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Humana Conference and Fitness Center Architectural Drawings
Site plans of the Humana Conference and Fitness Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Views include the east elevation, exterior, and interior. -
Townsend Residence Section and Elevation Architectural Drawings
Section and elevation drawings of the Townsend Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. The drawings depict the north elevation, west/east elevation, roof, foundation, loft, balcony, framing, and spiral staircase. -
Townsend Residence Interior Second Level
Architectural drawings of the second level of the Townsend Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. Spaces depicted include a family room and balcony. -
Townsend Residence Interior First Level
Architectural drawings of the first level of the Townsend Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. Details include transom panels, laundry room, storage rooms, passage way, exercise room, and recreation space. -
Townsend Residence Topographical Drawings
Topographical drawings of the Townsend Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Miles Residence Architectural Drawings
Architectural drawings of the Miles Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Portland Elementary School Drawing
Drawings of the exterior of Portland Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Neighborhood House Architectural Drawing
Drawing of the facade of Neighborhood House. -
West Louisville Evangelical Church marriages, 1916-1946
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 -
West Louisville Evangelical Church deaths, 1916-1946
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. -
West Louisville Evangelical Church confirmations, 1917-1945
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. -
West Louisville Evangelical Church communion attendance, 1964-1966
20-page record of communion service attendance for West Louisville Evangelical Church in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The register lists church members' names in alphabetical order by surname. Check marks indicate whether the person/couple attended communion services in 1964, 1965, and 1966. Irregular communion visitors are listed in order of attendance from the bottom of page 290 through 292. -
West Louisville Evangelical Church baptisms, 1916-1945
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. -
West Louisville Evangelical Church register, 1916-1945, 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 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. -
Julia M. Jackson Woods scrapbook, 1942-1947
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.
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Contract hiring people enslaved by William C. Bullitt to be loaned to Archibald Dixon, January 1st, 1865.
A contract hiring several people enslaved by William Christian Bullitt to Cottonwood plantation, to work for Archibald Dixon, dated January 1st, 1865. The following enslaved people were loaned out: Dick, Armstead, Billy, Ike, Bill, John Gordon, and Frank (who is blind). The following children were also loaned to Dixon: Nelly, Bobb, Alfred, Harrison, and Jack. Rody, Lizzy, and Rose with her four children were also hired.Tags Archibald Dixon -
Field notes for a survey in Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1786
Field notes and plat of a survey done in Jefferson County, Kentucky, by George May. Taken from George May's survey book. -
Bars quilt
Quilt belonging to Elizabeth Tyler Sturgeon. The quilt has strips of hand-woven cloth believed to have been made locally in Jefferson County, Kentucky, alternating with a commercial indigo print that was imported into the United States. The quilt, the oldest quilt in the Filson's collection, is more than 100 inches long on each side and was completely hand-stitched. Eliza married Thomas Sturgeon in 1816, who died seven years into their marriage in 1822. Eliza then took on the responsibility of managing their farm in addition to rearing her three young sons. Eliza enslaved seven people who provided crucial labor for the success of the farm and household. After her husband died, an unidentified enslaved woman helped Eliza manage the farm. In 1833, Eliza died from cholera leaving her three sons, all under the age of eighteen, to live with her brother. -
Empire Wedding Dress
Early silk empire style wedding dress. Empire dresses emerged in the early 19th century and rapidly became fashionable across Europe, particularly England. -
Teaspoon, circa 1810
Early style teaspoon with egg-shaped bowl and slender handle widening to a modified coffin style. Undecipherable monogram on end of handle. "SA" stamped in rectangular cartouche. Also a winged eagle, looking left.