Filson News Magazine Article Index, 2000-Summer 2019
The Filson news magazine has been published quarterly by the Filson since November 2000. This article index provides basic description of the content. Paper copies of the publication are available in the serials section of the Filson Historical Society for researchers who visit. Digital versions are available on the website from 2009 to the present.
Article Title | Author | Issue no. & date | Keywords |
Lewis and Clark at the Filson | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov 2000) | lewis and clark expedition; animal artifacts |
Antebellum Portraits: Faces of Kentucky’s Old South, 1820-1860 | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov 2000) | Antebellum South; portraits; wealth; landowners |
Samuel M. Plato: Building a Dream | Bogert, Pen | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov 2000) | Samuel M. Plato; architecture |
Paul Gunter: Louisville Photographer | Rice, Rebecca S. | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb 2001) | Paul Gunter; photography; German immigrants; Cherokee Park |
Saving the Past | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb 2001) | rural Kentucky; Shepherdsville; agriculture; L&N Railroad |
Rare Book | Partington, Judith | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb 2001) | Kentucky histories; travelogues; law books; Filson rare book collection |
The Search Continues: New Acquisitions | Oliver, Nettie | Vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb 2001) | genealogy; family history; county books |
The Bullitt Family Papers at the Filson | Harmon, Shirley | Vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2001) | Bullitt family; Oxmoor Estate |
Ohio Valley Artists: A Visual Legacy | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2001) | Ohio Valley artists; Carrie Douglas Dudley; Enid Yandell; Audubon prints |
The Filson History Quarterly: Take the Quiz | Dawson, Nelson L. | Vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2001) | The Filson History Quarterly; Filson publications |
New Technology: Digital Documents | Heuser, Craig | Vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2001) | digitization, Past Perfect; online catalog |
The Civil War, Memory, and Louisville’s Identity | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept 2001) | Civil War; Louisville |
Grand Army of the Republic at the Filson | Veach, Michael | Vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept 2001) | Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.); Union army veterans; Kentucky in the Civil War; racism |
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston: Guardian of History | Oliver, Nettie | Vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept 2001) | Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston; Kentucky history; Filson Historical Society |
Enid Yandell: Sculpting a Legacy – On Exhibit at the Filson | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 3 no. 1 (Winter 2002) | Enid Yandell; sculpture |
Book Preview: “Dear Brother: William Clark’s letters, published by The Filson and Yale University Press | Vol. 3 no. 1 (Winter 2002) | lewis and clark expedition; letters; publications | |
Lecture preview: “Spring Conference: Discover the Lewis and Clark Expedition” | Vol. 3 no. 1 (Winter 2002) | lewis and clark expedition | |
The Civil War: Civil War era envelopes open a window to popular literature and patriotic culture | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 3 no. 1 (Winter 2002) | Civil War; war correspondence |
The Oxmoor Farm: A Q&A from the Filson | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 3 no. 1 (Winter 2002) | Bullitt family; Oxmoor Estate |
The Corlis family papers: One of The Filson’s premier manuscript collections | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 3 no. 2 (Spring 2002) | Corlis family |
The Ferguson Mansion: Home to The Filson since 1986 | Miguel, L. Suzette | Vol. 3 no. 2 (Spring 2002) | Edwin Hite Ferguson, Ferguson Mansion |
Civil War Sheet Music: The Filson’s collection provides insight into the national consciousness of the war | Partington, Judith | Vol. 3 no. 2 (Spring 2002) | Civil War; sheet music; wartime songs; music |
Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Filson Unveils a New Exhibit | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 3 no. 2 (Spring 2002) | lewis and clark expedition; exhibits |
Filson on Main: New exhibit space to open on Main Street | Reiss, Jennifer | Vol. 3 no. 2 (Spring 2002) | Brown-Forman Corporation; Main Street Louisville; lewis and clark collection |
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley from 1750 to 1820 | Partington, Judith | Vol. 3 no. 3 (2002) | Appalachian Mountains; trans-Appalachian west; pioneers |
The Beatty-Quisenberry Papers: The family papers of one of Henry Clay’s political allies | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 3 no. 3 (2002) | Beatty-Quisenberry family; acquisitions; Adam Beatty |
The Way to the West…before Lewis and Clark (part 1) | Faragher, John Mack | Vol. 3 no. 3 (2002) | Lewis and Clark expedition; historical context; cultural understanding; westward expansion |
Filson Undergraduate Research Program and Teachers as Scholars | Vol. 3 no. 3 (2002) | education; history teaching; archival research | |
The Cemetery for the Genealogist | Oliver, Nettie | Vol. 3 no. 4 (2002) | Genealogy; family history; cemeteries |
Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen: Ohio Valley Artist | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 3 no. 4 (2002) | Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen; Louisville artists; Christmas cards; paintings |
The Way to the West…before Lewis and Clark (part 2) | Faragher, John Mack | Vol. 3 no. 4 (2002) | Lewis and Clark expedition; Louisiana Purchase; historical context; native americans |
Ohio Valley History replaces The Filson History Quarterly | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 3 no. 4 (2002) | Ohio Valley; Ohio Valley History publication; Filson History Quarterly publication |
David Herbert Donald: Speed manuscripts attract Lincoln scholar | Reiss, Jennifer | Vol. 3 no. 4 (2002) | Lincoln; Lincoln scholarship; Joshua Fry Speed |
The Clark family and the Kentucky Derby | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003) | Clark family; Churchill Downs; Kentucky Derby; Meriwether Lewis Clark |
“Went to the Exposition tonight.” Louisville’s 1883 Southern Exposition | Bratcher, Kathryn Anne | Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003) | 1883 Southern Exposition; Louisville exposition |
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston photograph collection | Rice, Rebecca S. | Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003) | Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston; Kentucky history; Filson Historical Society; photography |
Filson on Main: Lewis and Clark Exhibit Now Open | Mahoney, Michael S. | Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003) | Lewis and Clark expedition; exhibits |
The Filson Institute Spring 2003 Academic Conference | Pollock, Brian | Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003) | Ohio Valley scholarship; academic conferences; Ohio Valley region |
