Browse Collections (48 total)
Helen Humes Papers and Photographs
This collection consists of material related to the career and personal life of Louisville jazz and blues singer Helen Humes. Professional material…
Steamboating in the Ohio Valley Collection
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Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902
Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) was a Louisville industrialist who made his fortune in the cottonseed oil business. His company, the Kentucky Refining…
The Sanders-Bullitt Family Papers
A reworking of the Bullitt family papers to highlight the people enslaved by the Bullitt family on the Oxmoor plantation and the Cottonwood plantation…
Contributors: Johansen, Emma
Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project
The Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project at the Filson Historical Society was inspired by the COVID-19 Poster Project, a bold and innovative collecting…
Stow Family Photograph Collection
This small photographic collection documents the family of Uzziel Hayward Stow (1809-1890) and Catharine Manser Stow (1811-1899) of Switzerland…
Henry Clay Letter Collection
Henry Clay was one of Kentucky's most prominent political figures. He was born in Virginia in 1777 but moved to Lexington, Kentucky to practice law in…
Novia James White Photo Collection
The Novia James White Photograph Collection consists of two folders of black and white photographic items, one of which has been hand-tinted. The…
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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889-1895
Minute book of the Louisville Woman Suffrage Association. Contains a list of members, April lst, 1895; Constitution and By-Laws, and Minutes of…