First Filson Club Publication

Filson Club List of Publications, Otto A. Rothert, 1944, The Filson Historical Society

During the fall of 1884, Reuben T. Durrett wrote and released the first Filson Club publication. A Courier-Journal article about the publication notes, “The first publication of the Filson Club has just made its appearance. It is, most appropriately, an account of the life and writings of John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky, and is the learned and skillful pen of Col. R.T. Durrett.” Prior to the quarterly publications that you will learn about as you traverse this timeline, the Filson produced monographs on Kentucky history and were written by members of the Club.