Browse Collections (50 total)
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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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Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative Collection
View the items in Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative CollectionIvey 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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Jasper D. Ward Architectural Drawings
View the items in Jasper D. Ward Architectural DrawingsThe 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 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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Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018
View the items in Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018Summaries 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
View the items in Jewish Hospital (Louisville, Ky.) Records, 1905-2008The 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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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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John Speed in World War I
View the items in John Speed in World War ILouisville and the Ohio Valley made many contributions to the war effort in World War I. Camp Zachary Taylor, in what is now a residential…
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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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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889-1895
View the items in Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889-1895Minute 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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Louisville's Southern Exposition, 1883-1885
View the items in Louisville's Southern Exposition, 1883-1885The Southern Exposition, held in Louisville from 1883-1887, was driven by the city’s need to succeed in a competitive national economy. The Exposition…
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Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company Collections
View the items in Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company CollectionsMammoth 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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Miscellaneous Collections
View the items in Miscellaneous CollectionsSmall manuscript collections created and collected by different people.
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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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Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) records, circa 1916-1977, 1992
View the items in Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) records, circa 1916-1977, 1992The collection consists of twentieth-century records of Plymouth Congregational Church, founded in 1877 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Plymouth…
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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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Stratton O. Hammon Architectural Collection, 1929-1996
View the items in Stratton O. Hammon Architectural Collection, 1929-1996Stratton Owen Hammon (1904-1997) was a Louisville architect who gained national recognition after starting his own business in 1929.
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The Edwin Hite Ferguson Mansion
View the items in The Edwin Hite Ferguson MansionEdwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) was a Louisville industrialist who made his fortune in the cottonseed-oil business. His company grew to be the 2nd…
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The Great 1937 Flood of Louisville & Southern Indiana
View the items in The Great 1937 Flood of Louisville & Southern IndianaIn January 1937 one of the largest floods in American history inundated the Ohio River Valley. Many cities and towns on the Ohio and its tributaries…