Smithville

 

F. 03:  Crawford County

Argo, Mo., sorghum making

Cook Station

Marion Crow farm, southeast of Bourbon, log building

Oak Hill

Log house near Oak Hill

Scotia furnace ruins near Leasburg

Woven wire and rived paling fence at Scotia

“Hog trough” bridge (print only)

 

F. 04:  Crawford County: Snelson Cabin near Maramec Spring

   (with correspondence, detail sketches, and preservation estimates)

 

F. 05:  Franklin County

                Making clapboards near Anaconda

                Cove furnace, 2 miles southwest of Moselle

                Noser Mill

                Willenburg Cabin northwest of Argo

 

F. 06:  Gasconade County

Maupin House (also Swarmin) north of Drake, being demolished

Abandoned church near Swiss; stone barn near Bay; log house in Phelps County

 

F. 07:  Greene County

                Ray House, Wilson’s Creek battlefield

 

F. 08:  Laclede County

                Dry Knob mill on Osage Fork

 

F. 09:  Lafayette County

                House in Lexington

 

 

F. 10:  Maries County

Old store building in Maries County

Buildings at Paydown

Dr. Bowles’s office on Lane’s Prairie

Old Maries County Jail, Vienna

Well head and detail drawing, Old Jail, Vienna

Abandoned tie raft in Gasconade River near Nagogami Lodge

Swinging bridge over the Maries River

 

F. 11:  Miller County

                Bray’s Mill, Iberia

                Lodge hall, Iberia

 

F. 12:  Montgomery County

                Log smokehouse

                Log house (Lewis Jones) near Rhineland

                McGirk house near Rhineland

                Judge McGirk house, detail of fireplace mantle

Log barn at Judge McGirk house

 

F. 13:  Osage County

                Bonnot’s Mill hotel

                Jaeger log cabin and buildings near Loose Creek

                Muenks House, Loose Creek

                Elevation and floor plan of Muenks house

               

F. 14:  Ozark County

                Rockbridge Bank

               

F. 15:  Phelps County

Asher Hollow school; Clinton Bank school; Forest Grove school; Rector’s Mill, Oak Hill, Mo.

Cedar Hill Baptist Church near Edgar Springs

Brush arbor near Edgar Springs

Brush arbor near Macedonia Church  (single color print only)

Rolla buildings: Phelps County courthouse; Old Phelps County Jail; stone building near Fort Wyman; Rolla Building on M. S. M. campus

Wash schoolhouse near Royal

Log barn or storage building

Log storage building and picket fence

Log corn crib

Walnut side chair owned by Mary Lou Corn

 

F. 16:  Phelps County—Maramec Spring and vicinity

Fort cabin at Maramec

Lewis (or Brown) house in Brown Hollow (with detail drawing of fireplace mantle)

Muller cabin at Maramec (with plan and detail drawings)

 

F. 17:  Phelps County—St. James and vicinity

Eikhorst school, north of Asher Cemetery

Log building on Hwy. B north of St. James

Log house at Dean Ford near St. James

Log house in ruins south of Dillon

Catholic Church in St. James [Scioto and Emory Streets], photos showing sill timbers

Dillon house in St. James, framing details 

Dunmoor [William James mansion] in St. James

Old Grade School in St. James

Log privy south of St. James

Picket fence at Pino Cardetti’s house, Rosati

 

F. 18:  Phelps County: Emil Krafczik blacksmith shop on Hwy. J

                Photographs, plan, and detail drawings of the shop

 

F. 19:  Platte County

Chauvis Tavern, Barry, Mo.  The border between Platte and Clay counties went through the building.

Hardesty House near Linkville

“Matthew M. Hughes’ Map of the Boundaries of Platte County, Mo.” By Robert L. Elgin, n.d.

 

F. 20:  Pulaski County

                Log cabin, “One-on-one,” Hwy. 17, northwestern Pulaski County

                Log cabin (recent)

                Miller Spring

                James Rollins Cabin southwest of Waynesville

                Schlicht Spring and mill

 

F. 21:  Ray County

                Old Ray County Courthouse, Richmond, Mo.

