Munn, Abraham Godwin (1819-1909) Papers, 1856-1930
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Munn, Abraham Godwin, 1819-1909
Title: Papers, 1856-1930
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
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Scope and Content Note
Papers include correspondence regarding business and family matters, the Jennie Casseday Rest Cottage, and the Louisville Free Kindergarten Association; and a map of Lakeland, Fla., 1884.
Also included are the papers of William Garnett Munn (1855-1948), Louisville manufacturer and son of Abraham Munn, containing routine correspondence and an 1889 stock certificate for the Pewee Valley Hotel Co.
Collection also includes Louisville Fire Dept. reports for 1909.
Correspondents include Bishop Thomas U. Dudley, Andrew Cowan, Augustus E. Willson, and others
Biographical Note
1819 Born in Orange, N. J.
1838 Moved to Louisville.
1844 Started his own seed and agricultural store.
1844 Married Rebecca Morton.
1855-1866 Ran Munn & Co. which produced agricultural implements.
1866 Moved back to N. J.
1882 Became president of Brennan & Co.
1909 Died
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1856.
2 Correspondence, 1885.
3 Correspondence, 1886-1888.
4 Correspondence, 1889.
5 Correspondence, 1890.
6 Correspondence, 1891.
7 Correspondence, 1892.
8 Correspondence, 1893-1898.
9 Correspondence, 1897.
10 Correspondence, 1898-1899.
11 Correspondence, 1900-1903.
12 Miscellaneouspapers, 1884-1885.
13 Resolutions of the Board of Managers of the Cave Hill Cemetery Co. on thedeath of A. G. Munn, 1909 Oct. 18.
14 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1903.
15 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1904.
16 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1905.
17 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1906.
18 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1907-1910.
19 Letter of C. H.Zirckel, 1930 June 30, to William Garnett Munn, requestinginformation about the Kentucky Drill; accompanied by a carbon copy of Munn’s reply, 1930 July 9.
20 William Garnett Munn certificate of stock in the Pewee Valley Hotel Co., 1889Oct. 11.
21 Louisville Fire Dept. reports for 1909.
22 Photograph of William Garnett Munn.