Filson Lewis and Clark programming | Hannah, Jennifer Reiss | Vol. 4 no. 2 | Lewis and Clark expedition; Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and Signature event; Filson programming |
Early African American Communities in Jefferson County | Vol. 4 no. 2 | African American history; African American communities | |
Field Trip to the Filson Educational Programming | Pollock, Brian | Vol. 4 no. 2 | Educational programming; lectures; storytellers; Lewis and Clark expedition |
1872-1873 Louisville Scenes: Recent Acquisition at The Filson | Thomas, Samuel W. | Vol. 4 no. 2 | Louisville streets; Louisville buildings; photography; Louisville Industrial Exposition; 1890 tornado; stereographs; stereoscopes |
Modern Views of the Trail: Photography displayed at Filson on Main | Mahoney, Michael S. | Vol. 4 no. 2 | Lewis and Clark expedition; exhibits; photography; nature |
Building Fresh Collections: The 20th Century Initiative | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 4 no. 3 (Summer 2004) | Filson collections; 20th century; Wallace papers; Frances Ingram papers; Edwin Foote collection |
Mona Strader Bismark collection | Rice, Rebecca S. | Vol. 4 no. 3 (Summer 2004) | Countess Mona Bismark; Mona Strader Bismark; fashion; Lexington; socialite |
Cataloging the Bullitt family papers | Harmon, Shirley | Vol. 4 no. 3 (Summer 2004) | Bullitt family; cataloging; Oxmoor estate |
Rare Corwine Portraits find new home at the Filson | Pennington, Estill Curtis | Vol. 4 no. 3 (Summer 2004) | Aaron Houghton Corwine; painting; portraits; artist; Cincinnati |
John Corlis 19th Century Businessman | Veach, Michael | Vol. 4 no. 4 (Fall 2004) | John Corlis; Corlis-Respess family papers; Kentucky businesses; distilleries; |
Sheet Music Collection | Bogert, Pen | Vol. 4 no. 4 (Fall 2004) | Sheet music; music; minstrel shows; American culture |
The Snook-Herr Wedding Tragedy | Oliver, Nettie Hance | Vol. 4 no. 4 (Fall 2004) | Albert G. Herr; Fannie Belle; Winford B. Snook; Jefferson County estates; Magnolia Stock Farms; weddings; food poisoning |
The Art of History | Pennington, Estill Curtis | Vol. 4 no. 4 (Fall 2004) | Art; paintings; porcelain; antiques; collecting; portraits; naturalist artists |
New Happenings Online www.filsonhistorical.org | Pollock, Brian | Vol. 4 no. 4 (Fall 2004) | Online cataloging; archival technology |
The Satellites of Mercury 1888-1892 | Bratcher, Kathryn Anne | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Louisville Board of Trade; Satellites of Mercury; festivals; Industrial Jubilee Celebration; Fall Commercial Celebration; pageants; parades |
Marine Corps General: The Papers of Ronald Reginald Van Stockum | Veach, Michael | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Marine Corps; Ronald Reginald Van Stockhum; University of Louisville Medical School; Pearl Harbor; World War II |
Mary B. Cobb: A Kentucky Portraitist | Perez, Angelique | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Louisville artists; portraitists; painting; Ghana; women |
PastPerfect Software: Better Access to Collections | Rice, Rebecca S. | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Archival software; technology; museum software |
Ray Harm Collection: New Filson Acquisition | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Wildlife artist; Ray Harm |
Neighborhoods Initiative: New Educational Programming | Pollock, Brian | Vol. 5 no. 1 (Winter 2005) | Old Louisville; Louisville neighborhoods; historical education |
From the Filson Collections: The Kentucky Derby | Kissack, Elizabeth | Vol. 5 no. 2 (Spring 2005) | Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs; fashion; horse racing |
Tom Wallace, 1874-1961 | Huffman, Noah | Vol. 5 no. 2 (Spring 2005) | Tom Wallace; conversation; journalism; Louisville Times; newspapers; Courier-Journal; Cumberland falls; National Park Service; Latin America |
The 1890 Louisville Cyclone | Oliver, Nettie Hance | Vol. 5 no. 2 (Spring 2005) | Louisville Cyclone; cyclone; tornado; natural disasters; Falls City Hall; downtown |
The Little Ones: Portraits of Children from the Filson Historical Society | Pennington, Estill Curtis | Vol. 5 no. 2 (Spring 2005) | Portraits; art; 19th century |
Browsing In Our Archives: Theodore Roosevelt writes Filson founder Reuben Durrett | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 5 no. 3 (Summer 2005) | Reuben T. Durrett; Theodore Roosevelt; correspondence |
Early Distilling papers at the Filson | Veach, Michael | Vol. 5 no. 3 (Summer 2005) | Distilling industry; distilleries; bourbon; whiskey; taxation |
The Frances Ingram Papers 1894-1953 | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 5 no. 3 (Summer 2005) | Frances Ingram papers; Neighborhood House; social work; recreation; playgrounds |
Wolf Pen Branch Mill | Thomas, Samuel W. | Vol. 5 no. 3 (Summer 2005) | mills; Wolf Pen Branch; photographs |
Browsing in Our Archives: Christians at Ashland | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 5 no. 4 (Fall 2005) | traditions; holidays; Christmas; Ashland |
Christmas Card Collection at the Filson | Oliver, Nettie | Vol. 5 no. 4 (Fall 2005) | Christmas cards; holiday traditions; lithography; Clifton |
Colonel William Stewart Hawkins, CSA: Prisoner and Poet of Camp Chase, Ohio | Huffman, Noah | Vol. 5 no. 4 (Fall 2005) | William Stewaer Hawkins; POW; Prisoner of War; Confederacy; Civil War; Hayfield estate; poetry; Camp Chase; Lucy Tucker |
Fayette Van Alstine Letters 1861-1879 | Kissack, Elizabeth | Vol. 5 no. 4 (Fall 2005) | Fayette Van Alstine; L&N Railroad; Civil War; romance |
Browsing in Our Archive: Muhammad Ali and the Louisville Sponsoring Group | Huffman, Noah | Vol. 6 no. 1 (Winter 2006) | Muhammad Ali; boxing; Louisville Sponsoring Group; George Barry Bingham papers |
Recent Acquisitions at the Filson | Pennington, Estill Curtis | Vol. 6 no. 1 (Winter 2006) | Portraits; art; 19th century; William Preston; Elizabeth Wood; Benjamin Bayless; John H. Turner |
Political Corruption…19th century style | Partington, Judith | Vol. 6 no. 1 (Winter 2006) | Alexander Hamilton; Henry Clay; Thomas Jefferson; politics; 19th century |
The Return of the Cumberlands | Vol. 6 no. 1 (Winter 2006) | Oxmoor farm; The Cumblerlands; folk music | |
American Legion, Jefferson Post #15: Records 1919-1988 | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 6 no. 1 (Winter 2006) | American Legion, Jefferson Post #15 collection; American Legion; politics |
Wyncie King, 1884-1961 | Huffman, Noah | Vol. 6 no. 2 (Summer 2006) | caricature; Wyncie King; Louisville Herald; artists |
A Louisville Belle’s Marriage to a Scottish Baronet | Oliver, Nettie Hance | Vol. 6 no. 2 (Summer 2006) | Patricia Burnley Ellison; marriage; Charles Henry Augustus Lockhart Ross; Scotland; divorce |
Mary B. Cobb: A Retrospective | Kissack, Elizabeth | Vol. 6 no. 2 (Summer 2006) | exhibits; Mary B. Cobb |
Browsing in Our Archives: John G. Fee and Abolitionism in Kentucky | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 6 no. 3 (Fall 2006) | Abolitionism; Berea College; Berea, Kentucky; John G. Fee; religion |
Arthur Yager: President of Georgetown College (1908-1913) and Governor of Puerto Rico (1913-1921) | Huffman, Noah | Vol. 6 no. 3 (Fall 2006) | Puerto Rico; Arthur Yager; Georgetown; Jones-Shafroth Act |
