Manuscript Database - Subject: Hargardon family. Letters, 1937. 25 items.

Hargardon family. Letters, 1937. 25 items.

Letters, post cards and newspaper clippings exchanged amongst the Hargardon family during the 1937 flood of the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. The main correspondent is Agnes Hargardon, who lived at 348 and Garland. Her letters describe the rising water, the evacuation of her home and her transport to Salem, Indiana, on a train. Post cards are exchanged as family members let others know their location after evacuating their homes in Louisville. Newspaper clippings are photographs of flood scenes in Louisville and Cincinnati.