Browse Collections (85 total)
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1890 Tornado Subject Photos and Prints
View the items in 1890 Tornado Subject Photos and PrintsViews of storm damage in Louisville, Kentucky, after the 1890 tornado.
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Architecture of Arthur Raymond Smith
View the items in Architecture of Arthur Raymond SmithThe 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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Baptist Orphan Home Records. Correspondence, circa 1873-1910
View the items in Baptist Orphan Home Records. Correspondence, circa 1873-1910Correspondence, 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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Bourbon labels, 1850s, 1934-1949
View the items in Bourbon labels, 1850s, 1934-1949Selection 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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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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Caroline Hancock Preston Recipe Book, circa 1808-1827
View the items in Caroline Hancock Preston Recipe Book, circa 1808-1827Recipes 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
View the items in Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen Paper Doll CollectionThis 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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D. X. Murphy & Bro. Architectural Collection, 1854–1949
View the items in D. X. Murphy & Bro. Architectural Collection, 1854–1949D. 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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Discher Family Papers, 1917-1921
View the items in Discher Family Papers, 1917-1921Papers 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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Edwin Finch: The World at War, circa 1943
View the items in Edwin Finch: The World at War, circa 1943Among 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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Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902
View the items in Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902Edwin 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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