The Filson Guide

GUIDE TO SELECTED MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPH
COLLECTIONS OF THE FILSON CLUB HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Manuscript Collection is numbers (1-780)
Photograph Collection is numbers (781-850)

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201. du Pont, Antoine Bidermann, 1865-1919.
Papers, 1900-1960. A\D938.
.66 cu ft.
A.B. du Pont was a native of Louisville, Ky., and member of the well-known du Pont family. He was a noted inventor, businessman, and labor and contract arbitrator whose career took him and his family from Louisville to St. Louis, Detroit, and Cleveland. Ethel Bidermann du Pont was his daughter. The A.B. du Pont papers are concentrated in the years 1900-1915, years he spent in Cleveland, Ohio. The papers contain newspaper clippings concerning his career, arbitration negotiations, and Thomas Loftin Johnson, 1900-1960; periodicals (primarily Cleveland political and city news) and pamphlets of a business, biographical, and technical nature; photographs; blueprints regarding research and inventions du Pont worked on; patents for his inventions; legal material; business correspondence, 1907-1915; arbitration negotiation material involving Cleveland and Cleveland street railway companies; and utilities research. The collection contains abundant information on the political and transportation systems of early 20th century Cleveland.

202. du Pont, Ethel Bidermann, 1896-1980.
Papers, 1914-1980. A\D938a.
7.33 cu. ft.
A member of the famous du Pont family, Ethel B. du Pont was a labor journalist and activist with strong and lasting interest and involvement in the labor movement in Kentucky. Her papers primarily deal with that involvement. Those that do not are personal correspondence, lecture notes as an economics teacher at the University of Louisville, house renovation plans, bills, literary efforts, and Louisville Art Center Association material. Du Pont's labor activities included the Kentucky Federation of Teachers, Workers Education Council, Louisville Labor League for Political Education, Kentucky Federation of Labor, the NAACP, Kentucky Conference of Community Leaders, and her column in the Louisville Times entitled "With Labor's Ranks." Her column ran from 1938 to 1951 and covered labor news and issues in Kentucky, national labor issues which affected Kentucky. Copies of du Pont's columns and labor research, and correspondence associated with it comprise a large portion of her papers. Additional labor-related material includes various newspaper clippings from Kentucky and out-of-state newspapers, nationwide labor publications, and du Pont's unpublished labor stories.

203. Durrett, Lydian, 1880-1968. Papers, 1895-1918. A\D965b. .33 cu. ft.
Actor. Papers include letters from Durrett to his mother, Sallie Phillips Durrett of Louisville, relating experiences in a Philadelphia drama school, and as an actor in various touring companies; correspondence re: family news and travel; and theater programs of plays in which Durrett appeared.

204. Durrett, Reuben Thomas, 1824-1913. Papers, 1821-1931. A\D965. 14 cu. ft. Additional papers, 1874-1903. A\D965a. .33 cu. ft.
Miscellaneous papers, 1853-1909. C\D. 88 items.
Louisville, Ky., lawyer, editor, author, and primary founder and first president of The Filson Club. Papers include personal and legal correspondence, 1835-1910; correspondence of other persons, 1849-1900; land papers, 1854-1931; legal papers, 1847-1916; bills and receipts, 1851-1910; papers pertaining to R.T. Durrett's law practice, 1828-1902; and manuscripts of books, articles, lectures, editorials, orations, and addresses. Also included are letters and claims for slaves mustered into the Union Army, 1863-1867; business and legal papers of various persons; and Civil War pension claims, arranged alphabetically. Also included are records regarding The Filson Club during Durrett's presidency concerning history, announcements of publications, orders, acknowledgments and letters accepting membership, and general correspondence. The latter discusses historical and genealogical matters, literary productions, legal affairs, acquisition of manuscripts and portraits, founding of the Louisville Free Public Library, Filson Club business and publications, political affairs, and contemporary news. Correspondents include Charles Anderson, William C.P. Breckinridge, John Mason Brown, John D. Caldwell, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Whitney Cleveland, Elliott Coues, Andrew Cowan, Lyman C. Draper, William H. English, J. Stoddard Johnston, Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, Patty B. Semple, Reuben G. Thwaites, John Wilson Townsend, Neander M. Woods, Enid Yandell, Bennett H. Young, and others.

Additional Durrett papers include personal correspondence, 1901-1903, bills and receipts, 1874-1903, and correspondence in regard to The Filson Club, 1902-1903. The personal correspondence includes letters from J. Stoddard Johnston describing his summer in New Jersey; Nancy Lewis Greene, wishing help for articles she was writing for Town and Country and other periodicals; Hanson Penn Diltz, noting that Cassius Clay left money to The Filson Club. The bills and receipts include stock offerings, bills for repairs on his house, and tailoring and dressmaking expenses. The major portion of the collection covers matters of concern to The Filson Club. There are requests for genealogical information, proposals for membership, payments of dues, announcements and ordering of Filson Club publications, and requests for support for such matters as the protection Mammoth Cave.

Miscellaneous papers include seventy-seven photocopied letters from the University of Chicago collection discussing painters Joel T. Hart, G.P.A. Healy, Matthew Jouett, and Chester Harding; other correspondence discusses acquiring material for his collection and Kentucky authors; and an 1857 newspaper clipping about his challenging George D. Prentice to a duel.

205. Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. Letter, 5 June 1892. C\E. 1 item.
Lawyer, Confederate general. Early's 5 June 1892 letter to Frank H. Polk describes the different feeling of soldiers on going into battle.

206. Eastin, Thomas N. Journal, 1849. A\E13. 1 vol.
Eastin's travel journal from 1 May - 19 Aug. 1849 describes his trip from Henderson, Ky., to the gold mines in California via the Oregon Trail and other routes. He notes stops at Forts Kearney, Laramie, and Bridger, Salt Lake City, and Valley of a Thousand Springs; scenery; contacts with other emigrants and Indians; illnesses, esp. cholera; and hardships.

207. Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856. Letter, 31 August 1828. C\E. 1 item.
Lawyer, U.S. senator from Tennessee, secretary of war, governor of Florida Territory. Eaton discusses the Jackson Democrats sweep of the state election in Kentucky and speculates on Andrew Jackson's success in Kentucky for the presidential election; complains about the ruthlessness of Clay supporters; and notes that Jackson was in good health.

208. Edelin, Benedict. Account book, 1816-1819. BB\E21. 1 vol.
Merchant and hatter of Bardstown, Ky. Contains accounts for his store and hatter business.

209. Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931. Letter, 18 March 1913. C\E. 1 item.
Inventor, businessman. In a letter to the Citizens Public Utilities Club of Louisville, Edison declines to offer advice re: a contract to provide electricity to Louisville.

Additional Edison letters are contained in other collections.

210. Elliott, Richard, 1796-1833. Papers, 1818-1939. A\E47. .33 cu. ft.
Banker of Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Ky. Papers include letters and two financial record books, 1818-1821, of the Independent Bank of Greenville; histories of the Elliott and Weir families of Muhlenberg Co.; research on early banking and weaving in Kentucky; and correspondence concerning family papers.

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211. Ericsson. Broadside, 26 March 1870. C\E. 1 item.
Broadside announcing the stud services of the "noted trotting stallion" Ericsson, formerly called Morgan Chief. Gives location, fees, terms of agreement, and information on Ericsson.

212. Erwin, George W. Papers, 1832-1874. A\E73. .33 cu. ft.
Papers of businessman George W. Erwin of Rocky Hill, Barren Co., Ky., consisting of correspondence discussing farm work and his father's temperance speeches; family matters; the operation of the Barren Salt Works; the sale of some of his property; an account book, 1846-1850, containing accounts of the Barren Salt Works, Port Oliver Salt Works, and Everett Works; and list, 1861-1866, of salt sales.

213. Estep, W. Thomas, 1836-1867. Autograph book, 1862. HA\E79. 1 vol.
Soldier. Autograph book kept by Capt. Estep, Second Kentucky Infantry, CSA, while a prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. Autographs include fellow prisoners from the Confederate army and navy, and political prisoners, particularly from Maryland. Some write about and comment on the circumstances of their capture. Estep provides additional information on some of the signers re: their war service after being exchanged.

214. Eustis, William, 1753-1825. Letter, 20 October 1818. C\E. 1 item.
Revolutionary War veteran, politician, secretary of war. Eustis writes an unidentified correspondent commenting on his negative opinion of James Wilkinson, and positive opinion of James Madison.

Additional Eustis letters are contained in other collections.

215. Evangelical Sunday School Association of Louisville and Vicinity. Records, 1896-1928. BA\E92. .33 cu. ft.
Records include correspondence, constitution, by-laws, minutes of meetings, annual reports, receipts of annual dues, programs of quarterly meetings, and accounts.

216. Farmer, Leslie H., 1917-1944. Papers, 1919-1948. A\F234. .33 cu. ft.
Soldier from Lewisburg, Logan Co., Ky. The papers are comprised primarily of correspondence written re: Farmer's and his family's experiences. Main topics are economic difficulties and social life in rural Ky., alcoholism, the possibility of war, World War II, and the turbulent relationship between Farmer and his girlfriend.

