Browse Collections (58 total)
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Exhibit records
View the items in Exhibit recordsGraphics and other materials created by Filson Historical Society staff in the process of curating exhibitions.
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Ethel and William Clemons Oral Histories
View the items in Ethel and William Clemons Oral HistoriesOral history interviews with Ethel Clemons and William Clemons, a married Black couple, conducted by Teresa C. Klasen at the Clemons's home in…
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Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) records, circa 1916-1977, 1992
View the items in Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) records, circa 1916-1977, 1992The collection consists of twentieth-century records of Plymouth Congregational Church, founded in 1877 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Plymouth…
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Jewish Community of Louisville Photograph Collection
View the items in Jewish Community of Louisville Photograph CollectionThis collection consists of photographs relating to the Jewish community of Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the photographs document activities, events,…
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Samuel Plato Collection
View the items in Samuel Plato CollectionSamuel Plato (1882-1957) was a prominent African-American architect and builder. He designed and built a wide variety of buildings including Greek…
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Museum Collection
View the items in Museum CollectionThe collection consists of digitized artifacts and artwork from the Filson Historical Society's Museum Collection.
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Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc. Architectural Drawings
View the items in Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc. Architectural DrawingsThe digital collection features records of Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc.'s projects that won Kentucky Society of Architects (AIA Kentucky)…
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Jasper D. Ward Architectural Drawings
View the items in Jasper D. Ward Architectural DrawingsThe digital collection features records of Jasper D. Ward's projects that won AIA Kentucky awards.Detailed floor plans of extant public buildings were…
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West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1946, 1964-1968, 1992
View the items in West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1946, 1964-1968, 1992Members of a Sunday school operated by the German St. Peter's Evangelical Church formed the West Louisville Evangelical Church in 1915. The…
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First American West (1750-1820)
View the items in First American West (1750-1820)Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, the First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and…
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Helen Humes Papers and Photographs
View the items in Helen Humes Papers and PhotographsThis collection consists of material related to the career and personal life of Louisville jazz and blues singer Helen Humes. Professional material…
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Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902
View the items in Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) was a Louisville industrialist who made his fortune in the cottonseed oil business. His company, the Kentucky Refining…
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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…
View the items in The Sanders-Bullitt Family PapersContributors: Johansen, Emma
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Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project
View the items in Kentucky COVID-19 Poster ProjectThe Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project at the Filson Historical Society was inspired by the COVID-19 Poster Project, a bold and innovative collecting…
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Stow Family Photograph Collection
View the items in Stow Family Photograph CollectionThis small photographic collection documents the family of Uzziel Hayward Stow (1809-1890) and Catharine Manser Stow (1811-1899) of Switzerland…
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Henry Clay Letter Collection
View the items in Henry Clay Letter CollectionHenry 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…
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Novia James White Photo Collection
View the items in Novia James White Photo CollectionThe Novia James White Photograph Collection consists of two folders of black and white photographic items, one of which has been hand-tinted. The…