Browse Items (238 total)

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  "Help! Save these buildings" article, Sept. 1980

  This is an article from a local preservation publication, Preservation Press
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  "The Levy Building: A Bright Spot in Downtown Revitalization" article, 1984

  This is an article from a local preservation publication, Preservation Press
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  A statement to the public by Henry Clay, Washington, 4 April 1838

  A statement to the public recommending Franklin Knight as a respectable and intelligent gentleman, and the Christian Statesman, for which Knight is going to the Western states to solicit patronage, as a paper highly worthy of support. J. R. Underwood concurs.
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  Agreement between Daniel Bryan and Henry Clay, 7 September 1804

  Said Clay agrees to act for the said Bryan in any suit ... against the Trustees of Transylvania University relative to the settlement and preemption on the waters of Hickman and Elkhorn. Bryan agrees to pay Clay seven pounds and one dollar per acre. On reverse: H. Clay received fifty dollars in full satisfaction of the agreement. 5 Sept. 1808. In: Misc. Papers.
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  American Tobacco Warehouse architectural drawing, 1947

  Architectural drawing of American Tobacco Warehouse created by O'Toole, mostly dating to ca. 1925-1956 when he worked for D. X Murphy & Bro., Architects, a firm in Louisville, Ky.
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  Appointment Document signed by James Monroe, 3 December 1823

  Monroe confers upon James Brown, U.S. Minister to France, full powers to negotiate with the French government concerning "claims to indemnity of citizens of the United States on the government of France," or of French subjects upon the U.S. and matters of commerce between the two countries. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State and affixed with the Seal of the U.S.
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  Autograph by Dwight Eisenhower for The Filson Club

  Transmitting his signature to The Filson Club with best wishes.
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  Blue Boar Cafeteria architectural drawing, 1935

  Drawing of 1935 remodel of Walnut St. Blue Boar, including interior elevations.
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  Broadside "Reception of the Remains of Hon. Henry Clay," 6 July 1852

  Copy of a broadside calling upon the young men of Louisville, regardless of party affiliation, to meet at the courthouse to make arrangements for the reception and transportation of the body of Henry Clay to Ashland.
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  Certificate of Deposit signed by Henry Clay, 4 June 1827

  A partially printed document certifying that Octavius Pickering deposited in the Office of the Department of State Volume III of his book entitled Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. The certificate includes a statement on copyright provisions for the book and is sealed and signed by Clay as Secretary of the Department of State of the United States.
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  Commission signed by Andrew Johnson, 21 May 1866

  Commission to Job J Hayes as Major of U.S. Volunteers. Signed by Andrew Johnson, President, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Also bears signature of E. D. Townsend, Ass't. Adj't. General.
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  Draft of a letter from James Madison to the General Assembly of Kentucky, 22 March 1817

  A draft of a letter thanking the assembly for their address of February 4, at the time when he is closing his public career. Madison calls Kentucky "a State yielding to none in the character which gives notice to its sentiments." Draft is on verso of a letter to the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Edmund Bullock, requesting the enclosed be communicated.
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  Greyhound Station entrance postcard, n.d.

  Color image of entrance to Greyhound station.
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  Greyhound Terminal Building architectural drawing, 1936

  Architectural drawing for the Greyhound bus terminal at 5th and Broadway in Louisville designed by W. S. Arrasmith. This was the first bus terminal the firm designed for Greyhound. Following its successful completion, the Wischmeyer, Arrasmith, & Elswick firm designed dozens more bus terminals for the company across the eastern United States. The Louisville terminal was designed in the Streamline Moderne style (an international style of Art Deco) and featured blue enamel panels on the north facade. It was completed in 1937 and demolished in 1970.
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  Henry Clay Campaign ribbon, "Clay Club"

  Ribbon reads:
  
  "Clay Club / Delegation / Washington, D.C. / "Liberty of Speech, if not the Right of Suffrage."
  
  Black ink on white silk.
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  Henry Clay Passport, 8 March 1851

  For Henry Clay of Ashland (with his servant James Marshall, a free colored person). Signed by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. Visa on reverse for visit to Havana.
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  Indenture between Henry Clay and Samuel Hopkins, 7 October 1816

  Indenture between Henry Clay and Samuel Hopkins of the first part and John H. Morton of the second part. Regards a debt owed by Hopkins to Clay. Land and slaves owned by Hopkins are conveyed to Morton by deed of trust to be sold at auction if Hopkins does not pay Clay the money due him by January 1, 1817.
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  Legal advice from Henry Clay, 5 March 1803

  Statement by Clay regarding the responsibilities and duties of the administrator of a Mr. Tilford in paying that estate's accounts.
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  Legal Document signed by Henry Clay, 10 August 1801

  Legal document wherein John Dale releases to William Dale and his heirs any and all claims to 1000 acres of land for which William Dale has brought suit against John Campbell and James Speed in the Lexington District Court. John Dale also releases to William Dale any advantages that may accrue from the suit itself. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Henry Clay.
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  Legal document signed by Henry Clay, 2 July 1831

  The answer of Henry Clay to the third amendment of Robert Wickliffe to his cross bill and answer in the suit in Fayette Circuit Court between this respondent the said Wickliffe and others. Sworn to in open court by Henry Clay, July 2, 1831