Browse Collections (50 total)
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Jewish Summer Camps, 1945-1968
View the items in Jewish Summer Camps, 1945-1968Brochures, newspapers, reports, and textiles representing summer camps operated by the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Jewish Community Center…
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
View the items in The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990sThis collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to…
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Miscellaneous Collections
View the items in Miscellaneous CollectionsSmall manuscript collections created and collected by different people.
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Exhibit records
View the items in Exhibit recordsGraphics and other materials created by Filson Historical Society staff in the process of curating exhibitions. The collection also includes digital…
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Jewish Community of Louisville Photograph Collection
View the items in Jewish Community of Louisville Photograph CollectionThis collection consists of photographs relating to the Jewish community of Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the photographs document activities, events,…
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Museum Collection
View the items in Museum CollectionThe 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
View the items in Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc. Architectural DrawingsThe digital collection features records of Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc.'s projects that won Kentucky Society of Architects (AIA Kentucky)…
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First American West, 1750-1820
View the items in First American West, 1750-1820Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and…
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Helen Humes Papers and Photographs, 1940s-1980s
View the items in Helen Humes Papers and Photographs, 1940s-1980sThis 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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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…
View the items in The Sanders-Bullitt Family PapersContributors: Johansen, Emma
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Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project, 2020
View the items in Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project, 2020The 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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Camp Zachary Taylor Collection
View the items in Camp Zachary Taylor CollectionIn 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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World War I Posters, 1917-1919
View the items in World War I Posters, 1917-1919Seven 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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Women's Suffrage
View the items in Women's SuffrageMaterials from the Filson's collections concerning the United States Women's Suffrage movement.
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Sheet Music Collection, circa 1840-1930
View the items in Sheet Music Collection, circa 1840-1930The 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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The Kentucky State Fair, 1816-2015
View the items in The Kentucky State Fair, 1816-2015The 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…