Bingham, Robert Worth (1871-1937) Papers, 1876-1982

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Robert Worth Bingham, 1871-1937 

Title:  Papers, 1876-1982 

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

Size of Collection:  18 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A B613 

Scope and Content Note 

The papers of Robert W. Bingham span his years as a practicing attorney in Louisville, Ky. 1897-1918 and include material covering his personal life. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1899-1910, but the collection includes material as early as 1876 and as late as 1982.  Folder 344 of this collection has been digitized. To view the PDF scan, click on the link provided in the folder list below.

The correspondence section includes family letters between family members, including Bingham’s father Col. Robert Bingham. His personal business correspondence regards investments, expenses, water company business, and land and mining interests. Other correspondence includes letters from Harrison Randolph, S.R. McKee, and material relating to the Worth estate.  

The Robert W. Bingham investments section consists of records regarding his interest in the U.S. Trust Co., Western National Bank, James C. Willson and Co., Citizens Fidelity Trust Co., Louisville, Ky., and several other companies. This section also includes records of stock investments through W.L. Lyons and Co. and J.J.B. Hilliard and Son 1900-1905, as well as investments with life insurance companies such as Aetna and Manhattan Life.  

Business sections includes correspondence and records of the Western Kentucky Mining Company, 1899-1908; the Columbia Mining Company Buckeye Mine, 190-6-1907; and the White Picacho Mining Company, 1906-1907, 1922.  

The land papers section contains records regarding land in Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and the Indian Territory, but the bulk of the material relates to his partnership in Florida land speculation with his friend and legal partner W.W. Davies, 1906-1909.  

The political organization and club membership section include correspondence regarding his membership to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, the Louisville Bar Association, Alumni Association of the university of Louisville Law School the Pendennis Club, a variety of hunting and shooting clubs, and several civic and charitable organizations including the Kentucky Children’s Home Society.  

Bingham’s official papers include correspondence, records, and legal cases from his appointment as the Mayor of Louisville, 1905, and his appointment then election as Jefferson County Attorney, 1907. Also included are papers regarding his campaign to be judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910 and his appointment as chancellor of the Jefferson Circuit Court in 1911.  

The legal practice section includes correspondence regarding the firm he established with W.W. Davies in Louisville Ky. and later the firm of Kohn, Bingham, Sloss, and Spindle. Also included in this section are many legal cases in which Bingham served as an attorney.  

The miscellaneous bills and receipts section includes material resulting from Bingham’s personal life and from his practicing law. Also included are the personal bills and receipts of W.W. Davies. 

 

Description of Series 

(Container/Series)  

1-5: Correspondence, 1896-1917  

The bulk consists of personal and personal business letters between Bingham, his family, and fiends.  

6-20: Business and investment records, 1898-1915  

Correspondence relating to his diversified investments and interests in various businesses and industries.  

21-23: Land Papers  

Relates to land in Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and Indian Territory. The bulk of the material relates to land speculation in Florida.  

24-29: Clubs and organizations  

Political activities, 1905, 1907, 1910-1911  

Appointment as Mayor of Louisville, Appoint as Jefferson County, Ky. Attorney, campaign for judge of Court of Appeals, and tenure as chancellor of the Jefferson County Court.  

30-34: William W. Davies  

Correspondence and personal papers.  

37-48: Legal files  

Correspondence and files of legal cases.  

49-54: Personal and business receipts  

Includes material for Bingham, the Bingham and Davies law firm, and W.W. Daviess personal material. Also one box of Bingham’s cancelled checks. 

 

Biographical Note 

1871: Born in Orange Co., North, Carolina, 8 November.  

1888: Graduated from the Bingham Military School in Asheville, N.C.  

1889-1892: Attended the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia.  

1892-1896: Taught Latin and Greek at the Bingham 1v1ilitary School.  

1896: Married Eleanor Miller and moved to Louisville, Kentucky  

1897: Received a law degree from the University of Louisville and formed a firm with long-time friend W.W. Davies.  

1905: Appointed Mayor of Louisville  

1907: Appointed and then elected Jefferson County Attorney.  

1911: Appointed chancellor of the Jefferson Circuit Cow1  

1913: Bingham’s wife, Eleanor, died as a result of an automobile accident.  

1916: Married Mary Lily (Kenan) Flagler, widow of Henry Flagler, on 15 November  

1917: Eight months after their marriage Mary Lily Flagler Bingham died of a heart condition. Under a codicil to her will, Bingham received $5 million.  

1918: Purchased the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times. 

1924: Married Aleen Lithgow (Muldoon) Hilliard, widow of J. Byron Hilliard, on 21 August  

1953: Appointed ambassador to England by President Franklin D. Roosevelt  

1937: Died of abdominal Hodgkin’s disease at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, 18 December. 

 

Folder List 

 

Box 1 

Folder: Miscellaneous clippings, etc. Courier Journal.  

Folder 1: Personal correspondence 1896-1899.  

Folder 2: Personal business correspondence 1898-99.  

Folder 3: Personal correspondence 1900.  

Folder 4: Personal business correspondence 1900.  

Folder 5: Personal correspondence 1901.  

Folder 6: Personal business correspondence 1901.  

Folder 7: Personal correspondence 1902.  

Folder 8: Personal business correspondence 1902.  

Folder 9: Personal correspondence 1903.  

Folder 10: Personal business correspondence 1903.  

Folder 11: Personal correspondence 1904.  

Folder 12: Personal business correspondence 1904. 

 

Box 2  

Folder 13: Personal correspondence 1905.  

Folder 14: Personal business correspondence 1905.  

Folder 15: Personal correspondence 1906.  

Folder 16: Personal business correspondence 1906.  

Folder 17: Personal correspondence 1907.  

Folder 18: Personal business correspondence 1907.  