217. Female High School. Records, 1867-1913. BI\F331. 35 vols.
Attendance, grade, deportment (conduct), and entrance examination records for Female High School, Louisville, Ky. The collection is arranged in four series: series I, III, IV, contain attendance, deportment, and grade records, 1867-1913, and series II contains admission examination results with pupils' names, ages, state of birth, ward schools, and examination grades, 1867-1881. Brief historical sketch of the school and guide to the collection is filed with the records (Series I).

218. Fenley-Williams Family. Papers, 1756-1951. A\F333. 3.75 cu. ft.
Papers of two early Jefferson County, Ky., families. Contents include correspondence, 1799-1951; financial records, 1756-1904; land papers, 1790-1920; legal papers, 1798-1902; genealogical material on the Fenley, Williams, Carr, and Honore families; newspaper clippings; Bible records; miscellaneous material. Correspondence discusses personal, legal, land, family, and social matters, including farming activities in Jefferson Co. and domestic activities. A calendar is filed with the collection.

219. Ficklin, Joseph. Miscellaneous papers, 1832-1859. C\F. 5 items.
Postmaster of Lexington, Ky. Ficklin's 10 April 1832 letter to A.G. Meriwether discusses a cure for cholera; his February 1847 letter recommends James Brown Clay as colonel of a new regiment to be formed; and his 2 July 1853 letter to Sec. of War Jefferson Davis discusses U.S. relations with Great Britain. Other letters are routine.

220. Filson, John, 1747-1788. Miscellaneous papers, 1788. C\F. 8 items.
Historian, surveyor, and cartographer. Included is a 1788 statement stating "we the jury find for the plaintiff the sum of £25," signed by John Filson. The other material consists of photocopies.

An original Filson document is filed with Reuben T. Durrett's annotated copy of his biography of Filson, as part of the Durrett Papers (Mss.\A\D913).

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221. Filson Club Historical Society, The. Scrapbook, ca. 1890. BI\F489. 1 vol. Tornado of 1890 Accounts, 1890. BI\F489a. 13 items.
Miscellaneous papers, 1908-1987. C\F. 15 items.
Historical society and independent research library. Scrapbook containing a list of The Filson Club's earliest members, letters re: Durrett's biography of John Filson, and sample forms used by the Society.

Accounts written about the tornadoes which struck Louisville and Daviess and Webster counties, Ky. on 27 March 1890.

Miscellaneous papers include letters written to The Filson Club re: various matters, including membership, meetings, and historical topics.

There is a large amount of Filson Club related material in other collections.

222. Finck, Edward Bertrand, 1870-1931. Papers, 1887-1923. A\F493. .33 cu. ft.
Lawyer and author of Louisville, Ky. Papers consist of correspondence, 1896-1923; newspaper clippings, 1914-1915; photographs; and verse. The correspondence chiefly regards thank yous to Finck for works of his he sent to people. Correspondents include James Lane Allen, Sara Teasdale Filsinger, Robert E. Lee Gibson, Alice Hegan Rice, Cale Young Rice, and Henry Van Dyke.

223. Fingals Cave. Description, n.d. C\F. 1 item.
Compass and Pace survey, ca. 1840. Description records the surveyor's steps in various directions of a cave near Green River, Kentucky. Fingals Cave and White Cave are mentioned by name. Writer records exploring the main cave, the Big Bat Room, the Little Bat Room, Black Chambers, and Haunted Chambers, and lists other sites inside the cave. Fingals Cave is part of the Mammoth Cave system.

224. First Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Muster Rolls, May-Sept., 1898. C\F. 3 items.
Three muster rolls of Co. H, 1st Regt. of the Kentucky Inf. for service during the Spanish-American War, May to Sept., 1898. Includes names and dates of enlistment and promotion for officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment, with extensive printed instructions as to preparation of the roll.

225. First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, U.S.A.
Muster Roll, 1862-1863. C\F.
1 item.
Muster roll of Company K, First Kentucky Infantry, from Fort Transit, near Readyville, Tenn., for period of 31 Dec. 1862 to 28 Feb. 1863.

226. First Unitarian Church. Records, 1830-1986. BA\F527. 5 cu. ft.
Records of the First Unitarian Church of Louisville, Ky., chronicling its history, operations, and activities. Correspondence, sermons, minute books, financial and parish records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, written and oral church histories, records of the Laymen's League, Channing Club, PTA, and Women's Alliance, and other material constitute the collection. The correspondence includes letters from James Freeman Clarke, John H. Heywood and other ministers, church officials, parishioners, and politicians.

227. Fitch, John, 1743-1798. Miscellaneous papers, 1782-1814. C\F. 7 items.
Nelson Co., Ky. inventor. Included are land and legal papers of Fitch.

228. Fitzhugh, Dennis, 1778-1822. Papers, 1802-1856. A\F555. .33 cu. ft.
Louisville merchant and judge. Papers include business letters, receipts, ledgers, and estate papers of Dennis Fitzhugh, 1802-1828; papers signed by Fitzhugh as justice, 1811-1817; material, 1826-1856, relating to members of the Fitzhugh family; and business papers from Fitzhugh and Rose, 1807-1812, Fitzhugh and Gwathmey, 1814-1817, and Fitzhugh and Thruston, 1815-1820. Included in the business papers are letters from William Clark dated 11 Oct. 1810 regarding property in Clarksville, Ind., and 2 Dec. 1806, instructing Fitzhugh to send material via Clark's slave York.

229. Fitzhugh, Lucy Stuart. Scrapbook, 1861-1908. A\F563. 1 vol.
Lexington, Ky. school teacher. Included are the charter and by-laws of the Lexington Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; papers of her father, Capt. Robert Hunter Fitzhugh, CSA, re: his Civil War service and work as an engineer after the war; Fitzhugh family information; and newspaper clippings re: the Confederacy.

230. Fleming Family. Papers, 1767-1907. C\F. 8 items.
Prominent family of Virginia and Kentucky family. Included are letters from William Fleming to his wife of a warm personal nature and briefly relating a trip into Kentucky in 1779; and letters from William Jennings Bryan to William B. Fleming re: lectures and an 1899 trip he made to Ky. on behalf of William Goebel.

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231. Foote Family. Papers, 1759-1987. A\F688. 3 cu. ft.
Additional papers, 1752-1984. A\F688a. 4 cu. ft.
Farmers, businessmen of Virginia, Kentucky and other states. Papers include early family correspondence, 1810-1877, between William Foote of Cedar Hill estate in Fauquier Co., Va., and his sons and grandsons who settled in the Mississippi Territory, Huntsville, Alabama, Breckinridge Co., Ky., and those who remained in Virginia. Early correspondence concerns family matters; pioneering efforts; farming and the agricultural economy, including market prices for various goods, esp. cotton, wheat, and flour; family businesses; discussions regarding the purchase of Indian lands and treaties; discussions on political views and on the doctrine of repudiation; and politics and government, including military news during the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Later family correspondence, 1900-1937, pertains to the poultry business of G.A. Foote and Son of Irvington, Ky., and includes personal correspondence from the families of Gerard Alexander Foote and Edwin Cox Foote. Papers also include legal documents, such as wills, contracts, bonds, and agreements; land papers, 1798-1883; estate inventories; a Confederate military appointment; slave papers, 1824-1840; accounts, bills and receipts for personal and business transactions, 1789-1881; personal and business accounts of G.A. Foote and family, 1902-1918 and Edwin Cox Foote, 1915-1951; academic records; poetry; programs, broadsides; greeting cards; pig pedigree record book; poultry show tickets; miscellaneous printed material and family items; scrapbook; Foote family genealogical records; and newspaper clippings. Also included are papers of Henry Smith (executor of Richard H. Foote's estate) and family which include family correspondence; day books and account books of Henry Smith, 1846-1883, containing a travel log, descriptions of land lots, and accounts of produce and other goods; legal documents; land papers, 1836-1883; accounts, bills and receipts, 1855-1884; and papers re: William G. Hunton's estate.

