Browse Collections (58 total)
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Exhibit records
Graphics 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
Oral 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
The 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
This 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
Samuel 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
Members 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)
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
This 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
Edwin 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…
Contributors: Johansen, Emma
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…