Letter from Kephart to Morve L. Weaver of Visalia, California, concerning Kephart's writings on the history of the American rifle. Kephart lists several of his publications on the topic and also discusses the difficulties that would be encountered...
Letter from Joseph Cox, Managing Editor of "Adventure" magazine, New York City, requesting that Kephart serve as an expert in the "Ask Adventure" department.
Letter from Joseph Cox, Managing Editor of "Adventure" magazine, New York, N.Y., requesting that Kephart serve as an expert in the "Ask Adventure" department.
The captions on the back of this photograph have three sections: "Squatter's hut, Mincke, Mo. (23 miles W. of St. Louis) July / 94. 'Poor White Trash.' The best had only one room, no loft, only partially floored. Some of the family...
The caption on the reverse of the picture notes, "The road to the mine. H.K. going for mail. Have to cross 6 footlogs on way, all mighty slick & wobbly." This locale is near Medlin in Swain County, North Carolina. This photograph is...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph identifies this as "Razorback," drawing attention to the razorback hog in the center of the picture. Kephart writes of razorbacks in his journals, his correspondence, and "Our...
"Making Sorghum." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 368) as "Making 'Lasses." This photograph is on Album page 5 with the heading "Tuckaseegee River." It is one of...
The back of the photograph has handwritten caption that is very light and difficult to read, "Kep in winter leaning against mt. laurel a foot thick." The Album caption identifies this photograph as "Laurel near mine." This looks...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house....
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption "Sheriff Collecting Taxes." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as "At the...
A newspaper clipping from the June 4, 1922 "New York Times" titled "St. Louis in Lead with 426 Murders." This page was included in journal of notes for Kephart's detective story "Trail of a Bullet."
