Browse Collections (50 total)

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  Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company Collections

  Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance, Co. (1915-1992) was one of the largest Black-owned and operated companies in Kentucky's history. Four individuals…

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  B’nai B’rith. Louisville Lodge No. 14 (Louisville, Ky.) Records, 1860-1921

  Collection consists of early organizational records of two Jewish fraternal lodges in Louisville, both independent orders of B’nai B’rith: the Har…

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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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  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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  Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative Collection

  Ivey W. Cousins, a native of Danville, Va., retired as a leaf tobacco buyer and dealer in 1944 and moved to Louisville, Ky. While living in his…

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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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  Edwin Finch: The World at War, circa 1943

  Among the Filson’s cartoon collections, the World War II era is best documented in the work of Edwin Finch. Finch was born in 1895 in Norwood, Ohio…

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  Fontaine Talbot Fox III Sketches and Photographs, ca. 1890-1950

  Fontaine Talbot Fox III, creator of the famous Toonerville Trolley, was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1884. He started his career as a reporter for…

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  Frank B. Russell Scrapbook, 1870-1977

  On August 7, 1895 Lilian M. Stitzel married Frank B. Russell. Lilian, born in 1873, was the daughter of Philip Stitzel, who, in 1910, sold a…

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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.
  
  During World…

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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…

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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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  Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018

  Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers.…

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  Jewish Hospital (Louisville, Ky.) Records, 1905-2008

  The collection consists of the records of Jewish Hospital, which opened in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1905. The papers, dating from 1905 to 2008,…

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  Wyncie King Caricatures, ca. 1920

  Wyncie King was a noted caricaturist and political cartoonist of the early 20th century. Born in Covington, Georgia in 1884, King got his start in…

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  Walter H. Kiser Drawings Collection, circa 1934–1942

  Walter H. Kiser (1902-1980) was an artist born in New Albany, Indiana. After graduating from New Albany High School, he was awarded a scholarship at…

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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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  Wallace G. Mathis Cartoon Collection

  Cartoonist Wallace Mathis was born in 1904 in Collierville, Tennessee. During his college years, he drew cartoons for Vanderbilt University’s humor…

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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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