Browse Collections (50 total)

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  D. X. Murphy & Bro. Architectural Collection, 1854–1949

  D. 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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  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.
  
  During World…

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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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  Caroline Hancock Preston Recipe Book, circa 1808-1827
  

  Recipes 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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  Mourning Collection

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  Baptist Orphan Home Records. Correspondence, circa 1873-1910

  Correspondence, 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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  Camp Zachary Taylor Collection

  In 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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  Bourbon labels, 1850s, 1934-1949

  Selection 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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  Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project, 2020

  The 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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  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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  Edwin H. Ferguson Residence Architectural Collection, 1902

  Edwin 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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  Helen Humes Papers and Photographs, 1940s-1980s

  This 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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  First American West, 1750-1820

  Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and…

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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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  Jasper D. Ward Architectural Drawings

  The 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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  Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc. Architectural Drawings

  The digital collection features records of Grossman Chapman Klarer Architects Inc.'s projects that won Kentucky Society of Architects (AIA Kentucky)…

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  Museum Collection

  The collection consists of digitized artifacts and artwork from the Filson Historical Society's Museum Collection.

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  Jewish Community of Louisville Photograph Collection

  This collection consists of photographs relating to the Jewish community of Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the photographs document activities, events,…

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  Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) records, circa 1916-1977, 1992

  The collection consists of twentieth-century records of Plymouth Congregational Church, founded in 1877 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Plymouth…

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• Ethel and William Clemons Oral Histories

  Oral history interviews with Ethel Clemons and William Clemons, a married Black couple, conducted by Teresa C. Klasen at the Clemons's home in…

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