Added papers include family correspondence dated 1810-1868 containing letters to William Foote of Fauquier Co., Va., from his sons in Alexandria, Va., New York, New Orleans, Alabama, and the Mississippi Territory concerning the family's wheat, flour, and tobacco businesses, and the professional and domestic venture of his sons; letters after the death of William Foote in 1833 between sons and other heirs to the estate concerning the administration of the estate and its division among the heirs, in addition to other family money matters; and letters concerning Richard H. Foote's cotton business in Virginia and on his new plantation in Colorado Co., Texas. This early correspondence follows market prices for various agricultural goods and produce items. Family correspondence dated 1881 through 1943 begins with the courtship, engagement, and marriage of Gerard Alexander Foote and Annie Davis Cox, whose families settled in Breckinridge Co., Ky.; letters, 1917-1932, regarding Preston Work Foote's divorce and subsequent move to Rosenberg, Texas, to set up a medical practice, contain his observations of people and life in Texas; and correspondence between the children and other relatives of Gerard Alexander and Annie Cox Foote contain family news and observations of the northeast, especially New Jersey and New York. Also included is business correspondence, 1900-1917, concerning the swine and poultry business of G.A. Foote and his wife of Irvington, Ky. Collection also includes legal and land papers in regard to the estates of William Foote, George Foote, Richard H. Foote, and Preston Work Foote; a 1933 survey of G.A. Foote's farm in Irvington, Ky.; slave papers; a Civil War pass; a parole document from the State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky., dated 1915; academic records and tuition receipts; handwritten speeches possibly by G.A. Foote about the Bewleyville Methodist Church, the poultry business, and on farming in general; a selection of greeting cards and postcards; accounts, bills, and receipts, 1791-1942, containing accounts for the Foote's wheat and flour business and other plantation accounts; accounts for blacksmithing and other services for apparel, food and household items; accounts from the cotton business of Richard H. and Frederick Foote, including shipping orders and receipts; accounts of Henry Smith of Broad Run, Va. (executor of Richard H. Foote's estate); and records of the financial transactions of G.A. Foote. A separate box contains miscellaneous account and memorandum books, 1852-1891, belonging to Henry Smith, Hardaway, and Foote family members; miscellaneous account books belonging to Ludwell A. Foote and Gerard Alexander Foote covering the years 1875-1914; a record book containing minutes of the church conferences of the Bewleyville Methodist Society from 1881-1908; and a science textbook dated 1844. Also contained is a school account book belonging to Edwin Cox Foote, some of whose pages are covered with scrapbook material and newspaper clippings; separate newspaper clippings, 1894-1970, regarding various members of the Foote family, poultry raising and agriculture, local news, and national political news; broadsides, circulars, and miscellaneous printed material; poultry tags and exhibition cards; several unidentified photographs; and genealogical information on the Foote family.

232. Ford, Arthur Younger, 1861-1926. Papers, 1868-1937. A\F711. .33 cu ft.
Journalist and president of the University of Louisville. Papers contain material relating to the Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899, and the murder of Gov. William Goebel; accounts of post Civil War Kentucky feuds; letters written during and describing the 1937 flood in Louisville; programs and invitations; poem by Madison Cawein; and a long newspaper article on William L. Crittenden and the Lopez Expedition of 1851.

233. Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr., 1913- . Letters, 1983-1984. C\F. 2 items.
U.S. congressman from Michigan and U.S. president. Included is a 28 Dec. 1983 letter to John R. Hall, chairman and chief executive of Ashland Oil, inviting him to be one of fifty chief executive officers invited to attend the third annual American Enterprise Institute World Forum in June 1984. Ford explains the purpose and format of the meetings and mentions names of world leaders who attended previous meeting and those he hopes to see participate in 1984. Also a 30 Nov. 1984 letter to Hall inviting him to attend the fourth annual World Forum in June, 1985.

234. Ford Family. Papers, 1827-1950. A\F699. .33 cu. ft.
Scott Co., Ky. family. Included in the papers are five volumes of diaries, 1865-1903, kept by Mary Boswell Webb Ford re: family, local, and national news. The entries are brief and lacking in detail.

235. Fox, Fontaine Talbot, III, 1884-1964. Papers, 1928-1962. A\F791. .33 cu. ft. Miscellaneous papers, 1911-1960. C\F. 6 items.
Cartoonist. Material consists of 21 original cartoons; photographs and a sketch of Fox; a printed booklet of "Toonerville Folks"; a booklet of newspaper clippings of articles and sketches by Fox entitled "Motoring out of the war zone"; full page section of "Toonerville Folks"; and articles by and about Fox.

Miscellaneous papers includes a 2 Aug. 1911 letter to Dr. John G. Clem stating that the original of the cartoon which Dr. Clem wanted was in the mail; a 21 Dec. 1936 letter to George Morse discussing his old drawings that Morse had included in a scrapbook; 3 letters, dated 25 April 1939, 8 Dec. 1939, and 8 March 1941, to Leonard L. Levinson of Los Angeles, Calif., discussing cartoons drawn by Fox and one original cartoon is included; and a 23 May 1960 letter to Will Hession recalling his early days in Louisville, with a caricature on the bottom of the letter, and a page from a 1910 magazine giving biographical data on Fox.

236. Fox, John William, Jr., 1862-1919.
Miscellaneous papers, 1883-1909. C\F.
17 items.
Kentucky-born author. Papers includes typed copies of his letters, 1883-1889, to Micajah Fible describing Fox's early career as a reporter for the Daily Sun and New York Times, as a law student at Columbia University, travels between New York and Kentucky, early literary efforts, and his move to Jellico, Tenn.; letters written to R.C. Ballard Thruston between 1890 and 1900 requesting photographs to illustrate an article on the southern mountains; three 1895 letters to Mary Lafon regarding arrangements and fees for his lecture for the benefit of a hospital in Louisville; a 3 Nov. 1909 letter to Charles Belmont Dois regarding an article Fox had written; and a five page typewritten autobiography.

237. Frazer, Oliver, 1808-1864. Miscellaneous papers, 1837, n.d. C\F. 2 items.
Painter. Included is a letter, 13 Feb. 1837, written to his mother from Paris, France discussing family news, a pre-lenten carnival in Paris, and an illness he is suffering from. Another letter written during the 1850s discusses painting a picture, and noting that his eyes are so weak he has difficulty seeing.

238. Frederick House Hotel. Register, 1868-1874. BB\F852. 1 vol.
Louisville hotel. Register listing the name of the guest, residence, no. of persons in the party, room, cost, meal, and remarks. A loose sheet lists the inventory/furniture in the office, front and back halls, and rooms number four and seven.

239. Freemasons. Records, 1808-1914. BD\F855, F855a,c,m. 25 vols.
Collection of Louisville masonic lodge records that include eleven vols. of minute books, 1808 - 1914, for Abraham Lodge No. 8, F.& A.M. (vol. 2 includes treasurer's reports for 1829-1851); two vols. of minute books, 1847-1886, for Lodge of Antiquity No. 113; seven vols. of minute books and account books, 1823-1886, for Clarke Lodge No. 51; and five vols. of minute books, 1839-1886, for Mount Mariah Lodge No. 106.

240. French, Richard, 1792-1854. Miscellaneous papers, 1848. C\F. 2 items.
Kentucky state legislator, U.S. congressman. Included is a letter listing names and addresses of "zealous steadfast Democrats."

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241. Friends of Kentucky Libraries. Papers, 1937-1957. BI\F911, F911a. 1 cu. ft.
Successor to the Kentucky Citizens Library Committee (1937) and the Kentucky Citizens Library League (1939). Papers consist of constitutions and by-laws; correspondence; meeting minutes; officer and member lists; financial records; Kentucky bookmobile project scrapbook; and publicity material.

242. Fulton County, Ky. Records, 1853-1861. BL\F974. 28 items.
Miscellaneous records regarding cases before the Fulton Circuit Court, Fulton County Court, and the Fulton Equity and Criminal Court. Material consists of receipts; trustees' reports; summonses; commissioners' report of the settlement of the estate of Jacob Doom, 1854; petitions; decrees; and a writ of habeas corpus.

243. Galt, William H. 1827-1893.
Account books, 1866-1883. BF\G179, G179a-c.
4 vols.
Louisville physician. Account books kept by Dr. William H. Galt regarding his medical practice from 1866 to 1883. Each book contains an index and records visits and accounts regarding his patients, some of whom were prominent Louisvillians. Specific instruments and medical procedures are mentioned. Also listed is financial data from 1878-1879

244. Galt Family. Papers, 1828-1955. A\G179. .33 cu. ft.
Prominent medical family of Louisville, Ky. Papers include correspondence of William C., Norborne A., William H. Galt, and other family members discussing family matters and travels; William C. Galt's medical journal; Norborne A. Galt's journal from Transylvania University; and a scrapbook containing African-American slave songs and spirituals.

245. Garrard, James, 1749-1822. Miscellaneous papers, 1797-1803. C\G. 5 items.
Kentucky governor, 1796-1804. Included are three land grants signed by Gov. Garrard; an 18 March 1802 pardon for William Bowen of Fleming Co., Ky.; and appointment for justices of the peace for Mercer Co., Ky.

246. Gates, Guerdon W., 1795-1861. Journal, 1841-1842. A\G259. 1 vol.
Minister. Account of Gates's trip up the Red River to Texas during the winter of 1841-1842. He describes the river, places passed, climate, soil and agriculture, passengers on the boat, and other aspects of the trip.

247. General Pike. Bills of lading, 1820-1825. C\G. 22 items.
Bills of lading for the steamboat General Pike listing the shipper, the master, the port of departure, the cargo, the destination, the shipping rate, the receiver, and the date. Freight includes coffee, flour, rice, lemon juice, sugar, lard, pork, molasses, salt, etc. The General Pike sailed between Maysville, Louisville, and Cincinnati. Its master was Capt. Pennywait.

