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African-Americans on and in front of a parade float, undated
An unidentified group of African-American men, women, and children near, or inside, a parade float promoting Mammoth Life insurance policies for children.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
A Group of Mammoth Life Insurance Agents
An unidentified group of American-American men and women with the inscription, "Mammoth Agents in front of Home Office."
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Life insurance agents in Indianapolis, Indiana
A panoramic photograph of African-American life insurance agents, including (from left to right) Rev. J.H. Taylor, [?] Howard, Wash. Jordan Jr., Bernice McMurray, Rosa Vocum, an unidentified woman, W.R. Taylor, Hayes Bransford, A. Douglas Doss, Supt., H.F. Jones, [?] Utterback, Georgia Thomas, Mary Murphy, Luema Bolden, Eakins, Lee Miles, and Thomas Horney.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance, Co. Stockholders Meeting, 1965
An interracial group of men and women attending a stockholders meeting in 1965.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
Director Agnes H. Glover
A photograph of Agnes H. Glover, who served as director of Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance Company.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Group of Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance, Co employees in Detroit, 1978
An unidentified group of African American men and women in an office in Detroit, Michigan.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Office workers at the Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance, Co, 1965
Four unidentified African-American women working at typewriters at the Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance Company office. The inscription on the back reads, "Computer Din."
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance, Co. employees attending "Secretaries Week," 1964
Three unidentified African-American women sitting on a couch for "Secretaries Week."
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
Switchboard operator at Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance, Company, n.d.
An unidentified African American woman operating a switchboard.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
Jane Hankins giving a speech, undated
Jane Hankins, wife of Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance president Junius E. Hankins, gives a speech at an undated event. Junius E. Hankins is sitting and watching the speech, and an unidentified African American woman stands behind the podium.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Resolution regarding payments to the widows and orphans of War of 1812 soldiers, 20 January 1816
Resolution approved by Kentucky's congress and governor asking the United States Congress to make a "prompt and liberal allowance" to the orphans and widows of the militiamen who had lost their lives during the War of 1812. -
A brief practical treatise in the construction and management of plank road
A brief practical treatise on the construction and management of plank road. With an appendix containing the general plank road laws of New York, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois ... Also, the opinion of Judge Gridley of the New York Supreme court in the case of Benedict vs. Goit.Tags Building; Children; Construction; highway; law; pamphlets; plank roads; Roads; Toll gates; Tolls; travel; Women -
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 7 October 1789
In second letter dated 7 October 1789 Tardiveau writes St. John de Crevecoeur regarding the growing of cotton in Kentucky and Cumberland (Tennessee), trade possibilities with Spanish Louisiana, and the planned manufacture of cotton cloth in Kentucky for local use and export, including the establishment and activities of a manufacturing "society." He also relates the suicide of a Major Dunn in Kentucky due to an unfaithful wife. Everyone is trying to depict him as a madman but Tardiveau does not agree. Tardiveau asks Creveoeur not to mention it to John Brown because his friend Harry Innes was Mrs. Dunn' s "Knight-errant in this affair." Tardiveau relates that it is hard for him to collect the topographical data he would like to send him. "Those of our surveyors whom I asked promised a great deal, but are in no hurry to keep their word; and they all live at such great distances from here and from each other that it's very seldom I have a chance to see one of them. The area Tardiveau was interested in was apparently Kentucky and Cumberland (Tennessee). -
Letter from Henry Massie to Helen Bullitt Massie
Letter from Henry Massie to his wife, Helen Bullitt Massie, in which he writes of matters for her to attend to while he is in Ohio. He relays information about livestock, planting dates for corn and tobacco, and money affairs. -
Letter from Anna Blake to Harriet Corlis, 25 December 1819
Letter from Anna Blake to Harriet Corlis sending well wishes for the upcoming Christmas, including a gift for her. She relates that she is learning to draw in crayons, stating "Mr. Audubon who is my Master is very good natured and is perfect master of the Art." -
Letter from Alexander Edmiston to Margaret Edmiston, 28 February 1807
Letter from Alexander Edmiston to his sister, Margaret, describes the health of the people in Yarrow Green, an outbreak of the mumps, a wedding, playing card and talking at the wedding, a dancing party, and promises to attend his sister's quilting. He also refers to the number of unmarried ladies and moving them to the frontier if they are over twenty-five. -
Letter from John Speed to Polly Speed, 20 April 1816
John Speed writes to his daughter, Polly, at Nazareth School in Nelson County, about her education and education for women in general: “it is impossible to conceive of a fine woman not possessed of a good disposition, refined feelings, and a good heart. These are also to be cultivated with great care.” Expresses his pride at Polly’s wish to learn the catechism, but desires she spend this time devoted to her other studies, such as arithmetic, geography, and reading. -
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby, aged 22, to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823 -
Letter from Lemuel Wells to Charles Wells, 24 November 1827
Wells writes about trading along the Ohio River, the recent sale of one of his enslaved women named Hannah for $200, discusses current prices in Natchez and Nashville for apples, cider, flour, and other goods. Notes his location as “150 miles below the Falls” and promises to write again when he reaches Natchez.