Browse Collections (85 total)
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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…
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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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Caroline Hancock Preston Recipe Book, circa 1808-1827
Recipes for food and home remedies collected by Caroline Hancock Preston (1785-1847). Preston was born in Fincastle, Virginia and was married to…
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Baptist Orphan Home Records. Correspondence, circa 1873-1910
Correspondence, 1873-1910, to Mary A. Hollingsworth, matron, and others about the placement of orphan children, the occasional return of the same to…
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Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston Mountain Photograph Collection, 1882-1905
The Mountain Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs taken by Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky,…
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Music of the Great War
When the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after the war had begun, the nation was shocked. Woodrow Wilson had…
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Steamboats on the Ohio River
Louisville, Jeffersonville, and New Albany’s strategic locations at the Falls of the Ohio River destined them to become intertwined with the steamboat…
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The Kentucky Derby: "The Run for the Roses"
The Kentucky Derby is a one-and-one-quarter-mile stake race for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings, and fillies. The Kentucky Derby and the…
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Architecture of Arthur Raymond Smith
The early 20th century found the east end of Louisville, Kentucky to be flourishing with new housing developments. Neighborhoods such as Crescent Hill…
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The Edwin Hite Ferguson Mansion
Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) was a Louisville industrialist who made his fortune in the cottonseed-oil business. His company grew to be the 2nd…
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W. Stuber & Brothers 1890 Tornado Views Photograph Collection
The W. Stuber & Brothers "Tornado Views" is a series of mounted photographs that is a compilation of 28 views of Louisville, Kentucky after the 1890…
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Mammoth Cave by Magnesium Light, 1866
In 1866, Charles L. Waldack of Cincinnati, Ohio took the first subterranean photographs of Mammoth Cave with the help of magnesium light. These 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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Novia James White Photo Collection, circa 1920-1960
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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Enid Bland Yandell, 1869-1934
A selected set of items from the Enid Bland Yandell Photograph Collection and the Enid Bland Yandell Papers at The Filson Historical Society
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John Speed in World War I
Louisville and the Ohio Valley made many contributions to the war effort in World War I. Camp Zachary Taylor, in what is now a residential…
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Louisville's Southern Exposition, 1883-1885
The Southern Exposition, held in Louisville from 1883-1887, was driven by the city’s need to succeed in a competitive national economy. The Exposition…
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The Kentucky State Fair, 1816-2015
The Kentucky State Fair is one of the oldest fairs celebrated in the United States. Its beginning can be traced back to 1816 when Colonel Lewis…
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Sheet Music Collection, circa 1840-1930
The Filson maintains a large collection of 19th and 20th century sheet music. Numbering some 4,700 items, much of the collection reflects the popular…
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1890 Tornado Subject Photos and Prints
Views of storm damage in Louisville, Kentucky, after the 1890 tornado.