248. German Club. Record book, 1884. BK\G373. 1 vol.
Louisville, Ky. social organization. Club record book containing rules, list of officers, members, and participants at the dances.

249. Gibson, Robert Edward Lee, 1863-1917.
Miscellaneous papers, 1901-1915. C\G.
17 items.
St. Louis, Mo. poet. Included are letters chiefly concerning Madison Cawein; and newspaper clippings about Gibson, Cawein, and literary matters.

250. Gilchriest Family. Papers, 1843-1868. C\G. 24 items.
Louisville, Ky. family. Included are letters, a property lease, receipts, and other papers concerning the Gilchriest and Dwyer families. Correspondence includes letters between Mary Dwyer Gilchriest and her brother John Dwyer concerning him working on a steamboat that called at southern ports; and a letter to Robert Gilchriest from his nephew, M. Sarsfield Gilfoil, CSA, who was a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, 1864-1865, describing life there. The family name is also spelled Gilchrist.

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251. Glover and White Tobacco Company.
Account book, 1867-1870. BB\G566.
1 vol.
Louisville, Ky. business. Account book listing subscriptions, sales, expenditures, and receipts from the 1867-1870 Tobacco Fairs.

252. Goebel, William, 1856-1900. Assassination records, 1900. BO\G593. 16 vols. Assassination records, 1900. BE\G593. 36 items.
Broadside, 26 July 1887. C\G. 1 item.
Kentucky lawyer, politician, governor. Records include a general index to witnesses in all cases growing out of the assassination of William Goebel, prepared by Clarence E. Walker; and official stenographic reports of trials connected with the assassination of William Goebel. The records also include the Commonwealth of Kentucky's cases against Caleb Powers, Henry Youtsey, W.H. Culton, Berry Howard, James Howard, James B. Howard, Garnett D. Ripley, and speeches made by Caleb Powers and the Hon. R.B. Franklin.

Other assassination records include the 6 Feb. 1900 "peace agreement" reached at Louisville by the Republican and Democratic parties as an attempt to alleviate tensions resulting from the assassination of Democratic Gov. William Goebel. The agreement is accompanied by a typed article by Harry Giovannoli describing the events leading up to and following the assassination, including a detailed description of Gov. William Taylor's reactions to the tragedy and the meetings in Louisville on 6 Feb. The collection also includes the notebooks of Dee Armstrong and William G. Harding, Louisville police detectives hired to investigate the assassination. The notebooks include statements made by witnesses to the shooting. Reports made by Armstrong and Harding recount all the witnesses' statements and implicate Henry Youtsey as the assassin and Caleb Powers and James Howard as conspirators.

Broadside proclaiming William Goebel as the people's choice for state senator, and lists the Democrats and Republicans in Kenton County who endorse him for the office. Goebel was the Democratic candidate for the senate from Kenton County,

253. Goodrich, Watson. Letters, 1861-1862. C\G. 10 items.
Soldier. Goodrich's letters to his family describe his life as a soldier in the 2nd Illinois Cavalry Reg.; conditions at Paducah and Columbus, Ky.; and Union Army hospitals at Paducah, noting that some wounded from the Battle of Shiloh were quartered there. He also discusses personal matters; weather; camp conditions; speculates as to the future of his regiment; and notes the death of his friend Tom Butler and describes his funeral.

254. Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869. Letter, 15 August 1853. C\G. 1 item.
Philanthropist. Affectionate letter written to her niece Miriam Gratz concerning Miriam's interests and activities, and family news.

255. Graves, William Jordan, 1805-1848.
Miscellaneous papers, 1838-1844. C\G.
4 items.
U.S. Congressman from Kentucky. Included are letters of a routine nature.

256. Green, John Williams, 1841-1920. Diary, 1861-1865. A\G796. 1 vol.
Miscellaneous papers, 1865-1919. C\G. 11 items.
Confederate soldier. Military diary, 7 Oct. 1861 - June, 1865, written in retrospect by John W. Green, Sergeant Major, 9th Ky. Infantry Reg., CSA (Orphan Brigade). Green describes his enlistment; reasons for joining the Confederate Army; movement of his regiment; involvement in several battles, including Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and much of the Atlanta Campaign; conditions of the troops; and commanders. This reminiscence in diary form apparently was done using Civil War date notes, letters, etc. Published: Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade, edited by A.D. Kirwan, 1956.

Miscellaneous papers include Green's parole from prison following the Civil War, 6 May 1865; announcement and letters relative to the Navy's World War I request for binoculars, telescopes, and spyglasses, including a letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; a certificate of membership in the Confederate Association of Kentucky; a commission to Green as 1st Lieutenant, Co. B, Louisville Legion; and a 27 Aug. 1918 letter to Esther Ross of Prescott, Arizona, notifying her of her appointment as maid of honor to represent Green's brigade at the Confederate Reunion in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

257. Green, Marion Amis, 1884-1968. Collection, 1795-1815. A\G797m. .33 cu. ft.
Collection of family papers inherited by Marion Green of Louisville, Ky. Included are provision returns and accounts, 1795-1798, of Jonathan Taylor while serving in the Fourth Regiment, U.S. Army; and the muster roll, 1807, for Capt. Jesse Holmes's Kentucky militia company.

258. Green, Norvin, 1818-1893. Papers, 1802-1892. A\G797. 6 cu. ft. Miscellaneous papers, 1867-1895. C\G. 14 items.
Physician, Ky. state legislator, and business executive. Green's papers include correspondence, letterpress books, accounts, and tax receipts, 1840-1877; accounts for medical services, 1842-1851; bills; notebooks; and an address before a medical society. Correspondence, 1839-1877, includes Green's correspondence as secretary and later president of the New Orleans and Ohio Telegraph Lessees, with Amos Kendall and officers of the American Telegraph Co.; and correspondence about the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Lexington Railroad and the Michigan, Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Co. Letterpress books, 1873-1892, contain Green's letters as president of the Montreal and European Short Line Railway Co., the New York, Mahoning and Western Railroad Co., and the United Claims Mining Co. Other papers include steamboat bills and bills of lading, 1853-1868; bills for tuition, 1850-1866, of Green's sons James, Pinckney, John, and Warren, including Pinckney's bills, 1865-1866, while a student at the Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany; Green's papers, 1849-1850, as commissioner of public schools for Henry Co., Ky.; papers, 1847-1864, relating to slavery; papers, 1802-1857, relating to lands in Kentucky and Jasper Co., Ind.; papers, 1833-1846, of Green's father, Joseph Green, and of his daughter Susan Thornton Green, 1849-1880; letters, 1885, to his son, Warren Green, from Japanese officials and consuls of various countries on his appointment as U.S. Consul General to Japan; and report, 1885, of Warren Green to the U.S. Dept. of State on Japanese tobacco. Correspondents include C.C. Baldwin, James G. Blaine, John G. Carlisle, Thomas A. Edison, Cyrus W. Field, Jay Gould, Abram S. Hewitt, H.H. Honore, Collis P. Huntington, Lazarus W. Powell, Hiram Sibley, Joshua F. Speed, John W. Stevenson, William H. Vanderbilt, and James B. Wilder.

Miscellaneous papers include an invitation to the wedding of Carrie Conant and Pinckney F. Green, 15 Oct. 1867; numerous bills for wedding expenses incurred by Miss Conant; fiftieth wedding anniversary announcement of Dr. and Mrs. Norvin Green, 1 April 1890; telegram pass for Dr. Green while in the United Kingdom, 17 April 1883; and two invitations for Norvin E. and Frank W. Green's high school graduations, 14 June 1894 and 18 June 1895, respectively.

259. Green, Willis, 1795-1862, and Lafayette Green, 1835-1907. Papers, 1818-1893. A\G798. 1 cu. ft. Additional papers, 1818-1889. A\G798a. .33 cu. ft.
Papers of Willis Green of Falls of Rough, Grayson Co., Ky., landowner, miller, lumber man, merchant, postmaster, and active member of the Whig party, who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1836-1837, and represented the Sixth Congressional Dist. of Kentucky in Congress, 1839-1845. The papers consist mainly of letters, 1818-1856, to Green concerning trade with New Orleans; the improvement of Green River; legal matters; Kentucky politics; his campaigns for election to Congress; the convention of the Loco Foco Party at Frankfort, Ky. in Jan. 1840; the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison in 1840; formation of the Native American party at Hopkinsville, Ky. in Nov. 1844; friendly relations with Henry Clay; letters from his constituents requesting aid in obtaining pensions, appointments to office, etc.; proceedings of a meeting of Whigs of Breckinridge Co., Ky., at Hardinsburg, 15 May 1843; statements of account, 1825-1854, with business firms in Philadelphia, Louisville, and other cities; legal papers in the case of Willis Green vs. Benjamin Sebastian, William Sebastian, and N.D. Anderson, 1820-1831, about land, including the mill seat at Falls of Rough; miscellaneous legal papers about slavery, the shipment of lumber in flatboats, etc.; manuscripts entitled "Bank of the United States" and "The Tariff and Distribution Bill"; and day book, 1830-1831, of the general merchandise store at Falls of Rough, containing Green's name as a customer. Also included are Lafayette Green's (nephew of Norvin) letters and papers, 1861-1893; and papers of Lafayette Green's father-in-law, Robert W. Scott of Franklin Co., Ky., consisting of letters, 1847-1885, a volume of poetry transcribed at Transylvania University in 1826, and his farm day book with accounts and diary entries, 1834-1859.