Folder 19: Personal correspondence 1908.  

Folder 20: Personal business correspondence 1908.  

Folder 21: Personal correspondence 1909-1918, n.d.  

Folder 22: Personal business correspondence 1909, 1917.  

 

Box 3 

Folder 23: Col. Robert Bingham – Robert W. Bingham correspondence, 1898-1917.  

Folder 24: Harrison Randolph – Bingham correspondence, 1900-1910.  

Folder 25: S.R. McKee correspondence, 1899-1908; Skinner correspondence, 1901-1903; Dr. M.C. Millender correspondence, 1902-1906; White correspondence, 1902-1908; Lee correspondence, 1899-1904.  

Folder 26: Miscellaneous personal material, 1904, n.d.  

Folder 27: Newspaper clippings, 1900-1916.  

Folder 28: Bingham, Long, and Miller families data, 1895-1982.  

 

Box 4 

Folder 29: Miscellaneous family correspondence; includes Worth estate case material, 1899-1902.  

Folder 30: Miscellaneous family correspondence; includes Worth estate case material, 1903-1908, n.d.  

Folder 31: Worth, Charles W. and Hal M., correspondence, 1898-1903; McAlister correspondence, 1899-1902. 

Folder 32: Worth will and estate case, 1899-1902. 

Folder 33: Bynum, William P. Jr. (re: Worth estate case) correspondence, 1900-1901.  

Folder 34: Bynum, William P. Jr. (re: Worth estate case) correspondence, 1902-1903, n.d.  

 

Box 5  

Folder 35: Milliken, James M. (Worth estate matters) correspondence, 1900-1902.  

Folder 36: Sapp correspondence (Worth cases and land matters), 1899-1900.  

Folder 37: Sapp correspondence (Worth case and land matters), 1901-1902.  

Folder 38: Sapp correspondence (land matters), 1903-1911.  

Folder 39: Price correspondence, 1901-1902; Brittain correspondence, 1902; Staples correspondence, 1902; Trogden correspondence, 1902; Jones and Tillet correspondence, 1902-03. (All re: Worth cases.) 

 

Box 6 

Folder 40: R.W. Bingham investments; U.S. Trust Company (formerly National Trust Co.), 1902-1905; Western National Bank (The Western Bank), 1904-1908; James C. Willson & Co., 1919, 1922.  

Folder 41: R.W. Bingham investments – stocks: E. & C. Randolph, 1899-1900. 

Folder 42: R. W. Bingham investments – stocks; W. L. Lyons & Co., 1900-1904. 

Folder 43: R. W. Bingham investments – stocks: W. L. Lyons & Co., 1905. 

Folder 44: R.W. Bingham investments – stocks: W. L. Lyons & Co., 1906-1909. 

Folder 45: R. W. Bingham investments – stocks: J.J.B. Hilliard & Son, 1900-1905. 

 

Box 7 

Folder 46: R. W. Bingham investments – stocks: Boody, McLellan & Co., 1901-1092.  

Folder 47: R. W. Bingham investments – stocks: Sidney C. Love & Co., 1901-1902.  

Folder 48: R.W. Bingham investments – finances (banking, loans, etc.): Fidelity Trust Company, 1900-1915. Southern National Bank, 1904-1907.  

Folder 49: R. W. Bingham investments – insurance: Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1899-1906.  

Folder 50: R. W. Bingham investments -insurance: Aetna Life In­surance (Tevis Policy), 1901-1903.  

Folder 51: R. W. Bingham Investments – insurance: Manhattan Life Insurance Co., 1902-1907. Inter-State Life Assurance Co., 1903-1908.  

Folder 52: R. W. Bingham investments – insurance: National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, 1903-1908; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1904-1909.  

Folder 53: R. W. Bingham investments – insurance: Miscellaneous; insurance policies, proposals, 1900-1918. 

Folder 54: R.W. Bingham investments: Loans, 1900-1905. 

Folder 55: R.W. Bingham investments: Miscellaneous, 1900-1917. 

Folder 56: R.W. Bingham investments: Miscellaneous land investments, 1902-1908. 

Folder 57: R.W. Bingham miscellaneous taxes, 1901-1907. 

 

Box 8 

Folder 58: Correspondence re: inventions, patents, 1898-1907.  

Folder 59: Correspondence re: inventions – Howe Manufacturing Co. (Ben Howe), 1899-1908, n.d.  

Folder 60: Andrew Broaddus correspondence, 1899-1907; J. W. McCullough correspondence, 1900-1901.  

Folder 61: George A. Moore correspondence, 1900-1905; George Sehon correspondence (other than Kentucky Child­ren’s Home Society), 1903-1907.  

Folder 62: Francis P. Venable correspondence, 1900-1907. Correspondence re: Bingham award medal at University of North Carolina, 1900.  

Folder 63: Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co., 1900-1908.  

Folder 64: R. W. Bingham’s Douglass Park house, 1900, 1906-1908.  

Folder 65: Male High School, 1901-1908.  

Folder 66: Anita Spring Water, 1901-1904; Recommendations for individuals to University of Virginia, 1901-1905; Pullman Company, 1902-1907.  

Folder 67: B. F. Avery & Sons, 1902-1911.  

Folder 68: Venetian glassware (Rigo & Co., Richardson), 1903-1904.  

Folder 69: Language learning/lessons correspondence, 1903-1907. 

 

Box 9 

Folder 70: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1899.  

Folder 71: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1900.  

Folder 72: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1901.  

Folder 73: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1902.  

Folder 74: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1903.  

Folder 75: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1904.  

Folder 76: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1905. 

Folder 77: Shepard Bryan correspondence, 1906-1911.  

 

Box 10 

Folder 78: Howe Mfg. Co., 1899-1906.  

