Manuscript Database - Subject: Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Ky.) Records, ca. 1916-1977. 0.5 cu. ft., 1 boxed vol.The collection consists of twentieth-century records of Plymouth Congregational Church, founded in 1877 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Plymouth Settlement House, which opened in 1917 as an extension of the church’s mission. A 1977 publication commemorating the centennial anniversary of the church includes historical information and images of church buildings, pastors, and members. In the centennial publication, an image with the identifying information, “Typical of earlier church picnics,” was taken at the entrance to Mammoth Cave and includes the Black guide Matt Bransford lying down in front of the church group (6).
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Bullitt Family Papers - Oxmoor Collection, 1683-2003. 164 cu.ft.There were numerous Letters re: the Mammoth Cave estate in the business correspondence for the law firm of Bullitt, Bullitt, & Harris. Most of the letters were addressed to George Croghan, Croghan's guardian Charles B. Wyatt, Augustus S. Nicholson, Mary J. Blair, Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Julia Jesup, and D. L. Graves, who was running a tourist business at the cave. The letters were dated September 1872-October 1886.(894-900,902-911) There were letters dated 30 May 1893 and 15 November 1898 in Thomas W. Bullitt's correspondence re: the Mammoth Cave Hotel.(923,937)
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Brown, Orlando, 1801-1867. Papers, 1780-1898. 2.66 cu. ft.Anderson, A. H. P. To Orlando Brown, Frankfort, Ky., Dated Fenseco Cottage, M. Cave, Dec. 21 1842. 4 p. A. L. S. Tells of living in Mammoth Cave in an attempt to cure his tuberculosls. Mentions Dr. Croghan as his physician. in Brown, Orlando papers - Folder 59
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Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 to Henry Wingate, Frankfort, Ky. Three Forks, Ky 12 January 1843. A.L.S. 2p. Photocopy.O.H.P. Anderson describes his experience of spending five months in Mammoth Cave in an effort to cure his lung ailment.
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Brown, Orlando, 1801-1867. Papers, 1780-1898. 1178 items.A letter dated 21 December 1842 from A. H. P. Anderson to Orlando Brown discusses his residence and treatment at Mammoth Cave under the supervision of Dr. Croqhan.
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Bush-Beauchamp family. Papers, 1835-1982.Letter, 9 Aug. 1865, from "M.M.D." to her cousin Anna Crockett re: a trip planned to Mammoth Cave, Ky., with descriptions of preparations and clothes being made by women for the excursion.
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Cabaniss, C. E. To Mrs. S. D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Alabama. Mammoth Cave, Ky., 23 May 1868. ALS, 8pp.Writing to his mother, Cabaniss describes what he saw on a 3 mile trip into the cave: stone apartments built by tuberculosis victims who died in the cave, footprints of oxen used by saltpeter miners in 1812, and pieces of timber perfectly preserved. He also comments on the air around the cave and the pleasantness of the area. He writes, "I was somewhat disappointed. I think that there is more grandeur than beauty in what I saw."
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Downs, George F., 1814-1908. Memorandum book, 1860-1875. 1 vol. 177pp. 15cm. leather.Visit to Mammoth Cave, July 15, 1869.
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Durrett, Reuben. Papers, 1874-1903.Dr. Fayette Dunlap, Danville, to Col. Durrett, Louisville, May 7, 1903, A.L.S., 4p. Asking the support of the Filson Club in seeing that the Mammoth Cave property is purchased and protected by the State.
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Durrett, Reuben. Papers, 1874-1903.Dr. Fayette Dunlap, Danville, to Col. Durrett, Louisville, May 17, 1903, A.L.S., 2p. Acknowledgement of Col. Durrett's letter. Asks that individual members of Filson Club support his stand on Mammoth Cave, even if Club as a whole cannot. Also asks for contributions to Sinking Fund to protect the Cave
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Durrett, Reuben. Papers, 1874-1903.Robert Clarke Co. to Col. Durrett, June 23, 1903, T.L.S., 1p. Letter of introduction for Rev. H. C. Hovey who plans to study Mammoth Cave.
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Emerson, Luther. Broadside, 1860. 1 item.Advertisement for Luther Emerson's "Magnificent Panorama of the Mammoth Cave" painted by O.R. Fowler. The work was a collection of scenes from the cave painted on "many thousands feet of canvas. " The exhibition also included some curiosities from the cave including eyeless fish and minerals. The back of the paper includes testimonials from previous viewers.
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Fingals Cave. Description, No date. 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.
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Forwood, William Stump, 1830-1892. An Historical and Descriptive Narrative of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.A discussion of the various scientific aspects of the cave and its environment.
