Bernhardt, Carl Papers, 1931-1936

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Bernhardt, Carl 

Title:  Papers, 1931-1936 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  1.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A B527 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers consist of correspondence regarding Gideon Shyrock, Frankfort, Kentucky folk songs; articles by Bernhardt about those subjects, the Kentucky Derby and horse racing, early Kentucky, early Louisville, and George Washington in the Ohio Valley; and notes, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks about the 1932 Kentucky coal fields trouble. 

Biographical Note 

Carl Bernhardt was an early 20th century journalist in Richmond, Ind. Bernhardt frequently wrote on Kentucky subjects, including the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky folk songs, and early Kentucky history. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1931.

2 Correspondence, 1932 Jan.

3Correspondence, 1932 Feb.-Mar.

4Correspondence, 1932 Mar.-Dec.

5 Jean Thomas-Carl Bernhardt correspondence, 1932-1934.

6Correspondence, 1933-1934.

7 Elizabeth S. Field-Carl Bernhardt correspondence, 1935-1936.

8 Gideon Shyrock His life and his work. Typewritten carbon copy. 

9 Gideon Shyrock. Part of a paper read before the General Marquis Calmes Chapter, D.A.R. at Versailles, Ky., 1934 Apr. Typed. 

10Articleon Gideon Shyrock. Typed carbon copy. 

11 Address before the president and alumni of Transylvania University on “Morrison College and Gideon Shyrock.” 

 

Box 2 

12Twotyped carbon copies of “The glamor of the Derby.” 

13 “Turf salutes.” Radio continuity by Bernhardt. Typed carbon copy, 1934 Feb. 

14 “Twenty grand salutes.” Typed carbon copy.

15 Article on horse racing in Kentucky. Typed carbon copy. Notes on horses from Vosburg, Racing in America. 

16 Article on the coming of the horse, Boston, to the Bluegrass in 1846.Typedcarbon copy. 

17 Article on the Iroquois Hunt and Polo Club of Lexington, Ky. Typed carbon copy.

18 Article on the Battle of Blue Licks. Typed carbon copy. 

19 Washington in the Ohio Valley.

20 George Washington was offered Louisville. 1932. Typed carbon copy.

21 Louisville.193?Typed carbon copy. 

22 Article about Stephen C. Foster and Young E. Allison’s reproof of HenryWatterson.1933. Typed carbon copy. 

23 Some great lawyers in Kentucky: William Henry Wadsworth. Typed carbon copy. 

24 The strange Kentucky legend of a king of France. Typed carbon copy. 

25 Articles on the movement to “Save Frankfort’s hills.” 1932.

26 Article on the location of Morgan’s Station which was submitted to The Cincinnati Enquirer.

27 Article on Colonel William Whitley and the first brick house built in Ky. 1829July 20.

 

Box 3 

28 Article: “Kentucky Yesterdays and Tomorrow.” 1931.

29 Article: “Kentucky Yesterdays and Tomorrow.”1932-1933. 

30 Article: “Kentucky Yesterdays and Tomorrow.” Editorials and articles on the trouble in the Ky. coal fields in 1932. 

31 Notes and newspaper clippings on the trouble in the Ky. coal fields in 1932.

32 Notes and newspaper clippings on the history of Frankfort, Ky. and the movement to save its hills, 1931-1932.

33 Notes and newspaper clippings on Ky. game and conservation.

34 Notes and newspaper clippings on George Washington in the Ohio Valley.

35 History notebook beginning “Boone and the Falls.”

 

pkg. 36 Correspondence with Clarence E. Pickett, executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, about the work of the committee in the coal fields of eastern Ky., 1931-1932. 

pkg. 37 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the trouble in the coal fields of southeastern Ky., 1931-1932. 

pkg. 38 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the trouble in the coal fields of Kentucky, Ohio, Ind., Ill., and W. Va. in 1932. Material about Theodore Dreiser’s trip to Harlan County, Ky. 

pkg. 39 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the visit of college students and representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union to the coal fields of southeastern Ky. in 1932.