Browse Collections (50 total)
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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…
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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…
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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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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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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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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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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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Miscellaneous Collections
View the items in Miscellaneous CollectionsSmall manuscript collections created and collected by different people.
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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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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…