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Grand Army of the Republic. 1895 Encampment Records, 11 cu.ft.Many letters from people wishing to attend the 1895 Encampment of the G.A.R. inquire about train rates to the cave. Booklet published by L&N Railroad gives its rates to the Civil War battlefields along its routes and other points of interest including Mammoth Cave.
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Henry-Bacon family. Papers, 1785-1988. 2.66 cu. ft.In a 6 July 1859 letter, John F. "Jack" Henry, Jr. describes visiting and touring Mammoth Cave.
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Jesup-Sitgreaves family. Papers, 1846-1919 (bulk 1883-1902). 1 cubic foot1900-1902 correspondence from sisters Lucy Jesup Sitgreaves (8), Mary Jesup Blair (2-3), Jane Jesup Nicholson (7), and Julia Clark Jesup (6) discusses Mammoth Cave business throughout; the sisters all inherited a portion of the Mammoth Cave estate from their uncle, Dr. John Croghan. The letters of May's children Jesup Blair (1) and Violet Blair Janin (4), also discuss Cave matters. Lucy's daughter Mary Jesup Sitgreaves discusses the Cave in letters of 12 Feb 1891 and 21 Dec 1900 (13, 16). The beneficiaries primarily discuss the controversy centering around H.C. Ganter, manager of the Cave property and of the Mammoth Cave Hotel; the beneficiaries argued over the quality of Ganter's work, and whether or not to retain him at the cave. The three sisters Lucy, Mary, and Julia along with their children, were on one side of the fight; the fourth sister Jane, her husband Major Augustus S. Nicholson, and William Wyatt, probably the son of a cousin of the sisters, were on the other side. According to the other beneficiaries, Nicholson and Wyatt planted spies at the Cave and conspired to take control of Cave matters. The letters frequently mention the amount of money received as a monthly payment from Ganter for their ownership in the estate. Mary Jesup Blair's letters of 18 June, 2 August, and 6 August 1902 mention that the Kentucky Militia is camping at the cave that summer (3). Violet Blair Janin's letter of 3 November 1900 contains information on the ocst of long and short cave tours, as well as the hotel and food (4). In addition to the correspondence of the above named individuals, collection includes financial reports, legal petititions, and copies of letters regarding Mammoth Cave (23). See also cards for Mammoth Cave Mushroom Company; Mammoth Cave Railroad Company; Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Illinois Central Railroad Company; Ganter, H. C.; Green River (Ky.)
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Mapother, Dillon H. Diary, 1 January 1855-27 June 1855. 1 vol.Mapother gives a detailed description of a tour of the cave, 15 May 1855.
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Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870. To Anne C. Lynch. Louisville, Kentucky. 9 June 1851. A.L.S. 4p.Prentice and his wife had planned to go to the Mammoth Cave with Miss Lynch during her Kentucky visit and he had looked forward to communing with her there "in the awful solitudes of a subterranean world. " Mentions Echo River .
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Stewart, Laura Woodson Callis, 1924-1979. Scrapbooks, 1920-1948. 2 vols.Scrapbook includes a pamphlet from Mammoth Cave saved from a class trip taken by Stewart in 1939.
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Taylor-Hay family. Papers, 1783-1991. 42 cu. ft.A 25 October 1935 letter is on stationary from the Mammoth Cave Hotel and describes the children's tour of the cave. A June 1911 issue of Traffic Club Bulletin" from L&N Railroad describes their tour of Mammoth Cave.
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Tichenor, Carroll and Doris. Collection, 1966-2009. 6 cu. ft.Consists of material collected by Carroll and Doris Tichenor related to their environmental activism. Includes environmental reports related to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, as well as ephemera related to conservation efforts by the local Sierra Club directed at the cave.
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Wallace, Paul Maclellan, 1900-1972. Papers, 1914-1934 (bulk 1924-1926). .33 cubic feet.In a letter of 23 August 1924, Wallace writes that he is going to Mammoth Cave to participate in experiments regarding "the directional transmission of wireless waves. They think they have run across a new theory about the ability of the radio waves to penetrate under the earth's surface, and are going to set up an instrument inside the cave and see what effect the position in relation to the broadcasting station has over the reception of signals."
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Waller, Henry, 1810-1893. Journal, Nov. 4-15, 1835. 1 vol. 66pp. 19cm. A.D.No content generated for this card.
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Walter, Lewis Allahwyn, 1868-1951. Additional papers, 1891-1941.Walter describes in detail a tour of the cave in 1891.
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Zell, George. Day book, 1840-1849. 1 volume.Contained on one of the pages in the front of George Zell's day book is an undated newspaper clipping about Colonel Cregan's purchase of Mammoth Cave. The article states that Cregan had been a resident of Louisville, Kentucky.