Folder 79: Miscellaneous legal correspondence re: inventions, patents, incorporation of companies, etc., 1900-1908.  

Folder 80: Mrs. Samuel A. (M. Henrietta) Miller business, 1888-1900.  

Folder 81: Mrs. S. A. Miller business, 1901-1903.  

Folder 82: Mrs. S. A. Miller business, 1904-1916.  

Folder 83: Mrs. S.A. Miller business: J.J.B. Hilliard & Son, 1900-1901; W.J. McGonigale loan, 1900-1905; L, A & PV Electric Railway Co., 1901-1902. 

Folder 84: George J. Long business correspondence, 1897-1908.  

Folder 85: DeVan & Co. re: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company Stock, 1900-1902; Miscellaneous U.S.C.I.P. & F. Co. correspondence, 1900-1907. U.S.C.I.P. & F. Co. insurance, 1902-1908.  

 

Box 11 

Folder 86: Americus F. Callahan correspondence, 1898-1901.  

Folder 87: A. F. Callahan correspondence, 1902-1903.  

Folder 88: A. F. Callahan correspondence, 1904.  

Folder 89: A. F. Callahan correspondence, 1905.  

Folder 90: A. F. Callahan correspondence, 1906.  

Folder 91: A. F. Callahan correspondence, 1907-1908.  

 

Box 12 

Folder 92: Gripp Mill property, 1901-1906.  

Folder 93: Miscellaneous tobacco warehouse material, 1897-1908.  

Folder 94: Falls City Warehouse (tobacco), 1901-1905. (Later became State Tobacco Warehouse.)  

Folder 95: State Tobacco Warehouse (Turner Brothers), 1904-1907. (Formerly Falls City Warehouse.)  

Folder 96: Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company, 1900-1904. (Includes Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse.)  

Folder 97: Home Tobacco Warehouse Company, 1904-1908.  

Folder 98: Defiance Water Company and Dennis Long and Company, 1900-1916.  

 

Box 13 

Folder 99: Sweeney, Ellis and Sweeney correspondence re: Owensboro Water Works Company, 1899-1900.  

Folder 100: Sweeney, Ellis and Sweeney, 1901.  

Folder 101: Sweeney, Ellis and Sweeney, 1902.  

Folder 102: Sweeney, Ellis and Sweeney, 1903-1908.  

Folder 103: Owensboro Water Works Company, 1899-1903.  

Folder 104: John W. Holmes (Owensboro Waterworks Company stock), 1899-1904.  

Folder 105: Owensboro Water Works Company􀀪– City of Owensboro, 1900- 1904.  

Folder 106: Owensboro Water Works Company (W.J. McGonigale and G. T. Long), 1900-1907.  

Folder 107: Owensboro Water Works Company miscellaneous material, 1896-1907, n.d.  

 

Box 14 

Folder 108: Danville (Illinois) Water Company, 1882-1905.  

Folder 109: Danville Water Company, 1899-1905  

Folder 110: Danville Water Company, 1906-1911, n.d.  

Folder 111: City of Atlanta v. Dennis Long & Company, 1901-1907.  

Folder 112: Dennis Long & Company correspondence, 1903-1914.  

 

Box 15 

Folder 113: Buckhorn Coal and Lumber Company records, 1898-1906, n.d.  

Folder 114: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, 1899, March-May 1900. 

Folder 115: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, June-July, 1900.  

Folder 116: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, August 1900.  

Folder 117: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, Sept.-Oct. 1900.  

Folder 118: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, Nov.-December 1900.  

 

Box 16 

Folder 119: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, January 1901.  

Folder 120: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, February 1901.  

Folder 121: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, March 1901.  

Folder 122: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, April 1901.  

Folder 123: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, May 1901.  

Folder 124: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, June 1901.  

Folder 125: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, July 1901.  

Folder 126: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, August 1901.  

Folder 127: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, September 1901.  

 

Box 17 

Folder 128: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, October, 1901.  

Folder 129: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, November 1901.  

Folder 130: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, December 1901.  

Folder 131: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, Jan.-March 1902.  

Folder 132: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, April – June 1902.  

Folder 133: Western Kentucky Mining Company records, July – December 1902. 

Folder 134: Western Kentucky Mining Company: Lanham v. McConathy, 1901-1904. 

Folder 135: Western Kentucky Mining Company: Columbia Mining Company, 1903-1908, n.d. 

 

Box 18 

Folder 136: Columbia Mining Company records, July 1900, 1902.  

Folder 137: Columbia Mining Company records, January-June 1903.  

Folder 138: Columbia Mining Company records, July-December 1903.  

Folder 139: Columbia Mining Company records, January-June 1904.  

Folder 140: Columbia Mining Company records, July-December 1904.  

Folder 141: Columbia Mining Company records, 1905-1906, n.d. 

 

Box 19 

Folder 142: Columbia Mining Company correspondence, 1903.  

Folder 143: Columbia Mining Company correspondence, 1904.  

Folder 144: Columbia Mining Company correspondence, 1905.  

Folder 145: Columbia Mining Company correspondence, 1906. 

Folder 146: Columbia Mining Company correspondence, 1907-1908.  

 

Box 20 

Folder 147: Buckeye Mine records, July – November 1906.  

Folder 148: Buckeye Mine records, December 1906, January 1907, n.d.  

Folder 149: White Picacho Mining Company records, April-July 1906.  

Folder 150: White Picacho Mining Company records, August-November 1906.  

Folder 151: White Picacho Mining Company records, Jan. 1907, 22 June 1920, n.d. 

 

Box 21 

Folder 152: S.E. Williams land correspondence, 1899-1900; Charles Baskerville land correspondence, 1900-1906. 

Folder 153: R.M. Cunningham correspondence (Bingham and Bowser lumber operation) 1899-1902. 