19th Century Distilling Papers at the Filson | Veach, Michael | Vol. 6 no. 3 (Fall 2006) | Distilling industry; distilleries; Taylor-Hay family papers; bourbon; whiskey |
Filson Plans: Lewis and Clark Homecoming Event | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 6 no. 3 (Fall 2006) | Lewis and Clark expedition; programming |
Recent Acquisitions at the Filson | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | acquisitions; David Leer Ringo; Ringo collection; Civil War research |
Battle for the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy”: The Vicksburg Campaign: The Filson Civil War Field Institute Seminar, Spring 2007 | Brown, Kent Masterson | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | Vicksburg, Mississippi; Natchez Spring Pilgrimage; Civil War history |
Four Generations Visit the Filson | Graves, Ashley D. | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | Julia Tevis; portraits |
Going Over the River: On the Making and Unmaking of Borders | Cayton, Andrew R.L. | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | Filson Institute; Filson Institute Academic Conference; Ohio River |
The Filson’s Educational Programming: One-Act Dramas | Pollock, Brian | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | education; educational programming; One Wore Blue, One Wore Gray; The Great Journey; drama; theater; Nancy Niles Sexton; Civil War |
Footlights and Curtain Calls: Theater Since the 1800s | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | theater; drama; The City Theater; theater program collection |
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston: Photographs for Sale | Vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2006) | Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston; photography | |
Browsing in Our Archives: Colonel Allen Goes to War | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring 2007) | War of 1812; River Raisin; correspondence |
Defining Events: Louisville’s Natural Disasters | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring 2007) | Flood of 1937; natural disasters; 1890 Louisville Cyclone; Tornado of 1974 |
Humphrey Marshall in China | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring 2007) | Civil War; Humphrey Marshall; travel; China |
Voices from the Past: The Filson’s Slave Narrative Collection | Haegele, Ebert | Vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring 2007) | slave narratives; slavery |
My Trip to the Filson | Pasquier, Michael | Vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring 2007) | Catholicism; Bardstown |
Historic Kentucky: Excerpt from James Archambeault’s Lecture | Achambeault, James | Vol. 7 no. 2 (Summer 2007) | photography; Kentucky culture; landscapes; Kentuckians; rural Kentucky; historic preservation |
Henry H. Denhardt and Kentucky Politics in the 1920s | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 7 no. 2 (Summer 2007) | politics; Denhardt papers; elections; 1920s; violence; Newport; lynching |
John Mason Brown’s 1862 Journal (Browsing in Our Archives) | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 7 no. 3 (Fall 2007) | John Mason Brown; travel; Rocky Mountains; travels West |
Colonel William Fleming in Frontier Kentucky | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 7 no. 3 (Fall 2007) | William Fleming; colonial life; pioneers |
George S. Leland and Civil War Logistics | Stanley, Matthew E. | Vol. 7 no. 3 (Fall 2007) | George S. Leland; Civil War; Union Army |
Browsing Our Archives: David L. Ward, James Colquhoun, and the Little Sandy Salt Works | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 2007) | Speed family papers; Civil War; Reconstruction; Little Sandy salt works |
20th Century Distilling Papers at the Filson | Veach, Michael | Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 2007) | Distilleries; whiskey; bourbon; prohibition; Bottled-in-Bond Act |
My Trip to the Filson: The Changing Landscape of the Southern Plantation | Brown, Dave | Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 2007) | Fairfield plantation; Thruston; Southern plantations; slavery |
From Frontier to Border State: The Filson Historical Society’s Museum | Williams, Kelly E. | Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 2007) | Civil War; Kentucky; Identity |
The Great Divide of the 1850s: Third Floor Exhibit in the Warner Jones Gallery | Vol. 7 no. 4 (Winter 2007) | exhibits; Antebellum south | |
Browsing in Our Archives: Lincoln’s Kentucky | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | Abraham Lincoln |
Dispatches from the Kentucky Home Front: Bernice Mitchell and the Burnside Gazette, 1941-1947 | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | Burnside; Mitchell papers; Bernice Mitchell; World War II; Burnside Gazette; war correspondence; wartime letters; local newsletters; homesickness |
The Filson’s Virtual Card Catalog | Maggard, Suzanne | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | cataloging; technology; archives; card catalog |
My Trip to the Filson: Tentative Relations: Secession and Ware in the Ohio River Valley 1859-1862 | Jenness, Timothy | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | Geography; Ohio River Valley; Ohio River; Civil War |
The Filson’s Civil War Institute: The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | Civil War; education | |
A New Age Dawning: Twentieth Century Kentucky Women Painters in the First Floor Gallery | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | painting; artists; women artists |
Community Outreach | Vol. 8 no. 1 (Spring 2008) | education; Filson Undergraduate Research program; Teachers as Scholars program | |
Browsing in Our Archives: “A proud day for the country, and especially for Tennessee:” James K. Polk reports the Washington News | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 8 no. 2 (Summer 2008) | James K. Polk; correspondence |
Theodore Garnett and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 in the Ohio River Valley | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 8 no. 2 (Summer 2008) | Fugitive Slave Law; slavery; correspondence; Theodore S. Garnett |
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: Two Visions of America | Crothers, Glenn A. | Vol. 8 no. 2 (Summer 2008) | Filson Institute; Filson Institute Academic Conference; scholarship; education; Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis |
The Filson Civil War Institute: The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson | Danner, Andrew | Vol. 8 no. 2 (Summer 2008) | Filson Civil War Institute; education; programming; Civil War; Fort Henry; Fort Donelson; Land Between the Lakes |
Browsing in Our Archives: The Hunters of Kentucky | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 8 no. 3 (Fall 2008) | War of 1812; broadsides; poetry; songs; Hunter of Kentucky, or Half Horse and Half Alligator |
George Rogers Clark and Natural History in the Trans-Appalachian West | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 8 no. 3 (Fall 2008) | natural history; Ohio River Valley; George Rogers Clark |
The Campbell Company and Kentucky Tobacco in the International Markets | Veach, Michael | Vol. 8 no. 3 (Fall 2008) | tobacco; Campbell Company |
