Browse Collections (85 total)
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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, 2020
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, 1850-1910
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 letters, 1797-1851
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, 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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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… -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Women's Suffrage
Materials from the Filson's collections concerning the United States Women's Suffrage movement.