Folder 154: Land and coal properties correspondence, 1900-1910. 

Folder 155: Clay land property (also see W􀀣W. Davies land folder), 1902-1904. 

Folder 156: Florida land, 1900–1910. 

Folder 157: Florida lands; Pensacola Tar & Turpentine Company, 1903. 

Folder 158: B.K. Moore (Grahamton property), 1901-1902; Grahamton Mfg. Co. Property, 1901-1904. 

Folder 159: Tennessee lands, 1903-1908. 

Folder 160: Indian Territory lands, 1904-1907. 

Folder 161: Texas lands, 1905-1909. 

 

Box 22 

Folder 162: W.W. Davies Florida land correspondence, 5 Dec. 1905, January-March 1906.  

Folder 163: W.W. Davies Florida land, April-May 1906.  

Folder 164: W.W. Davies Florida land, June 1906.  

Folder 165: W.W. Davies Florida land, July 1906.  

Folder 166: W.W. Davies Florida land, August 1906.  

Folder 167: W.W. Davies Florida land, September 1906.  

Folder 168: W.W. Davies Florida land, October 1906.  

Folder 169: W.W. Davies Florida land, November 1906.  

Folder 170: W.W. Davies Florida land, December 1906.  

 

Box 23 

Folder 171: W.W. Davies Florida land, January 1907.  

Folder 172: W.W. Davies Florida land, February-March 1907.  

Folder 173: W.W. Davies Florida land, April-August 1907.  

Folder 174: W.W. Davies Florida land, 1908-1909.  

Folder 175: W.W. Davies Florida land, undated, miscellaneous.  

 

Box 24 

Folder 176: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, 1898-1899.  

Folder 177: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, January – October 1900. 

Folder 178: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, November ­ December 1900, n.d. 

Folder 179: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, 1901.  

Folder 180: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, 1902-1905.  

Folder 181: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity correspondence, 1906-1908, n.d. 

 

Box 25 

Folder 182: Ancient Order of United Workmen, 1900-1904.  

Folder 183: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Louisville Lodge No. 8), 1900-1908.  

Folder 184: Free and Accepted Masons (Falls City Lodge No. 376), 1894-1910.  

Folder 185: Improved Order of Red Men, 1901-1910; Fast Sachems’ Association, 1904. 

Folder 186: Independent Order of Puritans, 1905-1908. 

Folder 187: Kentucky Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1905-1908. 

Folder 188: Kentucky State Forestry Association, 1905-1907. 

Folder 189: Knights of Pythias, 1899-1913.  

Folder 190: Knights Templar, 1899-1907. (Includes No. 1 Triennial Association, 1903-1907.)  

 

Box 26 

Folder 191: Louisville Bar Association, 1901-1908. Kentucky State Bar Association, 1903-1909; Alumni Association oflhe Univ. of Louisville Law School, 1902-1907.  

Folder 192: Louisville Board of Trade, 1901-1909.  

Folder 193: Louisville Boat Club, 1902-1904; The (Louisville) Country Club, 1900-1910; Louisville Golf Club, 1900-1908; Louisville Jockey Club, 1903-1906.  

Folder 194: Louisville Commercial Club, 1899-1903.  

Folder 195: Louisville Commercial Club, 1904-1909.  

Folder 196: Louisville Horse Show Association, 1900-1907.  

Folder 197: Masonic Club, 1903-1905.  

Folder 198: National Conference of Charities and Correction and Kentucky Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1902- 1909.  

Folder 199: Order of Gimghouls (UNC), 1899-1907. Miscellaneous fraternities, alumni associations (UVA) 1901-1917.  

Folder 200: Pendennis Club, 1899-1908; Tavern Club, 1901-1906.  

 

Box 27 

Folder 201: United Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1898-1910; United Confederate Veterans, 1899-1905.  

Folder 202: Woodmen of the World, 1903-1908; Modern Woodmen of America, 1905-1908.  

Folder 203: Young Men’s Christian Association, 1902-1908.  

Folder 204: Miscellaneous clubs and organizations, 1899-1918.  

Folder 205: Guns, ammunition correspondence, 1899-1908.  

Folder 206: Hunting and shooting clubs, organizations: Kentucky Field Trials Club, 1900-1901; U.S. Revolver Assoc­iation, 1901-1907; Kentucky Gun Club, 1899-1906; Jefferson County Gun Club, 1901-1907.  

Folder 207: Hunting and shooting clubs, organizations (cont.): Kenilworth and Pisgah Forest Shooting and Fishing Assoc­iation, 1904; Ananias Club, 1904-1908; Gregory Hunting Club, 1904-1909; Bear Lake Club, 1904-06; South Park Fishing Club, 1905-06; miscellaneous, 1900-1907.  

Folder 208: Hunting trip correspondence, 1900-1908; Hunting dog correspondence, 1901-1908. 

 

Box 28 

Folder 209: Kentucky Children’s Home Society, 1899-1902.  

Folder 210: Kentucky Children’s Horne Society, 1903-1906. 

Folder 211: Kentucky Children’s Home Society, 1907-1910.  

Folder 212: Board of Children’s Guardians, 1902-1908.  

Folder 213: Kentucky Anti-Child Labor Association, 1907-1908. Correspondence re: Meeting of various charitable organi­zations, 1908.  

 

Box 29 

Folder 214: American Law Book Company, 1901-1909.  

Folder 215: W.H. Anderson Company, 1899-1909.  

Folder 216: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1901-1906; Banks Law Publishing Company, 1900-1907.  

Folder 217: Callaghan & Company, 1901-1905; Central Law Journal, 1898-1903; George Clarke, 1901.  

Folder 218: “The Countryside,” 1900-1901.  

Folder 219: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1901-1906.  

Folder 220: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1899-1909.  