A thirty-page guide to the associated Green Collection, 1814-1971, at the Manuscript Division, Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., is included.

Additional papers consist of correspondence, 1821-1859; accounts, receipts, and notes, 1818-1881; legal papers, 1828-1854; land papers, 1832-1836; miscellaneous material; and a volume entitled "Docket of cases and their condition of Buckner and Wing." The correspondence discusses Green's land in Iowa and Kentucky; legal matters; lawsuits; tobacco sales in New Orleans; and the affairs of the Whig party, 1843-1844. Correspondents include R.W. Balmain, James T. Buckner, Aaron Harding, James Taylor, Jack Thomas, Charles Wilkins, and Robert L. Wintersmith.

260. Green Family. Papers, 1822-1900. A\796a. 1 cu. ft.
Papers primarily consisting of correspondence between family members and friends of the Green family of Ky. and the allied Ruggles family of New England. The letters give an excellent picture of the lives of people of good family but varying economic conditions; the attitudes of and toward women; health and medical conditions; manners and customs; and travel conditions by both land and water. Some significant information about slaves, weather conditions, religious views, dental problems, and attitudes toward dreams. Letters between Ellen Ruggles Green and her husband Hector Green are extremely affectionate for the period. Throughout there is some news and discussion of politics and current events, Cuba, Kanawha Salines, steamboats, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Boston, and Roxbury, Mass., economic and mercantile conditions, education, and other matters pertaining to children. A letter written by Hector Green on the eve of the Civil War to his son, John Williams Green (later of the Orphan Brigade) clearly states the position of many Kentuckians on Abraham Lincoln and secession.

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261. Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818.
Miscellaneous papers, 1788-1812. C\G.
11 items.
Lawyer, U.S. congressman, and Ky. governor, 1804-1808. Papers include letters, documents, commissions, a 1793 deed, and a land grant signed by Greenup. Correspondence includes a 22 Nov. 1794 letter to Thomas Todd discussing ways Samuel Pleasants of Philadelphia could pay taxes on his land, and comments on domestic and foreign affairs; a 15 Dec. 1794 letter to John Fitzgerald asking about Fitzgerald's claim for 3000 acres of the 4000 acre military grant to Capt. John H. Holt; a 27 May 1808 letter to the governor of Connecticut transmitting acts passed at the last session of the Kentucky General Assembly; and a 16 May 1812 letter to David Todd discussing a deposition Todd was having to make regarding an old survey.

Additional Greenup material is contained in other collections.

262. Greer, James. Broadside, April 1789. C\G. 1 item.
Early Kentucky land broadside voiding a land transaction involving Robert Paterson of Lexington and John Cockey Owings.

263. Grenfell, George St. Leger, 1808-1868. Letters, 1864-1868. C\G. 9 items.
Soldier of fortune in the Confederate Army. Handwritten transcripts of Col. Grenfell's letters, 1864-1868, to his daughter Marie Pearce-Serocold, William Maynard, and Henry Lane Stone, concerning his service to the Confederate States of America and his imprisonment at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida; a transcript of a 6 April 1868 letter from Peyton Johnston, Sr., to Evans and Co. about Col. Grenfell; and a 23 April 1950 letter of A.H. Packe to The Filson Club giving the history of Col. Grenfell and the U.S. flag he sent to England.

264. Grigsby family. Papers, 1818-1884. A\G857. 11.66 cu. ft.
Papers of Susan Preston Shelby Grigsby (1830-1891) of Traveller's Rest near Danville, Ky.; her father Alfred Shelby (1804-1832), youngest son of Gov. Isaac Shelby; her mother, Virginia Hart Shelby Breckinridge (1809-1859); her step father Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871); her husband, John Warren Grigsby (1818-1877); and a few papers of their children. Also included are papers of the allied Tobias Gibson (1801- ) family of Kentucky and Louisiana, and the Nathaniel Hart (1770-1844) and Arthur Hooe Wallace (1794-1878) families of Kentucky.

Early correspondence, 1818-1859, includes letters of Charles S. Todd discussing revolutionary activity in South America, the election of 1828, and personal matters; family letters noting day-to-day activity; letters of introduction for Alfred Shelby written by Martin Van Buren and Henry Clay; Letitia Todd's niece's 1 June 1832 letter to Susan Shelby describing the death of Todd's children from cholera; letters, 1833, to Virginia Shelby discussing the cholera epidemic in Kentucky; and letters between the women of the family detailing plantation life and their activities, often mentioning slaves and their activities. Correspondence dated 1860-1865 concerns the secession crisis; attitudes toward secession; slavery; the Civil War in Kentucky; confiscation of property and impressment of slave labor; John Grigsby's military service in the Confederate Army; daily activities; and family news and events. Postwar correspondence regards family matters and day-to-day life. The papers of John Warren Grigsby contain family, personal, and business letters, 1838-1877, concerning his service as U.S. consul at Bordeaux, France, 1839-1849; his marriage to Susan P. Shelby; European travels; U.S. and Virginia politics; and his service in the Confederate army. The remainder of the collection includes business accounts, legal papers, land papers, and genealogical material.

265. Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840. Letter, 21 Nov. 1826. C\G. 1 item.
Lawyer, Ky. jurist, U.S. congressman and senator from Tenn., U.S. attorney general. Letter to Robert Wood concerning the reason for his resignation from Congress in 1814, and mentioning the treaty ending the War of 1812.

Additional Grundy material is contained in other collections.

266. Guerrant, Edward Owings, 1838-1916. Papers, 1858-1915. A\G934. .66 cu. ft.
Papers of Edward Owings Guerrant, Confederate veteran, physician, author, Presbyterian clergyman, and evangelist in the Kentucky mountains. The papers relate to his service in the Confederate Army under generals Humphrey Marshall and John Hunt Morgan; his proposed memoirs of campaigns in which he took part; his contribution to the Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal; medical practice with Dr. J.A. Hannah; Bellewood Female Seminary; Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School at Anchorage; the Presbyterian Church at Louisville and Maysville, Ky.; evangelical work; the Confederate Veteran Association of Kentucky; and a monument to the memory of Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Also included are accounts, 1867-1896; miscellaneous papers, 1868-1884; miscellaneous printed material, including a broadside issued by Gen. Edmund Kirby-Smith while in Ky. in 1862; a small group of Gen. Humphrey Marshall's papers regarding his campaign in eastern Kentucky during the Civil War; and papers of Guerrant's father, Dr. Henry Ellis Guerrant, of Sharpsburg, Ky., primarily regarding his medical practice and involvement in temperance organizations. Correspondents include Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, James Longstreet, Henry Giltner, Richard H. Collins, Gen. Humphrey Marshall, Dr. E.S. Gaillard, Adolphus P. Young, Gen. Bennett H. Young, Daniel P. Young, Rev. Jerry Witherspoon, J.V. Escott, James K. Lemon, H.T. Pollard, Zachary F. Smith, Walter N. Haldeman, Humphrey Marshall, Jr., Judge Emmet Field, John Boyd, Gen. Basil W. Duke, Augustus E. Willson, E. Polk Johnson, Gen. John B. Castleman, and others.

267. Guthrie, James, 1792-1869. Miscellaneous papers, 1826-1867. C\G. 34 items.
Lawyer, businessman, legislator, secretary of the treasury. Included are papers regarding Guthrie's career as a lawyer, businessman, railroad promoter, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and as secretary of the treasury, 1853-1857.

268. Guthrie-Caperton family. Papers, 1780-1939. A\G984. 9 cu. ft.
Papers of the Guthrie and Caperton families. James Guthrie (1792-1869), lawyer, member of the Kentucky legislature, U.S. senator, and secretary of the treasury (1853-1857), and John Caperton (1837-1900), lawyer, California pioneer, businessman, landowner, and Guthrie's son-in-law are the focal points of the collection. Guthrie's papers consist of correspondence, 1811-1871; land papers, 1780-1867; legal papers, 1802-1870; accounts, 1812-1866; bills, receipts, and promissory notes, 1801-1871; papers of Guthrie's estate; stock certificates; commission as sec. of treasury; and steamboat papers, 1819-1857. Small groups of papers of John Rowan, Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, John C. Fremont, William Kenton (son of Simon Kenton), William C. Buck, John and William Aull Co., 1815-1837, John and Samuel Thomas Co., 1823-1835, James Craig and William Culver, and Paschal D. Craddock and Thomas Hundley are included in Guthrie's papers. The correspondence discusses law activities of James Guthrie and Levi Tyler, Guthrie's interest in the Louisville Hotel, the Peters Colony of Texas, politics, Congressional activity, railroads, land in Illinois, operation of steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi, duties while sec. of treasury (including John C. Fremont's account of his 1845 expedition in California and his claims against the government), news, and family matters. Correspondents include Leven L. Shreve, Thomas Hicks, E.G. Minor, Charles J. Meng, John D. Colmesnil, Adam Guthrie, John W. Stevenson, and John C. Breckinridge. An index to correspondence is filed with the collection.

