Browse Collections (85 total)
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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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World War I Posters, 1917-1919
Seven 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
Materials from the Filson's collections concerning the United States Women's Suffrage movement.
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William Hession Photograph Collection, 1946-1959
These images are from a collection of photos donated to the Filson that in part document areas of Louisville, Kentucky, razed by urban renewal. They…
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West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1946, 1964-1968, 1992
Members 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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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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W. Stuber & Brothers 1890 Tornado Views Photograph Collection
The W. Stuber & Brothers "Tornado Views" is a series of mounted photographs that is a compilation of 28 views of Louisville, Kentucky after the 1890…
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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…
Contributors: Johansen, Emma
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The Kentucky State Fair, 1816-2015
The 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 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 Edwin Hite Ferguson Mansion
Edwin 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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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.
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Stow Family Photograph Collection, 1850-1910
This small photographic collection documents the family of Uzziel Hayward Stow (1809-1890) and Catharine Manser Stow (1811-1899) of Switzerland…
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Steamboats on the Ohio River
Louisville, Jeffersonville, and New Albany’s strategic locations at the Falls of the Ohio River destined them to become intertwined with the steamboat…
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Sheet Music Collection, circa 1840-1930
The 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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Samuel Plato Collection
Samuel Plato (1882-1957) was a prominent African-American architect and builder. He designed and built a wide variety of buildings including Greek…
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Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston Mountain Photograph Collection, 1882-1905
The Mountain Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs taken by Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky,…