Folder 221: George A Lewis, 1900-1906; John D. Morris & Company, 1901-1906; Remick, Schilling & Company, 1899-1903; Frank Shepard Company, 1901-1909.  

Folder 222: Logan H. Sea Company (includes Illustrated South, The Stratford, and The Southerner), 1901-1904.  

Folder 223: Edward Thompson Company, 1899-1909.  

Folder 224: West Publishing Company, 1900-1910.  

Folder 225: George F. Wharton, 1900-1904.  

Folder 226: Miscellaneous subscriptions to books, magazines, news­papers, etc. (business and personal, both Bingham and Davies), 1898-1910.  

 

Box 30 

Folder 227: Bingham political activities, 1898-1906.  

Folder 228: Bingham political activities, 1907-1918.  

Folder 229: Charles P. Weaver, 1901. Charles F. Grainger, 1902-1903. J.C.W. Beckham, 1902-1908, n.d.; James Grinstead, 1907-1910. 

Folder 230: Political broadsides, handbills, etc. 1904, n.d. 

Folder 231: Bingham County Attorney correspondence, 1904-1905.  

Folder 232: Bingham County Attorney correspondence, 1906. 

Folder 233: Bingham County Attorney correspondence, 1907-1908. 

 

Box 31 

Folder 234: Jefferson County v. R.H. Young, 1904-1907. (Bingham as County Attorney.) 

Folder 235: Correspondence to Gov. J.C.W. Beckham re: patronage, en­dorsements. Referred to Bingham as mayor, May 1907. (click to access PDF)

Folder 236: Correspondence to Beckham re: patronage, endorsements; Referred to Bingham as mayor, June 1-15, 1907. 

Folder 237: Correspondence to Beckham re: patronage, endorsements; Referred to Bingham as mayor, June 17 – July 12, 1907. 

Folder 238: R.W. Bingham mayors papers: letters of congratulations, position endorsements, June 3-27, 1907. 

Folder 239: R.W. Bingham mayors papers: letters of congratulations, position endorsements, June 28, 1907. 

Folder 240: R.W. Bingham mayors papers: letters of congratulations, position endorsements, June 29-30, 1907.  

 

Box 32 

Folder 241: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 1, 1907.  

Folder 242: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 2, 1907.  

Folder 243: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 3, 1907.  

Folder 244: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 4-5, 1907.  

Folder 245: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 6-9, 1907.  

Folder 246: R.W. Bingham mayors papers, July 10, 1907.  

Folder 247: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 11, 1907.  

Folder 248: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 12-16, 1907.  

Folder 249: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 17-18, 1907.  

Folder 250: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 19-22, 1907.  

Folder 251: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, July 23-31, 1907.  

 

Box 33 

Folder 252: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, August 1907.  

Folder 253: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, September 1907.  

Folder 254: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, October 1907.  

Folder 255: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, November 1907.  

Folder 256: R. W. Bingham mayors papers, December 1907, 1908, n.d.  

 

Box 34 

Folder 257: R.W. Bingham politics, campaign for Court of Appeals judgeship, letters of congratulations, August-September 1910.  

Folder 258: Replies to R.W. Bingham’s political circular letter of October 1, 1910; offers of support, October 1910.  

Folder 259: R. W. Bingham campaign for judge and political correspondence, November-December 1910.  

Folder 260: R.W. Bingham judge and political correspondence, January­February 1911.  

Folder 261: Correspondence re: Bingham’s campaign for County Commissioner, 1917. 

 

Box 35 

Folder 262: William W. Davies correspondence, 1899-1901.  

Folder 263: William W. Davies correspondence, 1902-1903.  

Folder 264: William W. Davies correspondence, 1904-1905.  

Folder 265: William W. Davies correspondence, 1906-1907.  

Folder 266: William W. Davies correspondence, 1908-1910. 

 

Box 36 

Folder 267: W.W. Davies-John Stuart Coonley correspondence, 1901.  

Folder 268: W.W. Davies-John Stuart Coonley correspondence, 1902– 1909.  

Folder 269: W.W. Davies clubs, organizations correspondence, 1900-1910.  

Folder 270: W.W. Davies correspondence re: inventions, 1903-1910. 

Folder 271: W.W. Davies re: Associated Charities of Louisville, 1908-1909.  

Folder 272: W.W. Davies re: Board of Public Safety, 1907-1908.  

Folder 273: W.W. Davies re: Tenement House Commission, 1909-1910.  

 

Box 37 

Folder 274: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1876-1895.  

Folder 275: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1896-1898.  

Folder 276: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1899.  

Folder 277: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1900.  

Folder 278: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1901.  

Folder 279: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1902.  

Folder 280: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1903.  

Folder 281: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1904.  

 

Box 38 

Folder 282: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1905.  

Folder 283: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1906.  

Folder 284: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1907.  

Folder 285: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1908.  

Folder 286: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1909. (Firm of Bingham and Davies was dissolved October 15, 1909.)  

Folder 287: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, January-June 1910. (Virtually all Davies or Page as it was in 1909.)  

Folder 288: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, July ­ November 1910, n.d. (Firm of McChord, Bingham and Page; mostly Page correspondence.)  

Folder 289: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence (Primarily Bingham as judge, and Page.), 1911.  

Folder 290: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence, 1912-1917 (Firm of Kohn, Bingham, Sloss and Spindle; formed in 1912 or 1913.)  

Folder 291: Miscellaneous legal practice correspondence/papers, n.d.  

 

Box 39 

Folder 292: Holm and Smith correspondence re: legal cases, particu­larly Taylor v. DuBois and Webb; Schlock v. Schaefer­Meyer Brewing Co.; Dreschnack case, January 1891-December 1904. 

Folder 293: LaRue v. Ray, September 1899-June 1904. 