The Filson Environmental History Collection | Van Stockum, Ronald R. | Vol. 8 no. 3 (Fall 2008) | environmental history; Ohio Valley region; Kentucky Natural Lands Trust |
My Trip to the Filson: from Border South to Solid South: Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1840-1880 | Harlow, Luke E. | Vol. 8 no. 3 (Fall 2008) | religion; slavery; Civil War; Confederacy |
Browsing in Our Archives: Kentucky Settlers Petition for Recognition from the Virginia Convention, June 1776 | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | Virginia Convention; Transylvania Company |
Thanks for the Memories: Volunteer Phyllis Burger | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | volunteers |
Spiritualism in Louisville | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | paranormal activity; ghosts; spirits; hauntings; Spiritualism; mediums; seances; Mary Hollis; James Breckenridge Speed; photography; death |
History from the Bottom Up: World War II in Soldiers’ Words | Merritt, Lindsay | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | World War II; soldiers; U.S. Army; correspondence |
My Trip to the Filson: Researching Postwar Rivalries during the Early Republic | DuVal, Kathleen | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | Temple Bodley collections; Thomas Jefferson |
Young Filsonians: Studying Contemporary Issues | Clephas, Erin | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | education; Young Filsonians program |
The Filson’s Educational Programs | Danner, Andrew | Vol. 8 no. 4 (Winter 2008) | education; educational programming; One Wore Blue, One Wore Gray; historical trunk presentations |
Browsing Our Archives: The Daguerreotype | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 2009) | photography; daguerreotype; portraits |
Journey Back in Time through 19th century travelogs | Partington, Judith | Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 2009) | travel; travelogs; 19th century; democracy; religion; Democracy in America; The Navigator; exploration; discovery |
Murder on Main Street: The Newcomb Tragedy of 1852 | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 2009) | Newcomb; violence; murder; asylums; insanity; divorce; illegitimacy |
Van Hartness Bukey and the Valley Campaigns of 1864 | Merritt, Lindsay | Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 2009) | Civil War; Valley Campaigns; Van Hartness Bukey |
My Trip to the Filson | Negus, Samuel | Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 2009) | naval history; sea power; maritime history; Civil War |
Browsing Our Archives: The Case of the Mysterious Portrait | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 9 no. 2 (Summer 2009) | portraits; artists; paintings; Presbyterian Church; religion; Christianity |
Dissection and Body Snatching in the Nineteenth Century | Fox, Heather | Vol. 9 no. 2 (Summer 2009) | body snatching; grave robbers; medical schools; physicians; University of Louisville School of Medicine, resurrectionists |
Adam Beatty, Thomas B. Stevenson and Whig Opposition to the Mexican War | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 9 no. 2 (Summer 2009) | Mexican War; Mexican-American War; Whigs; Adam Beatty; Thomas B. Stevenson; slavery |
The Filson Institute Public Conference: from Country Lawyer to Commander in Chief: The Making of Abraham Lincoln | Scarboro, Scott | Vol. 9 no. 2 (Summer 2009) | Abraham Lincoln; Civil War; Filson Civil War Institute; conferences; education; lectures |
Browsing in Our Archives: The “Kentucky Tragedy” | Free, Jon | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | Beauchamp; Kentucky Tragedy; political assassination; murder; confession; poetry |
Louisville’s Whiskey Row | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | distilleries; whiskey; bourbon; distilling industry; Whiskey Row; rectifiers; | |
The Development of Environmentalism | Free, Jon | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | environmentalism; environmental activism; Stuart Butler; Butler papers; Tichenor collection; Red River Gorge; Red River Dam; protests |
Haunting Images: Nineteenth Century Post-Modern Art and Photography | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | photography; death; post-mortem photography |
International Home Movie Day | Fox, Heather | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | home movies; International Home Movie Day; videos; film |
The Filson Historical Society Fall Institute 2009: The Changing Faces of Appalachia: Problems, Promises, and Perspectives | Vol. 9 no. 3 (Fall 2009) | Appalachia; Filson Institute; lectures; education | |
Browsing in Our Archives: The Taft Decision | Veach, Michael | Vol. 9 no. 4 (Winter 2009) | whiskey; bourbon; distilleries; Bottled-in-Bond Act |
History of Louisville Photography | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 9 no. 4 (Winter 2009) | photography; John Hewitt; photographers; National Daguerrean Gallery; daguerreotype; ambrotype; tintype; stereograph; Kate Matthews; Louisville Photography Society |
The Mysterious Disappearance | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 9 no. 4 (Winter 2009) | John Verhoeff; North Pole; Greenland; expeditions; arctic expeditions; Robert Peary; disappearance |
Browsing in Our Archives: A Kentuckian in William Walker’s Nicaragua | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 10 no. 1 (Spring 2010) | manifest destiny; William Walker; latin america; central america; slavery; correspondence |
The Infamy of Self-Creation: The Democratic-Republican Societies and Political Communication in the Early American Republic | Orihel, Michelle | Vol. 10 no. 1 (Spring 2010) | democracy; republic; politics; American Revolution; Democratic Society of Kentucky |
The Filson Civil War Field Institute: The Beginning of the River Campaigns and the Rise of U.S. Grant | Vol. 10 no. 1 (Spring 2010) | Civil War; Civil War Field Institute; Ulysses S. Grant; warships; Battle of Belmont | |
Dog Days: Images of Dogs in the Filson’s Collections | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 10 no. 1 (Spring 2010) | dogs; domesticated animals; photography |
Mayrell Johnson and Aviation Education in Kentucky | Veach, Michael | Vol. 10 no. 1 (Spring 2010) | World War II; aircraft; aviation; pilots; Navy; Anna Mayrell Johnson; Ninety-Nines; State Committee on Aviation; Murray State; “Air Age”; Aviation Institute |
Browsing in Our Archives: Spies on the Frontier | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 10 no. 2 (Summer 2010) | Bullitt family papers; Oxmoor collection; Jefferson County militia; Kentucky frontier; Battle of Point Pleasant; Battle of Fallen Timbers; spies; Alexander Scott Bullitt |
New Access to an Old Collection: Cataloging the Filson’s Sheet Music | Lee, Jacob F. | Vol. 10 no. 2 (Summer 2010) | music; sheet music; songs |
Hot Stove Weather | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 10 no. 2 (Summer 2010) | General R.R. Van Stockum; Marine Corps; Marines; Allen Dale Farm |
Confederate Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell – POW | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 10 no. 2 (Summer 2010) | Civil War; prisoner of war; POW; General Richard S. Ewell; Confederacy; correspondence; Fort Warren |
My Trip to the Filson | Cousins, James P. | Vol. 10 no. 2 (Summer 2010) | Antebellum South; Transylvania University; education |
