The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

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    Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Enid German-Beck (1930-) in November 2010. The summary is accompanied by photographs of Enid, her homes, and her family and friends, dating from the 1930s-1950s, 2011. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
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    Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Geraldine Snyder (1919-) in February 2018. The summary is accompanied by a photograph of Gerri and Sam Synder, circa late 1940s. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • HaroldHDavis_Watch the Birdies.jpg

    Carbro print from direct separation negative of two parakeets by photographer H. Harold Davis (1908-1980). It was published in the November 1949 issue of The Courier-Journal Magazine and was later exhibited at the 1950 Photographers Association of America Convention.
  • Animalcompilation.mp4

    Compilation of silent film footage of animals from film collections at the Filson Historical Society. The footage was exhibited in "Animals in the Archives" at the Filson from 2023-2024.
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    Photograph of Barry Bingham Sr. (1906-1988) with three of his five children, Jonathan, Sallie, and Eleanor, along with their standard poodle Figaro at the family amphitheater. The Binghams owned several standard poodles over the years, many named after opera characters. Bingham Sr. was a second-generation owner of The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, and WHAS radio and television.
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    Photograph of Barry Bingham Sr. (1906-1988) seated with the family standard poodle Popo on the West Terrace, Melcomb estate. Bingham was a second-generation owner of The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, and WHAS radio and television. Popo is a frequent subject among the Bingham family photos.
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    Photograph of four men with springer spaniel Frejax Marktime winning Best in Show at the Louisville Kennel Club Dog Show held at the Jefferson County Armory. The spaniel's handler Frank Feldschmidt is also in the photograph.
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    Front elevation and plot plan for Mr. and Mrs. Dillman Rash's residence on Cherokee Gardens lots 66 and 67 in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • MssBA_P738_F01_005.jpg

    The card belonging to George D. Wilson from Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity is a one-page document detailing the information of his membership. Sigma Pi Phi is exclusive and the oldest African American Greek-letter organization for professionals, they do not have collegiate or undergraduate membership.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/mssba_p738_vol11_marriages.pdf

    24-page record of marriages of members of West Louisville Evangelical Church, Louisville, Kentucky. The register lists the names of the couple, witnesses, marriage date and location, and officiating clergyman. These pages are part of a larger register for the church: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/6650
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/mssba_p738_vol11_deaths.pdf

    25-page record of deaths of members of West Louisville Evangelical Church, Louisville, Kentucky. The register lists the deceased person's name, death date, birthdate, date of internment and location, and officiating clergyman.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/mssba_p738_vol11_confirm.pdf

    34-page record of confirmation classes at West Louisville Evangelical Church in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The register lists varied information for each confirmand, which can include their confirmation date, name, birthdate, memory verse, address, father's name, mother's name, baptism date, and class song.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/mssba_p738_vol11_baptisms.pdf

    35-page record of baptisms conducted at West Louisville Evangelical Church in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The register lists the child's name, parents, birthdate, baptism date, and sponsors.
  • MssBA_P738_vol11.pdf

    Members of a Sunday school operated by the German St. Peter's Evangelical Church formed the West Louisville Evangelical Church in 1915. The congregation built a church in the Shawnee neighborhood at 245 South 41st Street in 1916. A new sanctuary was constructed circa 1926-1927. In 1957, the church changed its name to the West Louisville United Church of Christ. In 1986, the West Louisville United Church of Christ closed due to declining membership, in part because of white flight from West Louisville, and problems maintaining the property. The remaining congregation became members of the historically Black Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ.

    This register contains entries for marriages, baptisms, confirmations, attendance at communion services, and deaths from 1916-1945. Members' attendance at communion services is also recorded for 1964-1966. Loose inserts in the ledger include a 1935 license to solemnize marriages for Rev. C. T. Rausch, a 1968 request for a baptism record, undated genealogy notes, and a 1992 Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ bulletin.
  • MssSBJ13_JacksonJulia_reduced.pdf

    This scrapbook was created by Julia M. Jackson Woods (1911-2000), an African American woman from Louisville, Kentucky, who enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in November 1942. The scrapbook contains greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from Woods' service, as well as more than 20 insignia and patches collected from various units, including her own sergeant stripes. The scrapbook documents the social side of military base life - cards from USO groups and friends, marriages, dances, and other interracial interactions between otherwise segregated regiments stationed at the same bases. A few items at the end of the volume relate to Woods' postwar life in Louisville.

    Woods served in the all-Black 32nd Post Headquarters Company of the WAAC. She did much of her training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, near the Mexican border; she also served stints in Des Moines, Iowa and Midland, Texas. A clipping on one of the initial pages of the scrapbook notes that Jackson was one of Louisville's first volunteers to join the WAAC. She was discharged on August 14, 1943. After the United States Congress authorized the creation of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), she enlisted in the WAC on May 1, 1944. She ultimately reached the rank of sergeant and served in the military police force. The Army discharged her on December 24, 1945. After her service, she married Thomas Harry Woods (1914-1961) and was hired as the head of the all-Black Western Kentucky Vocational Training School Department of Cosmetology in Paducah, Kentucky, by 1946.

    Want to help transcribe this scrapbook? Check out our volunteer transcription webpage: https://fromthepage.com/filson/african-american-history/jacksonjulia
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    Roy, Jerry, and Shirley Abramson ca. 1948
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    Photograph of United Service Organizations (USO) serving food to United States soldiers in the YMHA sukkah (outdoor booth constructed annually for the Jewish fall holiday of Sukkot).

    This item is included in the Bricks and Mortar, Soul and Heart: The Evolution of Louisville's Young Men's Hebrew Association and Jewish Community Center 1890-2022 digital exhibit at: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/ymha-jcc-louisville/second-and-college-1913-1955
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/09_1940s-ymha-womens-basketball.jpg

    Group photograph of the Louisville Young Men's Hebrew Association's (YMHA) women's basketball team.

    This item is included in the Bricks and Mortar, Soul and Heart: The Evolution of Louisville's Young Men's Hebrew Association and Jewish Community Center 1890-2022 digital exhibit at: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/ymha-jcc-louisville/second-and-college-1913-1955
  • A W576 5 Kentucky Blossom.jpg

    Label reads: Bottled by Fairfield Distillery Incorporated Bardstown, Kentucky
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