Folder 294: George S. Cartwright matter, October 1899-April 1900. Sackett et. al. v. Sackett et. al., October 1899-November 1900. 

Folder 295: Bingham v. Dusch, October 1899-February 1901. Beutgenbach v. Dusch, October 1900-February 1901. Tillson v. Offutt and Bowden, October 1899-February 1901. 

Folder 296: Howe v. Miller, October 1899-December 1901.  

Folder 297: Gross v. The Kentucky Board of Managers of the World’s Columbian Exposition, October -1899-March 1902. 

Folder 298: George H. Dietz matter, October 1899-April 1902.  

Folder 299: Citizens Bank of Savannah v. Logan, November 1899; E.A. Starling matter, November 1899-March 1900.  

Folder 300: Hutter case, November 1899-June 1905.  

Folder 301: Sessions v. Louisville School Board, December 1899-0ctober 1900; H.C. Mead correspondence, December 1899-May 1901; Third National Bank v. Unruh, December 1899-February 1904. 

 

Box 40 

Folder 302: Carbolite Gas & Iron-Co. matter, January-March 1900. Raleigh, McGill correspondence, January 1900-March 1901. A.E. Duncan matter, January 1900-July 1902.  

Folder 303: Connelly v. Bowser, January 1900-September 1902; Patrick v. Bowser, January 1901-September 1902.  

Folder 304: Clarke v. Brashear, March 1900-February 1901; Allhands claim, June-October 1900.  

Folder 305: John T. Norsworthy business, July 1900-May 1902  

Folder 306: Slaughter & Gilmore correspondence, August 1900-May 1909.  

Folder 307: Robinson-Hughes Company cases, October 1900-June 1910.  

Folder 308: Jefferson & Noyes claim, October 1900-February 1901; Smith v. Pickerell, October 1900-April 1901; Rose Coleman matter, October 1900-July 1902; United States v. C.H. Wight, October 1900-June 1905.  

Folder 309: Fennell v. Myers, October 1900-March 1908.  

Folder 310: New York-Plate Glass Insurance Company claims, November 1900-November 1907; Charles S. Scanlon matter, November 1900-March 1903.  

Folder 311: P. T. Monarch & Company claim, December 1900-January 1901. Shake Brothers insurance matter, December 1900-July 1902.  

 

Box 41 

Folder 312: Scanlon v. Brewer, January-July 1901; Weller matter, January-August 1901; Lindeman v. Weller, January 1901-February 1903.  

Folder 313: Henderson v. Louisville Railway Co., January 1901-November 1903; Robert Wedekind claims, cases, January 1901-October 1907.  

Folder 314: Connell v. Huff, February 1901-May 1905; L. H. Jackson matter, February 1901-March 1907. 

Folder 315: Bradburn v. Kentucky Public Elevator Co., April-July 1901. Nell Beach matter, April 1901-April 1902. 

Folder 316: Dawkins v. Hough, April 1901-July 1902; Griffin v. Louisville Railway Co., April 1901-July 1902. Shaw property matter, April 1901-June 1903. 

Folder 317: Jefferson & Noyes v. Selvage, May-July 1901; Frey claims, July-November 1901; Administration of Arthur Trass v. Ritter, August 1901-September 1905. 

Folder 318: Fawcett v. Greene, September-October 1901; Becker v. Roberts, September-December 1901; Carter v. Nachand, September 1901-March 1902. 

Folder 319: Scottish Security Company case, September 1901-January 1906. 

Folder 319a: Childers v. Lammlein, October-November 1901; Smith v. National Tee and Gold Storage Co., October 1901- March 1903. (also Currie Fertilizer Co. v. Frankfort American Insurance Co., Sept. 1902-Jan. 1903, scattered among above case.) 

 

Box 42 

Folder 320: Anderson estate correspondence, January 1902-September 1903. Bornschein v. I.C. Railroad, January 1902-February 1903.  

Folder 321: Louisville Novelty Company Inc. correspondence, April­ November 1902; Daley v. L. Oppenheimer & Co., April 1902-October 1904. 

Folder 322: Atlanta-Furnishing Goods Co. v. Williamson, June-July 1902. 

Folder 323: Gayle v. Southern Railway Co., July 1902-November 1903. Somerset School bonds correspondence, October 1902-January 1903; Inter-State Life Assurance Company correspondence, October 1902-May 1907; Bingham & Davies v. John Mason Brown, October 1902-March 1908. 

Folder 324: Droege v. Ahrens and Ott Manufacturing Company, December 1902-March 1904.  

Folder 325: Walker family and Salin matter, January-June 1903; Buey v. Chess & Wymond Company, January 1903-October 1904. J.G.A. Schuster matters and cases, January 1903-April 1909.  

Folder 326: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. W. Wilson, February 1903-February 1904. 

Folder 327: Shauroth Shoe Company claim, February 1903-March 1904. Cissell claim, March-May 1903; Stengel v. Zoll, March-August 1903; Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Barney, March-November 1903. Tontine Loan &Security Company correspondence, March 1903- February 1904.  

Folder 328: John Tevis debt matters/claims, March 1903-May 1910. 

Folder 329: Frank Mebane correspondence, May-June 1903. John Wilson; estate, May-August 1903; Heirs of Robert Whitfill v. Federal Asphalt Co., July 1903-July 1907.  

Folder 330: Alexander & Dowell correspondence re: Dr. Schuman’s clock, August-December 1903; Tevis and Miller v. Carter, August 1903-April 1906.  

Folder 331: Omaha & Hammond packing Companies incorporation, November 1903-December 1905; Owensboro Messenger Publishing Co. v. Kentucky Live Stock and Breeders Association, Novemoer 1903-September 1906.  

