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Louisville (Ky.) - Tornado - 1890

Louisville (Ky.) - Tornado - 1890

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Louisville (Ky.) - Tornado - 1890

The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky Tornado of 1890. 1 Box. 13 items.

Accounts of the tornado which struck Louisville, Kentucky on 27 March 1890, written at the request of Reuben T. Durrett, president of The Filson Club. Authors include: Madison J. Cawein, Alfred W. Harris, John D. Pope, Jessie Stewart, Dollie Higbee, Benjamin B. Huntoon, Lewis N. Dembitz, John T. Funk and William Henry Perrin.

Louisville (Ky.) - Tornado - 1890

Mayors of Louisville, Kentucky. Papers, 1870-1909.

Material relating to the Tornado of 1890 is found in folders 45-49.

Louisville (Ky.) - Tornado - 1890

Sullivan-Gates Family Papers. Papers, 1792-1902. William Taylor, Louisville, Ky. to Irene Gates Middletown, Ky.1. 15 April 1890. A.L.S. 2p.

William Taylor describes the ravages of the tornado in the Parkland area of Louisville.