La Bree, Benjamin (ca. 1855-1935) Papers, 1889-1928
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: La Bree, Benjamin, ca. 1855-1935
Title: Papers, 1889-1928
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 2 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A L126
Scope and Content Note
Papers include correspondence, 1889-1928, regarding his historical, genealogical, and patriotic society work; notes on and histories of various family lines; writings of La Bree; and account books, 1922-1931, kept by La Bree while curator of Federal Hill (My Old Kentucky Home), at Bardstown, Ky.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Biographical material, newspaper clippings, etc.
2 Correspondence, 1889-1914.
3 Correspondence, 1915.
4 Correspondence, 1916 Jan.
5 Correspondence, 1916 Feb.
6 Correspondence, 1916 Mar.
7 Correspondence, 1916 Apr.-Dec.
8 Correspondence, 1917-1918.
9 Correspondence, 1919.
10 Correspondence, 1920.
11 Correspondence, 1921.
12 Correspondence, 1922.
13 Correspondence, 1923.
14 Correspondence, 1924.
15 Correspondence, 1925.
16 Correspondence, 1926.
17 Correspondence, 1927.
18 Correspondence, 1928.
Box 2
19 Notes on the genealogy of the Abell family of Marion County and Louisville, Ky.
20 Application for membership of Marvin Harrison Lewis in the Ky. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, n.d.
21 Supplemental record of Marvin Harrison Lewis in right of Benjamin Harrison,1st, for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars.
22 Notes on the genealogy of the Lewis and allied families.
23 Family records of Marvin Harrison Lewis.
24 Notebook kept while doing research on the Brown and other families in the archives of Christian, Warren and Hart counties, Ky., 1922.
25 Pension statement of Randall Hoskins of Washington County for service in the Revolutionary War, 1825 Jan. 10, negative photostat.
26 The Holladay family of Virginia.
27 Genealogical records of Cora Ella Behrends of Dallas, Tx.
28 Notes on signers of the Declaration of Independence.
29 Prospectus of the U.S. Foreign Service Publishing Co.,n.d.
30Miscellaneousnotes.
31 Alice LaBree application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, n.d.
32 Benjamin LaBree, Jr. papers.
Box 3
33 Genealogical records of Hewitt Brown and his wife, Laura Lemon Brown.
34 Lemon genealogy.
35 R. A. Long genealogy.
36 Genealogical material.
37 Genealogy of the Taylor family traced from Captain Edmund Taylor.
Box 4
38 Birth of the United States of America . . .
39 Liberty Bell.
40Miscellaneouswritings.
41 Writings (printed matter).
42 Pamphlets.
43 Original labels of his papers and collections.
Box 5
44 My Old Kentucky Home, newspaper clippings, etc.
45 Article about the O’Neal family of Louisville, from the Herald, 1915 Nov.
46 Kentucky’s 1924 home coming.
47 Newspaper articles about LaBree.
48Miscellaneousclippings.
Box 6
49 “About our Ancestors” by Frances M. Smith. Newspaper clippings form the Cincinnati Enquirer, 1916-1919.