 

F. 22:  Saint Charles County

                Half-timbered house, east edge of Cappeln

                First state capitol, Saint Charles

 

F. 23:  Sainte Genevieve County

Photographs of buildings in Ste. Genevieve and railroad car ferry

“Condition Report and Restoration Estimate, The Valle-Rozier House, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.  Produced for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Mo., 1969.  With plans and elevations of house and slave quarters.  (photocopies)

 

F. 24:  Shannon County

                Akers Ferry

                Log barn at the Sinks, George Hellmuth farm

 

F. 25:  Vernon County

                Schell City [also views of Wheatland, Mo.?]

 

F. 26:  Warren County

Flanders Callaway house near Marthasville (includes correspondence with Charles van Ravenswaay concerning the house, 1960)

Log granary

 

F. 27:  Washington County

                Store and outbuildings at Berryman; Coleman’s store, St. James

                Springhouse near Berryman

                House, east end Caledonia

                Murphy’s lead furnace near Fertile

                Palmer lead furnace on Hazel Creek

                Palmer manager’s house, company store, and privy

                Copies of photographs from the Missouri Geological Survey:

                                Fort Davidson

Furnaces at Valle mines

Higginbotham’s smelter

Smelter near Old Mines

 

F. 28:  Prairie Grove, Arkansas

                Log buildings at Prairie Grove battlefield

Mill at Cane Hill; Morrow House; Latta House

 

F. 29:  unknown locations

                Milt Yeary log house in ruins

                Log house on Hwy. O, west of junction with Hwy 63

                House barn

                Frame house with outside fireplace and chimney

                Log barn  (print only)

                Log house and chimney at Summers [Summersville?], ca. 1880  [copy print]

                unknown locations—smokehouse, notching and sill details, etc.

                A. W. Schell General Merchandise [original photograph]

                Indian dwelling reconstructed at Van Meter State park

 

F. 30:  “Church Tour Sponsored by Washington Museum Society, 24 April, 1960,

Tour Leader—Ralph Gregory.  Photos—R. L. Elgin”   The tour included churches at Washington, Newport, Port Hudson, Beemont, Carmel, and Krakow in Franklin County.

 

F. 31:  Cemetery headstones and grave markers, photos and drawings, ca. 1990s.

Pine Hill Cemetery in Phelps County

Fulkerson, Grove Dale, Johnson, Sewell, and Skaggs Chapel cemeteries in Maries County

Miscellaneous photos

 

Folders 32-35:  Slide collection

 

F. 32:  Lecture notes accompanying slide collection

 

F. 33:  Slide program on churches and grave markers:

                (slides 01-17)  Westphalia 

                (slides 18-21)  Rich Fountain 

                (slides 22-25)  Osage City 

                (slides 26-28)  Freeburg 

                (slides 29-31)  Stolpe

                (slide 32)         Hermann

(slide 33)         Fredericksburg 

                (slides 34-36)  Stony Hill 

 

F. 34:  Churches  (arranged alphabetically by town)

                Bay

                Caledonia

                Casco

                Cuba

                Drake

                Ironton

                Hermann

Krakow

                Newport

                Oak Hill

                Old Mines

                Platte City

                Platte County

                Potosi

                Red Bird

                Rich Fountain

                St. James

                Schubert

Stolpe

                Stone Church

                Stony Hill

Swiss

Washington

Watkins Mill

Westphalia

 

F. 35:  Buildings, houses, log structures, mills, etc.  (arranged alphabetically by town)

                Akers Ferry

                Arrowrock

                Bay

                Beemont

                Burns Mill

                Camdenton

Dillard Mill

Dry Knob Mill

Fort Zumwalt

Gerald

Hermann

Kimmswick

Noser’s Mill

Phelps County

Platte City

Platte County

Potosi

Ste. Genevieve

Schlicht Mill

Sinks

Sullivan

Swiss

Vienna

Washington

 

F. 36:  Miscellaneous topical collection   (arranged alphabetically by topic)

Artillery gate, Jefferson Barracks

Blacksmith shop, Fort Sill

Brush arbors

Clapboards being rived

Covered bridges

Gravel dredge at Mari-osa Delta

Half-timbered houses

Harvesting wheat and hay

Log building

Log privy

Missouri River boat

Rock breaker near Akers

Sorghum making

 

 


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