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  • JLW Certificate.jpg

    Filson Club membership packet prepared for John L. Wheat. Documents include a membership certificate with a description of the organization as "established for the purpose of collecting and preserving the history of Kentucky, the biography of its citizens, and the traditions of its pioneers." Also included with the packet is a typed letter from President Reuben T. Durrett, receipt for annual dues, and envelope addressed to 1026 Seventh Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • MssBD_B661_Vol1_lowres.pdf

    An indexed membership register for the Louisville, Kentucky, B’nai B’rith Mendelssohn Lodge, a Jewish fraternal organization. The register documents members from 1860 to at least 1921. Recorded member information includes their name, place of residence, occupation, marital status, number of children, and date they were inducted.

    The Har-Moriah Lodge No. 14 (“Mt. Moriah”) opened in Louisville in October 1852 and a second B’nai B’rith lodge, the Mendelssohn Lodge No. 40, opened in Louisville in May 1860. Many of the early lodge members were recent Jewish immigrants from parts of now modern Germany who had strong bonds through neighborhood proximity, marriage, and business ventures. The Har Moriah and Mendelssohn lodges officially merged in February 1904 and became Louisville Lodge No. 14.

    Note: The PDF is 523 pages long, so please be patient while it loads.

    For the full collection finding aid, see https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/bnai-brith-louisville-lodge-no-14-louisville-ky-records-1860-1921/
  • MssBI_P852_Portland_optimized.pdf

    Register of the Portland Colored Evening School (Portland neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky) for 1909-1915. Records name, age, place of residence, occupation, enrollment and/or transfer dates, and vaccination. Two loose documents inserted in the volume include a list of student names and Minetta Warnell Jackson's 1915 Certificate of Graduation. A feather pen is also included. Only a representative sample of blank pages were scanned.

    Henrietta Helm (1863-1942) operated the school and taught the majority of classes represented in the register.
  • MssSM_B261_sec2_010.jpg

    Black and white facsimile of sheet music entitled "Greater Louisville Exposition March, Dedicated to the First Kentucky."
  • fergman020.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman019.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman018.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman017.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman016.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman015.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman014.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman013.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman012.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman011.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman009.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman007.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman006.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman005.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman004.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
  • fergman003.jpg

    Reproductions of blueprints for the residence of Edwin Hite Ferguson (1852-1924) located at 1412 Third Avenue (today's 1310 South Third Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. Drawings include floor, section, and detail drawings of the mansion and carriage house.
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