 

Box 43 

Folder 332: Beak divorce case, January-March 1904; J. M. Morris matter, January-April 1904; Brietenbach v. Flynn, February 1904-October 1905. 

Folder 333: B. F. Avery q Sons cases; Shircliff v. B.F. Avery & Sons, Feb. 1904-March 1905; Coyle v. B.F. Avery and Sons, Feb. 1905-September 1906; Gibson v. B. F. Avery & Sons, – Aug. 1905-June 1906; Lung v. B.F. Avery & sons, September 1905-Feb. 1908; Martin v. B.F. Avery & Sons, December 1905.  

Folder 334: B.F. Avery & Sons cases: Kaiser v. B.F. Avery & Sons, February-May 1906; Cottrill v. B. F. Avery & Sons, March 1906-March 1908; Puckett v. B.F. Avery & Sons, October 1907-September 1909.  

Folder 335: B. F. Avery & Sons cases: Cheek v. B. F. Avery & Sons, February 1908-June 1909. Simpson v. B.F. Avery & Sons, April 1908-May 1909. Cunningham v. B. F. Avery & Sons, March-June 1910.  

Folder 336: Wigginton v. Vaupel, March-1904-January 1905; H. B. Grant matter, March 1904-July 1905; Thomas McGrath claim, April 1904; Louisville Public Library Association cases, April 1904- January 1905.  

Folder 337: Longnickel v. Riter-Conley Mfg. Company, July-August 1904. Scott estate claims, July 1904-November 1906.  

Folder 338: Glue factory-Country Club matter, July 1904-April 1907.  

Folder 339: Brown v. United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company, July 1904-February 1906. 

Folder 340: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company cases, August 1904-June 1909. (Also see U.S.C.I.P. & F. Co. papers, boxes # 10,11.)  

Folder 341: Isaac Kahn estate claims, August 1904-January 1906. Highland Park Co. v. Kentucky Refining Co., September- December 1904; Hawkins, Holzheimer claim, September 1904-May 1906. 

Folder 342: Callahan Construction -Co. v. Robson, October 1904- January 1905; Prather v. Kaiser, October 1904-October 1905; Connell property matter, October 1904-November 1907.  

Folder 343: Queen City Varnish Co. v. Bennett Furniture -Co., December 1904-January 1905; American Life and Annuity Co. business, December 1904- January 1906; Bohon v. Louisville Railway Co., December 1904-March 1907.  

 

Box 44 

Folder 344: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. National Biscuit Company (also correspondence), November 1904-November 1909.  

Folder 345: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. miscellaneous companies re: tax cases, December 1904-June 1910.  

Folder 346: Commonwealth of Kentucky􀁔– Swift! Company, January 1905- April 1910.  

Folder 347: Bizot (Commonwealth) v. United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company, April 1905-March 1908.  

Folder 348: Commonwealth v. trust companies, June 1905-May 1906.  

Folder 349: Chicago & Alton Railway Company tax case, June 1905- September 1906; Commonwealth of Kentucky v. National Seed Company (Jefferson & Co.), June 1905-March 1908. 

Folder 350: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. American Chicle Company, June 1905-August 1908.  

Folder 351: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Western Live Stock Express, August 1908-April 1910. 

 

Box 45 

Folder 352: Funk & Wagnalls Company collections, January-February 1905. J.J.C. McKinley claim, January 1905-March 1906; Melvin v. K. & I Bridge Railroad Company, January 1905-March 1907. 

Folder 353: J. L. Hawkins claim, February-March 1905; A.P. Shirley v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, February 1905–February 1909. 

Folder 354: Taylor divorce case, March-November 1905; Columbus, Delaware & Marion Railroad Company stock/bonds matter, April 1905-July 1917. 

Folder 355: Lawson and Taylor matter, July-October 1905; A.K. Fieldhaus estate claims, July 1905-May 1906; Adams v. Louisville and Eastern Railroad Company, July 1905-April 1908.  

Folder 356: Crichet claim, August-November 1905; Coldaway estate claims, August 1905-February 1906; Beargrass Creek pollution matter, August 1905-April 1906. 

Folder 357: Equitable Home Association claims, September-October 1905; Attridge claims, September 1905-March 1906; Musselman et. al. v. Robinson et. al., September 1905- May 1906; Shannon v. Southern Railway Co., Sept. 1905-Sept. 1906. 

Folder 358: T.J. Foster case, October 1905; Amis v. Bensinger, October-December 1905.  

Folder 359: Brinley-Hardy Company real estate sale, December 1905-April 1906; George Morris pension claim, December 1905-April 1906; Maria Buckner claim, December 1905-September 1906.  

 

Box 46 

Folder 360: Hines matter, January-February 1906; Palmer and Hardin v. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias; Whitehead and Hoag-Co. v. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, January 1906-May 1910.  

Folder 361: Peck & Hill’s Furniture Co. v. Grossman, February 1906. Selnsheimer Paper Co. v. J.F. Feldhaus Fish Co., February­ April 1906; Miller v. Ballman, February-July 1906.  

Folder 362: Rothchild v. Heavrin, March 1906-June 1910; Pickens v. Weitzel, May-November 1906.  

Folder 363: Chicago Life Agency Company correspondence/cases, June 1906-June 1910.  

Folder 364: Browns v. Louisville Railway Co. – and the Maysville­ Flemingsburg Motor Traction Co., July 1906-November 1908; Maysville-Flemingsburg Motor Traction Co. v. Louisville Railway Co., November 1908-October 1909. 

Folder 365: United Surety Co. correspondence, A.C. Schuff & Co. v. Princeton Elevator Co., August 1906-December 1907; Coca-Cola Company matter, September-November 1906.  

Folder 366: Slaughter v. Rupp, October 1906-August 1907; W. A. Miller & Sons v. J.R. Watts & Son, October 1906- March 1908; Schefold (Scheffield) v. Beeman (Bieman), October 1906- October 1907. 