The papers of John Caperton consist of correspondence, 1846-1892; letterbook of Caperton, 1859-1860; land papers, 1832-1893; legal papers, 1851-1892; accounts, 1847-1882; bills, receipts, and promissory notes, 1843-1894; stock certificates; two household account books, 1872-1880, of Mary E. Caperton; account book of the estate of Caperton children; pass books and canceled checks of John and Mary Caperton; maps; pamphlets; and newspaper clippings. Small groups of papers of J. Guthrie Coke (b.1841), J. Lawrence Smith (1818-1883), Sarah Julia Smith (1827-1901), and John Hays Caperton (1857-1923) are included in Caperton's papers. Correspondence discusses life and explorations in Texas during the 1840s, trip overland to California in 1849, life in California in the early 1850s, work as deputy sheriff of San Francisco County, business in Louisville, lands in Texas and California, politics, railroads, mining, Louisville real estate development, and news of family and friends. Correspondents include Col. John C. "Jack" Hays, J.A. Freaner, and W.H. Glascock about affairs in California, and Harry Thompson Hays, Allen T. Caperton, J.H. Rhorer, John H. Caperton, C.J. Benham, James Guthrie, G.R. Arbegust, Hugh Caperton, J.M. Preston, A.B. Gray, and Horatio D. Newcomb.

269. Gwathmey Family. Papers, 1811-1902. A\G994. .33 cu. ft. Added papers, 1780-1888. A\G994a. 17 items. Miscellaneous papers, 1825-1943. C\G. 43 items.
Prominent Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Ind., family. Papers include correspondence of Isaac R. Gwathmey, which includes letters discussing the War of 1812, land and legal matters, personal affairs, and a 29 Aug. 1827 letter from Amos Kendall discussing legal matters; letters to Mary E. Gwathmey including letters from Lyman C. Draper regarding his interest in George Rogers Clark and his "Indian Fighters," and from her brother Richard re: his 1885 trip to Panama; miscellaneous correspondence, 1815-1871, including Jacob Sadowsky's 1815 deposition on the original Connelly surveys at the Falls of the Ohio; bills, receipts, and certificates; and miscellaneous printed material with an item pertaining to the career of Lyman Draper.

Gwathmey added papers include land papers concerning property of the Clark, Gwathmey, and Anderson families; letters from William Clark re: financial affairs of George Rogers Clark, the fur trade, and Indian trouble; a letter from Thomas T. Crittenden about appointees to a judgeship; and a copy of the 17 July 1888 Congressional Record reporting on a bill to erect a monument in honor of George Rogers Clark.

Miscellaneous Gwathmey papers primarily are comprised of correspondence between R. C. Ballard Thruston and Judge Arthur E. Hopkins concerning the Gwathmey and allied families, and transcripts of Gwathmey letters describing a visit to Harmony, Ind., George Rapp, Lafayette's visit to Ky., activities, and deaths. Extensive genealogical information on both the ancestors and descendants of Owen and Ann Clark Gwathmey is given, as well as data on the allied Booth, Bullitt, and Clark families.

270. Haldeman Family. Papers, 1843-1985. A\H159. 9 cu. ft.
Added Papers, 1898-1940. A\H159a. .33 cu. ft.
Collection spanning three generations of the Haldeman newspaper family of Louisville, including Walter N. Haldeman (1821-1902), his children, and his grandchildren. Papers include correspondence, legal records, business records, land records, and genealogical data. The bulk of the correspondence is letters between family members, including early letters between Walter Haldeman and his wife Elizabeth; letters to and from William Haldeman during his service in the Confederate Navy; and letters from William, John, Lizzie, and Bruce Haldeman while they were away at school. Subjects discussed include family news, activities, travels, business, health, politics, and sports, especially baseball. The bulk of the later correspondence centers on Bruce Haldeman, his family, and his tenure as president of the Courier-Journal, the family business. His letters are between him and his wife, from his son Walter N. Haldeman, II, while he was at Yale (1919-1922) and during his bicycle tour of England, and from Bruce's daughters, Florence Price, Elizabeth H. Campbell, and Ann Bruce Haldeman. Estate records include papers for the estates of Walter Haldeman, Elizabeth Haldeman, Bruce Haldeman, and Annie Haldeman. Business records include papers regarding Walter N. Haldeman's ownership of the Louisville Courier-Journal, including a number of documents from the consolidation of the Courier, the Journal, and the Democrat; reports examining the financial conditions of the paper; and documents regarding the sale of the paper to Robert W. Bingham. Business records also concern the Haldemans' interest in the Wintersmith Chemical Company. Land records include deeds to the family's extensive holdings in Naples, Florida. Miscellaneous papers include family receipts, advertisements, documents regarding Bruce Haldeman's presidency of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and miscellaneous printed material. Newspaper clippings include numerous items about the family, their interests, and obituaries. Also included is a small group of Eckstein Norton papers which include his estate records, Jane Norton's estate records, and letters from George F. Norton during his service in the American Ambulance Service during World War I. Correspondents include Robert W. Bingham, Max Devlin, Arthur Krock, George D. Prentice, William H. Taft, Henry Watterson, and Bennett H. Young.

Haldeman added papers are a collection of correspondence centering on Bruce Haldeman and his family, including letters between Bruce Haldeman and his wife Annie which discuss family, current events, Louisville weather, and the Louisville Courier-Journal. Annie Haldeman's letters written from Naples, Florida, describe the family's activities there, weather, and guests visiting from Louisville and other locations.

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271. Halsey, Edmund Tryon, 1850- . Collection, 1771-1902. A\H196. 1.33 cu. ft.
Collector. Collection of papers compiled by Halsey regarding the allied Thompson, Wallace, Hart, Taylor, and Vance families of Kentucky. Correspondence, 1771-1866, of the Nathaniel and Susanna Hart family, George Claiborne and Sarah Simpson Hart Thompson family, Arthur Hooe and Letitia P. Hart Wallace family, and William L. and Letitia Thompson Vance family discussing routine and personal matters; plantation activities; slaves; business; the Civil War, and local affairs. Also included are copies of Hart family Bible records; Hart family genealogical records; and a copy of an 1846 resolution of the Kentucky legislature replacing Jack Hart's (Nathaniel Hart's slave) rifle which was lost at the Battle of Blue Licks. In addition, a small group of John Jay Halsey papers, 1847-1849, includes letters, commissions, etc. regarding the Mexican War.

272. Hammett and Company. Miscellaneous records, 1866. C\H. 2 items.
Promotions/lottery company. A 22 Jan. 1866 form letter guaranteeing prize money of $5000 or more in the Kentucky State Lottery if the contestant purchases a special packet of tickets from Hammett and Co., and restitution that will be made if purchaser does not win; and a 31 March 1866 handbill announcing the Havana Lottery of Kentucky to be drawn in Covington, Ky., on that day and describes the scheme of prizes and plan of the lottery.

273. Hansbrough, Elizabeth Kathleen, 1892-1971. Papers, 1924-1935. A\H249. .33 cu. ft. Added papers, 1907-1947. A\H249a. .66 cu. ft.
U.S. Army nurse from Shelbyville, Ky. Papers include letters written by Hansbrough to her family while she was stationed in the Philippines, and while traveling in Asia and Europe. She went first to the military hospital at Fort Mills, Corregidor, and soon transferred to Sternberg General Hospital in Manila. She was transferred to Walter Reed Hospital. in Washington, D.C., April 1927. The letters resume in 1931 and continue through 1935. Her letters describe Corregidor, Manila, and surrounding areas; the medical personnel; airmen and other acquaintances; her social life; hospital duties; racial attitudes, particularly toward the Filipinos; and travels.

Added papers consist of additional letters from Hansbrough to her family while serving as a nurse in the U.S. Army. The letters picture the life and work of a career Army nurse-anesthetist, conditions and places of interest in areas where she was stationed in the U.S. and the Philippines, her travels in Asia and Europe, and events of the day. She seems to have made a conscious effort to share her expanding horizons with her family. The collection also includes letters, 1907-1911, from childhood friends; and between family members, especially after Hansbrough became ill in April 1945 while on active duty and returned to Shelbyville after surgery, where she was cared for by a sister.

274. Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873. Official report, 1862. C\H. 1 item.
Confederate general. Official report (8 pp.) of the Battle of Perryville by Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee, written at Shelbyville, Tenn., 1 Dec. 1862. Report describes his corps' action at the 8 Oct. 1862 battle at Perryville, Ky.

Additional Hardee material is contained in other collections.

275. Hardin, Benjamin, Jr., 1784-1852.
Miscellaneous papers, 1834-1844. C\H.
3 items.
Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. congressman. Included are letters of a routine nature.

