Browse Collections (50 total)
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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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The Kentucky Derby: "The Run for the Roses"
View the items in The Kentucky Derby: "The Run for the Roses"The Kentucky Derby is a one-and-one-quarter-mile stake race for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings, and fillies. The Kentucky Derby and the…
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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…
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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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Wallace G. Mathis Cartoon Collection
View the items in Wallace G. Mathis Cartoon CollectionCartoonist 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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Walter H. Kiser Drawings Collection, circa 1934–1942
View the items in Walter H. Kiser Drawings Collection, circa 1934–1942Walter 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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West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1946, 1964-1968, 1992
View the items in West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1946, 1964-1968, 1992Members of a Sunday school operated by the German St. Peter's Evangelical Church formed the West Louisville Evangelical Church in 1915. The…
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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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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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Wyncie King Caricatures, ca. 1920
View the items in Wyncie King Caricatures, ca. 1920Wyncie King was a noted caricaturist and political cartoonist of the early 20th century. Born in Covington, Georgia in 1884, King got his start in…