Browsing Our Archives: The World War I Photographs of Norman Kohlhepp | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 10 no. 3 (Fall 2010) | photographs; photography; Norman Kohlhepp; World War I |
Growth for the Filson Historical Society | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 10 no. 3 (Fall 2010) | Ferguson mansion; Filson expansion; construction; new building |
Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio Valley 1800-1920 | Pennington, Estill Curtis | Vol. 10 no. 3 (Fall 2010) | portraits; artists; paintings; portraiture; artistic movements; Lessons in Likeness |
Browsing in Our Archives: Early documents reveal preferred pronunciation of the name Louisville | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 10 no. 4 (Winter 2010) | Louisville pronunciation; Louisville name |
My Trip to the Filson: Researching Nineteenth Century Chickasaw Diplomacy and Political Development | Flaherty, Daniel | Vol. 10 no. 4 (Winter 2010) | Native Americans; Chickasaw |
The Filson Historical Society’s Expansion – Integrating into the Old Louisville Neighborhood | De Leon, Roberto | Vol. 10 no. 4 (Winter 2010) | Ferguson mansion; Filson expansion; construction; new building; Old Louisville |
Will You be My Valentine? | Wallace, Robin L. | Vol. 10 no. 4 (Winter 2010) | Valentine’s Day; valentines; poetry; romance |
Browsing Our Archives: Main Street: Mirror of History | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 11 no. 1 (Spring 2011) | Main Street; downtown Louisville; Louisville businesses; Louisville architecture; Louisville streets |
Sickness and Death in 19th-century American life: The scrapbooks of John F. Jefferson | Hessler, Bettina | Vol. 11 no. 1 (Spring 2011) | surgery; sickness; illness; death; physicians; scrapbook collection; John F. Jefferson; medicine; disease |
What was old is new again: The Filson’s portrait conservation program | Jackson, Amy | Vol. 11 no. 1 (Spring 2011) | portraits; conservation; artists; paintings |
Browsing in Our Archives: Louisville Fire Fighting | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 11 no. 2 (Summer 2011) | fire fighters; fire disasters; Louisville Fire Department |
In the Spirit of Education: The Filson Bourbon Academy | Veach, Michael | Vol. 11 no. 2 (Summer 2011) | whiskey; bourbon; Kentucky Distillers Association; Filson Bourbon Academy |
The Filson Historical Society’s Expansion – New Space Will Expand Scope and Reah of Our Popular Programming | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 11 no. 2 (Summer 2011) | Ferguson mansion; Filson expansion; construction; new building; Old Louisville |
Pony Express | Partington, Judith | Vol. 11 no. 2 (Summer 2011) | Pony Express; mail; telegrams; deliveries; maps; mail delivery system |
Browsing in Our Archives: ‘Her’story: Mary “Polly” Shreve and the American Revolution | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 11 no. 3 (Fall 2011) | Mary Polly Shreve; Mary Shreve; American Revolution; women’s history; correspondence; Revolutionary War |
Instilling Lifelong Learning: Educational Opportunities at the Filson | Scarboro, Scott | Vol. 11 no. 3 (Fall 2011) | education; programming; exhibits; students; History Trunks; High School Essay Contest; Ferguson Mansion; tours; Kentucky Junior Historical Society |
Steamboating at the Filson | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 11 no. 3 (Fall 2011) | steamboats; river economy; exhibits |
The Filson Historical Society’s Expansion: Enhancing the Natural and Built Environments of Old Louisville | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 11 no. 3 (Fall 2011) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction |
Browsing in Our Archives: Robert Worth Bingham: More than a Newspaper Man | Veach, Michael | Vol. 11, no. 4 (Winter 2011) | Robert Worth Bingham; Louisville politics; Courier-Journal; prohibition; Franklin D. Roosevelt; hunting; dogs; Joan of Arc |
Genealogical Research in the Filson Historical Society Library | Hennis, Kara | Vol. 11, no. 4 (Winter 2011) | Filson library; Filson research; genealogical research; genealogy |
The Filson Historical Society’s Expansion | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 11, no. 4 (Winter 2011) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction |
United We Stand – Divided We Fall: The Filson Commemorates the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War | Vol. 11, no. 4 (Winter 2011) | Civil War; sesquicentennial | |
Browsing in Our Archives: Southern Indiana Treasures in The Filson’s Collection | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 2012) | Southern Indiana; Clarksville; Jeffersonville |
The Filson Historical Society’s Expansion | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 2012) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction |
The Filson Historical Society Recognizes the winners of the Third Annual High School Essay Contest | Vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 2012) | High School Essay Contest; educational programming; Louisville neighborhoods | |
Browsing in Our Archives: “The most wonderful thing that ever was…” Melville Otter’s Theater Memories | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 12, no. 2 (Summer 2012) | theater; drama; Melville Otter; Louisville theatrical performances; 1910s; Macauley’s Theatre |
The Hatfield / McCoy Feud: Opposing Perspectives | Hennis, Kara | Vol. 12, no. 2 (Summer 2012) | Pike County, Kentucky; Mingo County, West Virginia; family feuds; Hatfield and McCoys; Harlan, Kentucky |
Browsing in Our Archives: “This Place is as Good as Any Other” (Part 1) | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012) | Civil War; sesquicentennial; Richard Stoddert Ewell; prisoners of war; POW; Confederate army; Confederate officers |
Samuel Thomas: 1938-2012 | Runyon, Keith L. | Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012) | Samuel Thomas; Louisville historian; Locust Grove |
From Slavery to Service to Freedom: A Biography of an Exceptional Kentucky Slave | Partington, Judith | Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012) | Robert Anderson; slavery; plantations; Civil War; Union Army; emancipation; Reconstruction |
Unrolling Louisville’s Past: The D.X. Murphy & Bro., Architects records | Poindexter, Sarah-Jane | Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012) | D.X. Murphy; architecture; architectural drawings; Henry Whitestone; Louisville businesses; Louisville homes; Louisville buildings |
Browsing Our Archives: “This Place is as Good as Any Other” The Prisoner of War Letters of Confederate Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell – Part 2 | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 12, no. 4 (Winter 2012) | Civil War; Richard Stoddert Ewell; prisoners of war; POW; Confederate Army; Confederate officers; Fort Warren |
Campus Expansion Progress Report | Vol. 12, no. 4 (Winter 2012) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction | |
Taking Care of the Little Ones: Louisville’s All Prayer Foundling’s Home Slide Collection at the Filson | Jones, Kathryn T. | Vol. 12, no. 4 (Winter 2012) | slide collection; glass lantern slides; All Prayer Foundlings’ Home; photography; orphanage |