276. Harding, John. Collection, 1846-1914. A\H263. 2.66 cu. ft.
Lawyer and stock breeder of Brookwood, Pleasureville, Henry Co., Ky. Harding's papers consist of correspondence, 1859-1914, with his family and friends while a student at Georgetown, Ky., and Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., during the Civil War; letters from his father, Aaron Harding, lawyer of Greensburg, Ky., who served as a Union Democratic from Kentucky in the U.S. Congress, 1861-1867; letters, 1865, relative to the Taylor Petroleum and Mining Co. in which John Harding was a partner; letters and certificates relating to the breeding of Harding's horses; contract, 13 Feb. 1865, agreeing to form a petroleum and mining company; English compositions and manuscript poems, 1899-1911; letters, 1895, of Sallie Ward Downs to Mary Harding; legal papers, 1881-1890, of John Harding as attorney for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Henry Co., Ky.; accounts, 1864, 1897-1900, 1906; contract, 1896, of John Harding and his father-in-law, George F. Downs, with W.T. Hanks, contractor, for building a two-story addition to a dwelling house on John Harding's farm in Henry Co., Ky., accompanied by statements of accounts and receipts for expenses of building, 1896-1898; and promissory notes in favor of the Bank of Commerce, Louisville, Ky., signed by John Harding and G.F. Downs, 1897-1898.

The collection also includes the papers of George F. Downs (1814-1908), merchant and landowner of Louisville, Ky., and later Pleasureville, Henry Co., Ky., and fourth husband of Sallie Ward Downs. Included is correspondence, 1897-1908, chiefly about the care of his real estate in Louisville, but including letters from his stepson J.W. Hunt, Mary Margaret Hunt, John T. Moore, Samuel Casseday, and R.T. Durrett; statements of account for upkeep of real estate in Louisville and personal expenses, 1896-1908; tax notices and receipts, 1902-1905, on real property in Louisville; notes, 1891-1895, of Downs in favor of Kentucky and Louisville Mutual Insurance Co.; eleven volumes of memorandum books, 1846-1878; five vols. of account books, 1866-1895; and four vols. of bank books of the Western Financial Corporation, 1866-1879.

277. Harlan, James, 1800-1863. Miscellaneous papers, 1829-1846. C\H. 4 items.
Lawyer, politician, and U.S. congressman. Letters discuss Henry Clay's 1835 land bill; claim of the Chenoweth heirs for building a fort at Louisville; and routine matters.

278. Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911.
Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1906. C\H.
6 items.
U.S. Supreme Court justice. Miscellaneous papers include a 15 Dec. 1869 letter to W.W. Belknap, sec. of war, recommending Bland Ballard as circuit judge and defending him against the suspicion of infidelity to the Union; a typewritten copy of his 31 Oct. 1877 letter to James B. Beck giving a full statement of his political record to refute stories circulated in Washington to prevent his confirmation as a justice of the Supreme Court (published: Ellwood W. Lewis, "The Appointment of Mr. Justice Harlan," Indiana Law Journal, vol. 29); a 9 March 1880 letter to Augustus E. Willson discussing political appointments and assuring Willson of advancement; a 2 June 1902 letter to an unidentified correspondent acknowledging the receipt of a volume containing reports of the sec. of war regarding civil law under military occupation; and a 20 Dec. 1906 letter to E.H. Taylor, Jr., acknowledging the receipt of a box of "Old Taylor" and noting that a campaign for governor would have overtaxed his strength.

Additional John Marshall Harlan material is in other collections, especially the Augustus E. Willson Papers.

279. Harlan County, Ky. Circuit Court. Case book, 1839-1854. BO\H283. 1 vol.
Record of cases tried by the Harlan Co. Circuit Court, July 1839 - Oct. 1854. Divided into the terms of the court -- generally April and October, and sometimes July -- it lists the grand jury chosen for the term; plaintiff and defendant in the cases brought before the judge; sometimes the crime; verdict or decision; and jury decisions regarding whether or not someone was found mentally competent. Loose items include a docket of cases for the April 1853 term; claims allowed by the court for the April 1854 term; and a list of judgments made at the April and October 1854 terms.

280. Harlan Museum Company. Minute book, 1837-1838. BA\H283. 1 vol.
Louisville, Ky. museum. Records of meetings of stockholders, James Reed, Samuel Casseday, Dr. E.E. Ewing, Thomas Coleman, James Marshall, Robert Buckner, Willis Stewart, James Stewart, Jacob Keller, James C. Johnston, George Keats, Shadrack Penn, and Nathaniel Hardy; deed dated 28 Oct. 1837 from Samuel Casseday conveying glass cases, paintings, and natural and artificial curiosities, formerly owned by the Louisville Museum, for the use of the members of the Harlan Museum Company; contract by the trustees of the museum with Samuel S. Spence, 30 Oct. 1837, for the care and exhibition of the collections; and a 1 May 1838 letter from Spence asking to be released from his contract. George Keats and U.E. Ewing witnessed the deed of 28 Oct. 1837, the original of which is inserted. James C. Johnston, James Marshall, and Nathaniel Hardy were trustees of the museum.

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281. Harrod, James, ca. 1746-1792. Bond, 13 October 1790. C\H. 1 item.
Kentucky pioneer. Bond binding himself to William Penix for the sum of £200 for the conveyance of a tract of land in Lincoln County, Ky., then possessed by Harrod.

282. Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Letter, 30 Jan. 1780. C\H. 1 item.
First permanent white settlement in Kentucky. The anonymous author writes of his extensive land purchases near the Falls of the Ohio and on Mulberry; describes the timber and cost of land; discusses his finances; mentions the large influx of settlers; says the buffalo are in short supply due to cold weather; and that he intends to make a fortune in Kentucky lands.

283. Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844. Letter, 10 Jan. 1791. C\H. 1 item.
Farmer from Woodford Co., Ky.; member of the pioneer Hart family. Hart's letter to his uncle notes that he likes the mercantile business and believes the store will become more profitable. Goods are slow to arrive and in short supply. Defends a Mr. Beatty from a charge of gambling. Discusses land and says Daniel Boone "has acted like a scoundrel in the business." Brother Simpson died at Cumberland.

Additional Nathaniel Hart and Hart family material is contained in other collections.

284. Haycraft, Samuel, Jr., 1795-1878. Journal, 1849-1878. A\H414. 1 vol. Miscellaneous papers, 1792-1870. C\H. 8 items
Hardin County, Ky. clerk. Journal of extracts taken by Samuel Haycraft of Elizabethtown, Ky., from fourteen vols. of his diaries in which he had recorded daily Bible readings (not included in this journal), commentaries, and passing events. He makes occasional comments on earlier entries as he re-records them. Entries include religious and family matters, political observations, Civil War events, births, deaths, Hardin County history, and misc. newspaper clippings. After his death one of his children added entries to "Christmas 1880." Typed transcript of the original is filed with the journal.

Miscellaneous papers regard Haycraft and his family. Included are such legal documents as powers of attorney, a lease, and a deed; a letter from Haycraft to Stephen McMurtry, 5 Oct. 1869 regarding two African Americans, a newspaper clipping and pamphlet regarding Haycraft's 15 Feb. 1860 speech in support of an appropriation to place a monument over the graves of Daniel and Rebecca Boone, and a newspaper clipping regarding Haycraft's retirement from public service.

285. Hayes, Job Joseph, 1839- . Papers, 1863-1899. A\H417. 3.66 cu. ft.
Soldier, Louisville businessman. Papers include records, 1863-1866, while serving as an officer in the Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers at the Quartermaster Depot at Louisville during the Civil War; recommendations, 1889, for Hayes from businessmen and city officials for Postmaster of Louisville; and business correspondence, 1898-1899.

286. Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907.
Diary and scrapbook, ca. 1861. A\H425.
1 vol.
Louisville journalist, poet, songwriter, and steamboat pilot. This combined diary and scrapbook contains compositions and observations by Hays, and newspaper clippings of his writings.

Additional Hays material is contained in other collections.

287. Head, Hobbs, and Lawrence. Ledgers, 1822-1863. BB\H682. 2 vols.
Louisville merchants. Volume one, 1822-1828, was kept by Basil Nicholas Hobbs, who with Benjamin Head and Benjamin Lawrence organized a general store in 1813. The ledger contains accounts for customers such as the Gwathmeys, Dorseys, Bullitts, Geigers, Popes, and Hites.

Volume two, 1832-1863, was kept by Edward Dorsey Hobbs (1810-1888), engineer and surveyor of Louisville, Ky., 1831-1835, and first real estate agent; served as surveyor for and agent of the Preston family of Virginia and Kentucky, Robert J. Breckinridge, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen. Edward C. Carrington, Gen. Henry Atkinson, Capt. Jason Rogers, James McDowell, Jr., John W. Hunt, and others. Included are records re: his work for those clients; the administration of the estates of his father, Basil N. Hobbs, and Elias Dorsey Lawrence; memoranda of sales of land made for Gen. Francis Preston, 1831-1839; and accounts of farming activities at Anchorage.

288. Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894.
Miscellaneous papers, 1845-1884. C\H.
7 items.
Portrait painter. Letters discuss his daily routine; activities while painting a portrait; portraits he had painted; and viewing copies of his work. Of particular interest is his 28 June 1845 letter agreeing to show copies to the "King of the French"; and a 24 April 1851 letter to Robert P. Anderson requesting a likeness of the open door of the Senate, a reference to his painting "Webster Replying to Hayne."

289. Helm, John, 1761-1840. Deposition, 23 Aug. 1823. C\H. 1 item.
Kentucky pioneer. Account by John Helm of a trip he took in March 1780 with Col. William Pope, Sr., Jacob Vanmeter, Jack Tuel, and several others, including two blacks. Describes the route they took from the Falls of the Ohio to the area of Kentucky known as the Barrens.

290. Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963. Papers, 1927-1956. A\H496. .33 cu. ft. Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1922. C\H. 6 items.
Mathematician, historian, author. Papers primarily comprised of correspondence between Henderson and R.C. Ballard Thruston and Otto A. Rothert regarding Henderson's attempts to locate material about Daniel Boone, Benjamin Logan, and the Transylvania Company; and discussing the 1935 Boonesborough celebration.

Miscellaneous papers include letters to Rothert regarding Henderson's book The Conquest of the Old Southwest, and Daniel Boone relics that were shown to him by Bennett H. Young.

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291. Henderson, Thomas, 1781-1846. Papers, 1824-1841. A\H497. .66 cu. ft.
Baptist clergyman and superintendent of the Choctaw Academy, Great Crossings, Scott Co., Ky. Included is correspondence, receipts, and statements of account for the expenses of the students at the Choctaw Academy. Correspondence consists chiefly of letters from Col. Richard M. Johnson, sponsor of the academy, concerning its administration under the auspices of the Baptist Board of Missions and the U.S. Government. Other correspondents include William Clark, C.A. Harris, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Reynolds (agent of the Chickasaw Nation), John Tipton, and William Ward (agent of the Choctaw Nation).

292. Henning, Lulie, 1860-1965. Letters, 1937. C\H. 4 items.
Louisville resident. Three letters written by Henning dated 22 Jan., 1 Feb., and 3 Feb. 1937, to Suzanne de Charette describing conditions in Louisville during the 1937 flood. Tells of living conditions in the Weissinger-Gaulbert Hotel, hardships, health, and weather. Also a letter dated ca. 31 Jan. 1937 from Henrietta Henning, Philadelphia, Pa., to de Charette describing Louisville during the flood as related by relatives living there.

293. Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Miscellaneous papers, 1778-1786. C\H. 11 items.
Lawyer, orator, Virginia legislator and governor. Included are Henry's 15 Jan. 1778 letter to Gen. Edward Hand, commander at Pittsburgh, stating that Col. David Rogers has Henry's instructions to proceed to New Orleans on important business and must have boats, provisions, men, ammunition, and arms to continue the journey; a 17 Dec. 1785 commission naming William Christian, John Cowan, Hugh Magary (McGary), Gabriel Madison, Alexander Robertson, Joseph Gray, Samuel Lapsley, Samuel Scott, Samuel McAfee, John Ervin, and Samuel McDowell justices of the peace for Mercer County; and land grants signed by Henry.

294. Henry Family. Papers, 1773-1864. A\H521. .33 cu ft.
Papers of the Henry family of Charlotte Co., Va., and Ky. Included are papers of Major General William Henry of Scott Co., Ky., consisting of letters, 1784-1821; military papers relating to his service as commander of the First Division of the Ky. Vol. Militia in the War of 1812; land papers concerning land in several Kentucky counties; and a 1783 contract with Simon Kenton. Also included are letters, 1821-1826, to Robert P. Henry, attorney of Hopkinsville, Ky., and member of Congress, discussing family news, activities, events, politics, and litigation over land owned by Kentucky Seminary in Christian Co., Ky.; receipts and accounts, 1818-1828, of Robert P. Henry; letters, 1825-1864, to Dr. John F. Henry, physician of Hopkinsville, Ky. and member of Congress regarding family, news, politics, and the Civil War; and a letter from Mrs. Buford to Mrs. Mary B. Robertson, daughter of Dr. John F. Henry, dated 1864, relative to relief work among Confederate prisoners at Rock Island Barracks, Ill., 9 Feb. 1864.

295. Herbert, George W., 1808-1872. Papers, 1854-1871. A\H536. .33 cu. ft.
Louisville councilman. Papers mainly relating to Herbert's work as a member of the Louisville City Council and as chairman of its finance committee, especially concerning his report to the City Charter Convention in 1869; and the failure of the Mechanics' Bank of Louisville due to a robbery.

296. Hickman, Richard Baylor, 1865-1949. Collection, 1780-1897. HA\H628. .33 cu. ft.
Collector. Collection of autograph letters, commissions, deeds, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous documents. Included are letters and documents from the collections of Bennett H. Young and Samuel M. Duncan, relating chiefly to Jessamine Co., Ky., and its citizens; letters, 1890-1897, of Samuel M. Duncan to Gen. Young describing letters, documents, and books sent to him by Young; miscellaneous documents, 1780-1882, relating to Louisville, Ky.; Clark family papers, 1790-1814; letters from Robert J. Breckinridge, James Garrard, Leslie Combs, John J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, Edward Everett, James Harlan, and Richard Mentor Johnson; records, 1790-1848, of Mercer Co., Ky., including marriage records, 1827-1828; constitution, by-laws, and minutes of meetings of the Young Men's Literary Society of Nicholasville, Ky., 1847-1849; and a letter from Jefferson Davis to Gov. John Letcher of Virginia, introducing Alexander H. Stephens as special commissioner of the Confederate States to the government of Virginia, 1861.

297. Hill, Patty Smith, 1868-1946. Papers, 1878-1942. A\H647. 4.33 cu. ft. Additional papers, 1897-1962. A\H647a. .33 cu. ft. Miscellaneous papers, 1939-1975. C\H. 17 items.
Educator and author. Collection contains biographical material, including an autobiographical sketch, "Memories of childhood"; correspondence, 1880-1942; material about the dinner held in honor of Hill's fortieth year in education; the Patty Smith Hill Fund; her professional trip to Russia in 1929; honorary degree from Columbia University, 1929; and biographical material about other members of the Hill family. The major portion of the collection consists of Hill's own work: transcripts of speeches, articles, lectures, and papers on the subjects of kindergarten, nursery schools, teacher education, and other educational topics. The correspondence discusses her move from Louisville to New York, speaking engagements, establishment of nursery schools, and miscellaneous topics. Also included is material concerning Utopia Children's House, Hilltop, the Patty Smith Hill Farm, and plans to aid needy children during the depression; bibliographic information on Hill; material concerning the work of Friederich Froebel, Anna E. Bryan, Susan E. Blow, and Maria Montessori; Pearl Allen Williams's paper, "The History of the Kindergarten Movement in Louisville Ky., 1881-1930"; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous material.

Additional papers include correspondence, 1903-1957, from Patty S. Hill, her sister Mildred, friends, and professional associates, regarding her life, death, and work in the field of kindergarten education; correspondence, 1927-1954, to and from Ilse Forest regarding her biographical work on Hill; approximately eighty learning poems for children written by Hill; newspaper items regarding Louisville social worker Annie M. Halleck, educator Alexina Galt Booth, and the Kindergarten Alumnae Club; tributes to Hill; a poem composed by Hill; and a copy of Alexina Galt Booth's will and codicil regarding money left Hill.

Miscellaneous papers include newspaper clippings related to Hill, Carolyn Verhoeff, and kindergarten pioneers; a reprinted article on Miss Hill from a 1936 issue of American Childhood; a program given 16 Feb. 1964 entitled "A Tribute to Miss Patty Smith Hill" to the Childhood Education Association, and correspondence. The correspondence, 1939-1975, concerns Hill and education and includes three letters by Hill discussing the importance of toys.

298. Hill, Robert. Letter, 20 Sept. 1862. C\H. 1 item.
Letter of a Confederate soldier serving with Morgan. Describes his march through Kentucky with General Morgan. Says that they won the Battle of Munfordville, but that Bragg let Buell escape -- much to Morgan's disgust.

299. Hines, John Fletcher, 1835-1859. Papers, 1841-1911. A\H662b. .33 cu. ft.
Merchant of Bowling Green, Ky. Primarily business and estate papers of Hines. Included are letters, receipts, accounts, notes due his estate, and legal material. Also included is data on the Hines family.

300. Hines, Thomas Henry, 1838-1898. Autograph book, 1863. A\H662a. 1 vol.
Confederate soldier, secret agent, judge. Book of autographs of his fellow prisoners collected by Hines in Sept. 1863 while imprisoned in the Ohio Penitentiary. He and many of the officers under Gen. John Hunt Morgan (including Morgan) were imprisoned there following their capture in July 1863 while on Morgan's "Ohio Raid." Hines escaped with Morgan and a few others on 26 Nov. 1863, and is credited with masterminding the escape.

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