Browse Collections (85 total)
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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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Discher Family Papers, 1917-1921
Papers are primarily composed of family letters to Louis Discher, a soldier serving in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. 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…
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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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1890 Tornado Subject Photos and Prints
Views of storm damage in Louisville, Kentucky, after the 1890 tornado.
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Women's Suffrage
Materials from the Filson's collections concerning the United States Women's Suffrage movement.
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Kentucky Whiskey Jug Collection
Today food can be stored and transported in a wide variety of plastic and glass containers. In the 18th and 19th centuries, however, options were…
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D. X. Murphy & Bro. Architectural Collection, 1854–1949
D. X. Murphy & Bro., Architects was a Louisville architectural firm. It grew out of the firm of architect Henry Whitestone, an Irish immigrant best…
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Stratton O. Hammon Architectural Collection, 1929-1996
Stratton Owen Hammon (1904-1997) was a Louisville architect who gained national recognition after starting his own business in 1929.
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World War I Posters, 1917-1919
Seven days after America entered the war, President Woodrow Wilson issued Executive Order 2594, creating the Committee on Public Information. Led by…
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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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Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen Paper Doll Collection
This unique collection of hand drawn and painted paper dolls was created by Kentucky artist Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen. Ewen was born in Flemingsburg,…
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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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Camp Zachary Taylor Collection
In 1917, nearly three thousand acres of farmland and open fields outside of the city of Louisville, Kentucky were transformed into an active military…
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William Hession Photograph Collection, 1946-1959
These images are from a collection of photos donated to the Filson that in part document areas of Louisville, Kentucky, razed by urban renewal. They…
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Bourbon labels, 1850s, 1934-1949
Selection of bourbon bottle labels from two collections.
Henry Miller Scrapbook, 1850s (Mss. M647a): A scrapbook of samples of engravings used by…