Browsing in Our Archives: Isaac Little Goes to War | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 2013) | Isaac Little; Civil War; Indiana; wartime correspondence |
Campus Expansion Progress Report: Financial Support for Project Reaches $8 million | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 2013) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction |
Children’s Literature and The Filson Library’s Collection | Bratcher, Kathryn Anne | Vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 2013) | children’s literature; Grimm’s fairy tales; children’s authors; children’s book illustrations; Robert Louis Stevenson; Mark Twain; Alice Caldwell Hegan; Annie Fellows Johnston |
In Hope of Freedom | Morrison, Kinsey | Vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 2013) | slavery; underground railroad; Fugitive Slave Law |
The Patton family papers: A Civil War era collection of remarkable correspondence | Carr, Laurence | Vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2013) | Union soldiers; artillerymen; military life; Chatsworth, Illinois; religious faith; domestic life |
Browsing in Our Archives: A Bulldog in the Bluegrass – J. Stoddard Johnston’s 1853 Yale Class Book | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 2013) | J. Stoddard Johnston; Class Book; Kentucky politics; Yale; college; University |
Bourbon Historian | Veach, Michael | Vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 2013) | bourbon; whiskey; distilleries; distilling industry; Filson Bourbon Academy |
Campus Expansion: A Bright Future for our Region’s Storied Past | Anderson, Rick | Vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 2013) | Ferguson Mansion; development; Filson expansion; construction |
“Poor Tom Marshall”: Thomas F. Marshall of Kentucky | Vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 2013) | Thomas Marshall; Kentucky orator; Antebellum era; politics; dueling; alcoholism | |
Adding a New Downtown Bridge (c. 1928): Two Albums document construction of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge | Rosenblum, Aaron | Vol. 13, no. 4 (Winter 2013) | photography; Louisville bridges; Louisville Municipal Bridge; Second Street Bridge; automobile bridge |
The Kemps’ “Magic” Lantern Slides | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 13, no. 4 (Winter 2013) | commercial photographers; Edward H. Kemp; Josephine Sparrow Kemp; early 20th century agriculture and labor in Kentucky |
A Victorian Christmas: Greeting Cards in The Filson’s Library Collection | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 13, no. 4 (Winter 2013) | Christmas cards; holiday traditions; lithography |
View of Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1856 | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 14, no. 1 (Spring 2014) | landscape paintings; Falls of the Ohio; museum collection; African American artists; Robert S. Duncanson |
Seeking the stories of our Ancestors | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 14, no. 1 (Spring 2014) | genealogy; family history |
“For the Sake of My Children”: The Woes of Clarissa Evans | Prichard, Jim | Vol. 14, no. 2 (Summer 2014) | Evans family papers; poetry; verse; widowhood; Clarissa Evans; slavery; slave trade |
Track(ing) History: The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Architectural Records | Picco, Johna | Vol. 14, no. 3 (Fall 2014) | railroads; L&N; industry; urban memory; architecture records |
Exhibit announcement: “Steamboating on Western Waters” | Vol. 14, no. 3 (Fall 2014) | steamboats; exhibits | |
Here Yesterday…Gone Today | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 14, no. 4 (Winter 2014) | photography of downtown Louisville; 7th Street, Broadway, and Jefferson Street; urban renewal; Simmons photo collection |
Solving a research mystery: Identifying Civil War hospitals in Louisville | Wheaton, Laura | Vol. 14, no. 4 (Winter 2014) | medical care; medical treatment; wounded soldiers; military hospitals |
Browsing in Our Archives: A Louisville Surgeon Goes to War | Carr, Laurence | Vol. 15, no. 1 (Spring 2015) | World War I; Irvin Abell; Louisville Medical College; wartime medicine; surgery; army doctors; battles; German submarines |
American Memory, the Iraq War, and the Louisville Peace Action Community records | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 15, no. 1 (Spring 2015) | Iraq War; peace; protest movements; Louisville Peace Action Community |
Courting Miss Nall | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2015) | Blanche Nall; marriage; correspondence; love letters |
The Moonless, Starless Night: The Denhardt-Taylor Tragedy | Prichard, Jim | Vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2015) | violence; murder trial |
Wounded Warriors: The Medical Records of Dr. William Allen Bush | Prichard, James M. | Vol. 15, no. 3 (Fall 2015) | World War I; WWI; medical care for veterans; surgeons; medicine |
A Champion for the Children | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 15, no. 3 (Fall 2015) | Octavius Singleton; Singleton family papers; African Americans; ministers; National Home Finding Society; orphanages |
Food for Thought | Picco, Johna | Vol. 15, no. 4 (Winter 2015) | food; recipes |
Inspiring Leadership and Philanthropy: The legacy of Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston | Kerr, Laura | Vol. 15, no. 4 (Winter 2015) | Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston; Filson Historical society origins |
Magnesium Light Views in Mammoth Cave | Potter, Heather | Vol. 16, no. 1 (Spring 2016) | underground photography; stereographs |
From Fox Hollow to the Filson: the Tom T. and Dixie Hall Musical Instrument and Song Collections | Rosenblum, Aaron | Vol. 16, no. 2 (Summer 2016) | songwriters; Tom T. Hall; Dixie Hall; country music |
The New Filson | Vol. 16, no. 3 (Fall 2016) | Grand unvieling; Ferguson Mansion; Filson rennovation; Owsley Brown II History Center; | |
Coming Soon to The Filson – Exhibits: “To the Polls!: Presidential Campaigns and Elections,” “Moments in Time: The Power of Pictures” | Vol. 16, no. 3 (Fall 2016) | exhibits; presidential campaigns; presidential elections; photograpy | |
All Quiet on the (South)western Front | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 16, no. 4 (Winter 2016) | Mexican War; Mexican-American War; Louisville Light Artillery; Louisville Legion; Ebenezer Howe journal |
Shanty Boat Louisville: Documenting a Lost Neighborhood | Wetherington, Mark V. | Vol. 16, no. 4 (Winter 2016) | Ohio river; houseboats; boaters |
“It was almost too much for me”: the Influenza Epidemic at Camp Zachary Taylor and in Louisville, 1918-1919 | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 2017) | disease; medical care; medical treatment; medicine; World War I; WWI; Spanish flu; pandemics |
“The Death of Our Dear Son”: A Louisville Family’s Sacrifice in World War I | Prichard, James M. | Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 2017) | Carl F. Baude; German-Americans; WWI fatalities; Marine Corps |
The First Division Circus | Potter, Heather | Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 2017) | World War I; WWI; First Infantry Division; Army of Occupation; Allied occupation of the Rhineland |