Folder 367: Louisville Times advertising matter, December 1906- February 1907; Bonnycastle estate suit, December 1906-November 1907; Ems v. railway companies, December 1906- December 1908.  

 

Box 47 

Folder 368: Columbia Finance & Trust Co. v. Sutton, January-June 1907. Middle West Construction Co. matter, January-May 1907; Zorn-Strauss Co. v. Azbill; Azbill v. Louisville Railway Co., January 1907–April 1908. 

Folder 369: Clarner v. Weeden, February-March 1907; Seikman v. Wade, February 1907-March 1908.  

Folder 370: Stokker v. Fischer Leaf Co., March-May 1907; Stanley Adams (Union CoalCo.) and Emmerick claims, March 1907-April 1910; Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co. v. Strassel, March 1907-May 1910. 

Folder 371: Lyon and Lyon matter, April-May 1907; George Tyler matter, April 1907-May 1910. 

Folder 372: Wedekind-Avery real estate matter, May-June 1907; Louisville Trust Co., trustee of Cora L. Stallard v. Kentucky Extract Co., et. al. May 1907-June 1909; Kentucky Prison Commission claims, May 1907-June 1910.  

Folder 373: Russell v. Bailey & Koerner, June-December 1907; Fraser v. Kentucky-Fire Brick Co., July-November 1907; Gilmour v. Dovey Coal Co., July1907-June 1908.  

Folder 374: R. P. Richardson, Jr. & Company matter, August-November 1907.  

Folder 375: Home Building Company cases, August 1907-June 1910.  

Folder 376: W. B. Renn real estate matter, October 1907-April 1908. Sinclair v. Louisville Railway Company, October 1907-April 1909. Baby-Segar matter, November-December 1907.  

Folder 377: Field Avenue case, December 1907-March 1909; Barton v. L. & N. Railroad, December 1907- June 1909 (also included is Porter, trustee v. The United Society of Shakers, November 1908-January 1909.) 

 

Box 48  

Folder 378: Watson matter, February-March 1908; Pragoff v. Grand Rapids! Indiana Railway Company, March ­April 1908; Deboe v. Louisville Gas Company, March-July 1908.  

Folder 379: Meyers-claim, April-June 1908; Russell matter, April-July 1908; Kuni Kunda Ross estate claims, April-October 1908; Joyce v. Louisville & Northern Railway Company, April 1908-May 1909. 

Folder 380: Schaefer v. Louisville Railway Co., June-November 1908; Datillo v. Oldsmobile Co., June 1988-June 1909. Louisville Public Warehouse Co. v. Swift &-Co., August- November 1908; Simon v. National Candy Co., November 1908-March 1910. 

Folder 381: Gosenhll, et. al. v. Bullitt, et. al., January-June 1909; Citizens Trust & Guaranty Co. of West Virginia matter, March-July 1909; Simmons matter, March 1909-April 1910.  

Folder 382: Dwyer v. Fitch, May 1909-January 1910; National Casket Co. v. Shippen Brothers Lumber Co., September-November 1909; Poulter matter, September 1909-June 1910.  

Folder 383: Taylor v. Hirsch Brothers & Co., October 1909-January 1910; Richardson v. P. Winkler’s Sons, October 1909-May 1910.  

Folder 384: Moellman v.-Walter, et. al., November 1909-January 1910. Roderick Lean Manufacturing Co.-Ridgeway matter, November 1909-March 1910.  

Folder 385: Cleary v. Dierson, et. al., January-March 1910; Johnson v. Falkenan Electrical Contracting Co., January-March 1910; Davis v. Green, January-April 1910. 

Folder 386: Western National Bank v. Jefferson, Noyes & Brown, Feb.-May 1910; Mosley v. Hillerich & Son, March-May 1910; Jones v. Diebold & Sons Stone Co., March-May 1910; Thornton v. Westlake Construction Co., March-May 1910.  

Folder 387: O’Neil v.-Greenstein & Brother, April-May 1910.  

Folder 388: Bourne, Parker & Morrison matter (re: Bingham School bonds), December 1915-December 1916. Metcalfe matter, May­Dec. 1916. 

 

Box 49 

Folder 389: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1896-1897. 

Folder 390: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1898. 

Folder 391: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1899. 

Folder 392: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1900. 

Folder 393: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1901. 

Folder 394: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1902. 

 

Box 50 

Folder 395: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1903. 

Folder 396: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1904. 

Folder 397: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts,1905. 

Folder 398: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1906. 

 

Box 51 

Folder 399: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1907. 

Folder 400: R.W. Bingham personal business: bills and receipts, 1908-1911, no date. 

Folder 401: Law firm of Bingham and Davies, bills and receipts, 1899. 

Folder 402: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1900. 

Folder 403: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1901. 

Folder 404: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1902 

Folder 405: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1903. 

 

Box 52 

Folder 406: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts. 1904. 

Folder 407: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1905. 

Folder 408: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1906. 

Folder 409: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1907. 

 

Box 53 

Folder 410: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1908. 

Folder 411: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1909. 

Folder 412: Bingham and Davies: bills and receipts, 1910-1911, no date. 

Folder 413: Law firm of McChord, Bingham & Page: bills and receipts, June 1910-January 1911.  

Folder 414: William W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1897-1902.  

Folder 415: W. W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1903.  

Folder 416: W. W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1904.  

 

Box 54 

Folder 417: W. W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1905.  

Folder 418: W. W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1906.  

Folder 419: W. W. Davies personal business: bills and receipts, 1907- 1909, no date.  

Folder 420: Robert L. Page personal business: bills and receipts, 1901, 1905-1911. 

1 Box: Cancelled Bingham checks.