Foote Family Added Papers, 1809-1956
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Foote family
Title: Added papers, 1809-1956.
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.
Size of Collection: 1 cubic feet
Locator Number: Mss./A/F688c
Biographical Note
The Foote family has lived in Kentucky since the early 19 th century. They also had branches of the family in Virginia and the Deep South. These papers include some of this early history of the family. The majority of the papers are from the early 20 th century from Edwin C. Foote. Edwin Foote attended business school in Louisville and briefly worked in the city as a bank teller, before returning to the farm in Breckinridge County. His correspondents include friends still living in the county while he lived in Louisville and a female friend studying nursing in Washington, D.C.
The Foote family was also involved in local politics and there are several documents dealing with the Democratic Club of Breckinridge County. Subjects of these papers include the War with Mexico, the Tilden election and the Kentucky governor’s race of 1907.
Scope and Content Note
This collection of added papers includes letters and receipts from the early 19 th century through the middle of the 20 th century. The majority of the papers is from the first decade of the 20 th century and is from Edwin C. Foote as he attends business school in Louisville, his employment and correspondence from friends. There are many interesting political papers in the collection because the Foote family was involved in the local Democratic club for many years. These include copies of an 1848 proclamation of 11 resolutions dealing with the Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso and an 1872 proclamation dealing with the Tilden election.
Folder List
Folder 1: Correspondence and receipts, 1809-1818
Folder 2: Correspondence and receipts, 1822-1829
Folder 3: Correspondence and receipts, 1830-1839
Folder 4: Correspondence and papers, 1840-1849
Folder 5: Correspondence and papers, 1850-1865
Folder 6: Correspondence and papers, 1871-1897
Folder 7: Undated and fragments from the 19 th century
Folder 8: Accounts for E J Wright & Co., 1901
Folder 9: Correspondence and papers, 1902-1904
Folder 10: Correspondence, January and February 1905
Folder 11: Correspondence, March and April 1905
Folder 12: Correspondence, May and June 1905
Folder 13: Correspondence, July and August 1905
Folder 14: Correspondence, September and October 1905
Folder 15: Correspondence, November and December 1905
Folder 16: Correspondence, January to March, 1906
Folder 17: Correspondence, April to June 1906
Folder 18: Correspondence, July to November 1906
Folder 19: Correspondence, 1907
Folder 20: Correspondence, 1908
Folder 21: Correspondence, 1909
Folder 22: Correspondence, 1911-1918
Folder 23: Correspondence, 1921-1928
Folder 24: Correspondence, 1930-1939
Folder 25: Correspondence, 1941-1948
Folder 26: Correspondence, 1951-1956
Folder 27: Undated correspondence and papers, 20 th century
Folder 28: Undated correspondence and papers, 20 th century
Folder 29: Canceled checks, 1919-1922
Folder 30: Papers from Bryant and Stratton Business College
Folder 31: Pocket Calendars and Notebooks
Subject Headings
Alexander, William, 1744-1814
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Confederate States of America. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 1st
Cotton trade – Texas
Creek War, 1813-1814
Floods – Kentucky
Foote family
Fort Mims (Ala.)
Kentucky State Fair – History
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
Mexican War, 1846-1848 – Public opinion
National Farmers’ Union (U.S.)
Nurses – In-service training
Patent medicines
Periodical cicada – Kentucky
Play – Kentucky
Poetry
Presidents – United States – Election – 1876
Slavery – United States
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
Tobacco package labels
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865
Willson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931
Wilmot proviso