Exhibit previews: “Selling the War: Posters from WWI” curated by Johna Ebling; “Called to Arms: Kentuckians in the First World War” curated by Heather Potter, James Prichard, Jana Meyer, and Kayla Reddington | Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 2017) | exhibits | |
Sheet Music and the Filson Collection | Vol. 17, no. 2 (Summer 2017) | sheet music; folk music; folk songs | |
The Home for Friendless Women | Morris, Kelly | Vol. 17, no. 2 (Summer 2017) | Home for Friendless Women; charitable institutions; Louisville charities |
Agatha Bullitt Grabisch and the Great War | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 17, no. 2 (Summer 2017) | World War I; Germany; correspondence |
Exhibit previews: “Understanding the Indescribable: Paintings by G. Caliman Coxe” curated by Aaron Rosenblum; “The Evolution of Camp Zachary Taylor” curated by Jennie Cole; “What’s Old is New Again — Recent Collection Acquisitions” curated by Jim Holmberg | Vol. 17, no. 3 (Fall 2017) | exhibits | |
Free for All – Eventually | Ebling, Johna | Vol. 17, no. 4 (Winter 2017) | Carnegie libraries; Andrew Carnegie; Louisville’s libraries; Louisville Free Public Library; private library societies; segregation |
The Great War through the Lens of Jack Speed | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 17, no. 4 (Winter 2017) | World War I; WWI; John Speed; Vest Pocket Kodak camera; soldiers; photography |
The Soldier’s Camera | Potter, Heather | Vol. 18, no. 1 (Spring 2018) | photography; Kodak; World War I |
The Homes of Camp Zachary Taylor | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 18, no. 2 (Summer 2018) | photography; Camp Zachary Taylor |
More than a Wardrobe | Ebling, Johna | Vol. 18, no. 2 (Summer 2018) | Geneva Howard Bell; fashion; clothing; 1970s clothing; 1980s clothing |
World War I’s Armistice: The eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918 | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 18, no. 3 (Fall 2018) | World War I; Armistice Day; Victory Day |
The Filson’s Many “Faces” | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 18, no. 3 (Fall 2018) | portraits; paintings; artists |
The Julius Friedman Collection | Holmberg, James J. | Vol. 18, no. 4 (Winter 2018) | Julius Friedman; artist; designer |
Exhibit Preview: Shantyboat Life on the Ohio | Vol. 18, no. 4 (Winter 2018) | exhibits; shantyboats; Ohio River | |
Exhibit Preview: Continuity of Care Transforming Jewish Hospital for Modern Louisville | Vol. 18, no. 4 (Winter 2018) | Jewish Hospital; exhibits | |
A Kentuckian on the Great Plains | Prichard, Jim | Vol. 18, no. 4 (Winter 2018) | Buckner papers; Mexican War; Great Plains; Native Americans; American Indians; |
A Century of Healing: The Records of Louisville’s Jewish Hospital | Glogower, Abby and Lynn Pohl | Vol. 19, no. 1 (Spring 2019) | Jewish Hospital; exhibits; hospital records; medical care; |
Exhibit Preview: Breaking the Mold Sculptor Enid Yandell’s Early Life, 1869-1900 | Vol. 19, no. 1 (Spring 2019) | Enid Yandell; sculptor; sculpture; Louisville artists; exhibits | |
Shantyboats in Art | Cole, Jennie | Vol. 19, no. 1 (Spring 2019) | exhibits; shantyboats; Ohio River; artists |
Louisville Collegiate School | Meyer, Jana | Vol. 19, no. 2 (Summer 2019) | Louisville Collegiate School; education; Semple College |
The Hines family of Louisville and their Service to the Country in World War II | Carr, Laurence | Vol. 19, no. 2 (Summer 2019) | Hines family collection; correspondence; World War II |
I. W. Cousins’ Louisville | Potter, Heather | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | Photographers; photography; Louisville history; Louisville architecture |
Boehl & AIA Interns | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | Olivia Raymond; Sarah Garrett; Dylan Brewer | |
With Gratitude – Memories of Filson Volunteer Larry Carr, 2001-2019 | Filson Staff | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | volunteers |
Tony Horwitz Tribute | Patrick Lewis | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | |
Young Historians Engage at the Filson | Jamie Evans | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | Louisville Cultural Pass; history education; history students; school and community engagement |
Staff Profile: Dr. Patrick Lewis, Scholar in Residence | Vol. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019) | ||
Through a Master’s Eye: Reflections of Slavery in Kentucky, from the Simon B. Buckner Papers | James M. Prichard | Vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 2019) | slavery; enslavement; Nathaniel Southgate Shaler |
Digital Collections at the Filson | Danielle Spalenka | Vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 2019) | Digitization efforts; digitized exhibits |
Staff Profile: Marian Potter: CFO/COO | Vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 2019) | ||
Upcoming Exhibit: Women at Work: Venturing into the Public Sphere | Vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 2019) | Exhibits; Women at Work; women’s history; women’s activism; women’s labor; women’s education | |
Featured Testimonial: Chip and Katherine Arbegust | Vol. 19, no. 4 (Winter 2019) | volunteers | |
Shutdown Report | Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2020) | COVID-19; 2020 pandemic | |
Browsing in our Archives: Women at Work: Dressmaking and Female Empowerment in the Ohio Valley | Jana Meyer | Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2020) | Exhibits; Women at Work; women’s history; women’s activism; women’s labor; women’s education |
Filson Historical Society 2019 Impact Report | Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2020) | COVID-19; 2020 pandemic; quarantine measures; 2020 shutdown | |
Book Review: Walter H. Kiser’s Neighborhood Sketches Revisited, by John David Myles | Richard H. C. Clay | Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2020) | Architectural history; Louisville architecture; art and artists |
Staff Profile: Abby Glogower, Curator of Jewish Collections | Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2020) | ||
Browsing Our Archives: Women at Work, Julia Tevis and Education | Maureen Lane | Vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020) | Women’s history; women’s education; Julia Ann Hieronymus Tevis; Science Hill Female Academy; Shelbyville, Kentucky; women’s schools |
A Fresh Look for the Filson’s Website! | Vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020) | ||
William Struck: In Memoriam | Jim Holmberg | Vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020) | |
Commonwealth Center Internships | Vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020) | Caitlin Hogue; Emma Johansen; David Brennan; Rachid Tagoulla | |
Staff Profile: Julie Scoskie James, Vice President | Vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Dinnie Thompson and the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten | Jennie Cole | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | Women’s history; Black women; black history; African American women; National Assocation of Colored Women (NACW); women’s organizations; Dinnie Thompson |
COVID-19 Update: How the Filson is utilizing grant funds to enhance the virtual experience | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | COVID-19; 2020 pandemic | |
“A Stranded Crew on a Desert Island”: The Hotel Henry Watterson during the 1937 Flood | Hannah Costelle | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | 1937 Louisville flood; natural disasters; social experiments; COVID-19 pandemic |
Digital Exhibits Update | Danielle Spalenka | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | Digitization efforts; digitized exhibits |
“Do Whatever You Can”: The Civic Ethics of Louisville’s Rabbi Dr. Martin Perley | Abigail Glogower | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | Jewish history; Jewish Louisville |
Staff Profile: James Prichard, Manuscript Cataloger | Vol. 20, no. 3 (Fall 2020) | ||
Browsing in Our Archives: Redefining Roles through the Women’s Club Movement | Jana Meyer | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | Women’s history; women’s movements; social activism; Business Women’s Club; women’s suffrage |
Reorganizing the Department of Collections and Research | Patrick Lewis | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | Institutional development |
Remote Reference at the Filson – We are Here for You! | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | ||
Interns/Volunteers | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | Andi Ellington; Elizabeth Standridge | |
COVID-19 Poster Project | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | COVID-19; 2020 pandemic; arts and artists | |
Staff Profile: Brenna Cundiff, Director of Development | Vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 2020) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Mervin Aubespin, Activist, Artist, Author | Elizabeth Standridge | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | Black history; African American history; social activism; political activism; Louisville Art Workshop; Courier-Journal; news artists; National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); journalism; artists |
2020 Impact Report | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | COVID-19; 2020 pandemic; quarantine measures | |
The Filson Welcomes Kentucky Women | Abby Glogower | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | Gabriella Boros; women artists |
Digital Exhibits: Bringing the Filson to You | Hannah Costelle | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | Digitized exhibits; Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston Mountain Photograph Collection; Carrie Douglas Dudley Ewen Paper Doll Collection; Shantyboat exhibit; Mourning Attire exhibit; 1890 Tornado |
Photo Biennial: Paul Gunter: Studio Portraiture to Art Photography | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | Louisville Photo Biennial; exhibits; Paul Gunter; photography; studio portraiture | |
Staff Profile Interview with Hannah Costelle, Research Specialist | Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 2021) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Conserving Louisville Legion History | Heather Potter | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | photography; portraits; military history; artifact conservation |
Hugh Haynie: Renowned Editorial Cartoonist | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | artists; political cartoons; caricatures | |
Digitization of the Baptist Orphans Home Records | Danielle Spalenka | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | Orphanages; adoption; institutional records |
Interns | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | Chelsea Giovacchino; Alanna Parham; Dona Daugherty; Abby Briney | |
2021 Photo Biennial Exhibit | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | Louisville Photo Biennial; exhibits; Paul Gunter; photography | |
Staff Profile Interview with Kate Wanke, Membership and Grants Manager | Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2021) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Recently Cataloged: New Jewish Collections at the Filson | Abigail Glogower, Lynn Pohl, Andi Ellington | Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 2021) | Jewish Hospital; Hadassah; Jewish history; Jewish Louisville |
Interns | Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 2021) | Abi Stephens; Dorian Cleveland; Georgia Coats | |
The Eleanor Bingham Miller Photograph Collection | Heather Potter | Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 2021) | Photography; photograph collection; Bingham family; Louisville social life |
Photo Biennial: Paul Gunter’s Art Photography | Heather Potter, Danielle Spalenka, Abby Briney | Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 2021) | Photography; photograph collection; Louisville Photo Biennial; rural life; landscape photography |
Interview with William (Bill) Petot, Volunteer | Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 2021) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue: Examining Wedding Dresses and Bridal Traditions | Brooks Vessels | Vol. 21, no. 4 (Winter 2021) | Fasion history; textiles |
The Filson’s Volunteer Program | Vol. 21, no. 4 (Winter 2021) | ||
Drama and Design: Louisville’s Historic Theater Architecture | Jana Meyer | Vol. 21, no. 4 (Winter 2021) | Architectural records; Samuel Plato; African American architects; Walnut Street; the Grand Theatre; Joseph & Joseph Architects |
Mary Ann Currier | Maureen Lane | Vol. 21, no. 4 (Winter 2021) | Artists; painters; art teachers; still lifes; portraiture; women artists; museum collection |
Interview with John Stern, Board Chair | Vol. 21, no. 4 (Winter 2021) | ||
With Gratitude: Thomas Turley Noland, Jr. | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: The Shelby-Bruen Family Papers | Lynn Pohl | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | Fayette County; Amanda Bruen; women’s history |
Violins of Hope in the Ohio Valley | Abigail Glogower | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | Jewish history; Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA); Ackermann family |
Collections “Of Such Vast Extent”: NAGPRA at the Filson | Patrick Lewis | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | Native American History; Indigenous history |
The Dorr-Raith Collection | Emma Johansen | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | Gay history; queer history; religion; social activism |
The Filson Historical Society: 2021 by the Numbers | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | ||
In Memoriam: Booker Washington “Sonny” Sitgraves, 1937-2022 | Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 2022) | ||
Browsing in our Archives: Moving South in 1804 | James J. Holmberg | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) | Brown family |
Filson Fridays 2022 | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) | In the Fine Print: The History of Gay Press in Kentucky; NAGPRA: The Significance of Repatriation; Digitizing Your Family Treasures; Women in the First American West | |
Meet the Filson’s Community History Fellows | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) | Alayna Altman; Chri Bryant Hamilton; Jonathan Lippman; Taylor Ryan; Ed White; Talesha Wilson | |
Interns | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) | Ansle “CJ” Combs; Jade Wiglesworth | |
Staff Profile: Emma Johansen | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) | ||
In Memoriam: Ronald R. Van Stockum | Vol. 22, no. 2 (Summer 2022) |