Menu Collection, 1860-1990
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Title: Menu Collection, 1860-1990
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.66 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. BB M549
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains menus dating from 1860 to 1990, as well as programs, guest lists, seating charts, dance cards, invitations, and tickets of admission for various events. The collection contains over 140 menus and papers organized alphabetically by venue.
Most of the menus are from the Louisville area, but some are from other cities in Kentucky, including Frankfort, Harrodsburg, Shelbyville, Richmond, and Bardstown. A few are also from cities out of state, including French Lick, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and New York.
Many of the menus detail the daily fare served at local restaurants and hotels, but a significant portion were used at special events and celebrations. These include Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day, Derby Day, Oaks Day, weddings, and birthdays, as well as banquets honoring guests such as the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, Queen Victoria, the queen of Romania, President Andrew Johnson, and President William Howard Taft. Other items of interest are a “mourning” menu used at the Galt House after the death of President James Garfield in 1881 and a menu of patients’ meal options at Kentucky Baptist Hospital. The menus provide excellent examples of popular styles of food and art from different eras.
This collection is a transfer from the Filson’s library collection. An index is available below the folder list.
Historical Note
In the 1830s when Louisville was first developing into a booming city, the Galt House and the Louisville Hotel emerged to serve up Louisville’s first taste of high-quality cuisine. In 1905 Louis Seelbach opened the Seelbach Hotel, whose Oak Room became another cornerstone of gourmet dining. After the establishment of these first major restaurants, Louisville’s culinary scene expanded to include a wide variety of styles and flavors. This collection showcases the culinary history of Louisville and surrounding cities over a 130-year period, representing not only food throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but also significant events and everyday culture.
Folder List
Box 1
Folder 1: A: Alexander Hotel – Audubon Country Club
Folder 2: B: Benedict’s – The Brown Hotel
Folder 3: C: The Cape Codder – Claudia Sanders
Folder 4: E-F: Echo Hall – French Village
Folder 5: G: Galt House – Glyndon Hotel
Folder 6: H: Highland Presbyterian Church – Hungry Hermit
Folder 7: J: Jim Porter’s Tavern – J. Timothy
Box 2
Folder 8: K: “K” – Kentucky Hotel
Folder 9: L: Little Rebel – Louisville Hotel
Folder 10: M-N: Mario’s Pizza – The Normandy Inn
Folder 11: O-P: The Old House – The Playhouse
Folder 12: R-S: Rufer’s – Sullivan & Brach Café and Restaurant
Folder 13: W: The Waldorf-Astoria – The Willard
Folder 14: Unknown venue
Index
| Venue | Occasion | Event Organizer | Date | Subjects |
| Audubon Country Club, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Audubon Country Club | 1970, Aug. 9 | Golf |
| Alexander Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Wedding of Steinfeld and Levy (menu and invitation) | Steinfeld, Sarah (bride) | 1890, June 25 | Wedding celebrations; Jewish weddings; Includes a note that these items match Sarah Steinfeld’s wedding dress, which is in the Filson’s collections |
| Alexander’s Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Alexander’s Hotel | 1888, Feb. 26 | Bird painting |
| Benedict’s, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Benedict’s | 1926, May 22 | Ruth Wilson (cover art); flapper girl; 1920s style |
| Benihana of Tokyo, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Benihana of Tokyo | n.d. | Japanese food |
| Big Spring Country Club, Louisville, Ky. | Spring Luncheon | Highland Mothers Club | 1953, May 28 | |
| Blue Hawaii Restaurant, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Blue Hawaii Restaurant | n.d. | Hawaiian food |
| Brennan House, Louisville, Ky. (catered by Grisanti Catering) |
Unclear | Brennan House | c. 1980s | |
| Brennan Residence, Louisville, Ky. | Appreciation Dinner (5 copies) | Filson Club | 1985, Oct. 2 | Drawing of Brennan Residence by Mary Herd |
| Broadmoor Hotel, Washington D.C. | 14th Annual Dinner, Honoring Gov. Maurice H. Thatcher | Panama Canal Society of Washington | 1949, May 14 | Gov. Maurice H. Thatcher; Panama Canal |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner Celebrating the Completion of a Nine-Foot Channel in the Ohio River | Louisville Board of Trade | 1929, Oct. 23 | Louisville Board of Trade; Ohio River; channel |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner in recognition of Huston Quin, Mayor of Louisville | Citizens committee | 1925, Nov. 23 | Mayor Huston Quin; photo of Huston Quin |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Joint meeting of Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution | Children of the American Revolution | 1970, Feb. 21 | Daughters of the American Revolution; Sons of the American Revolution; Jack Jouett Society; Fred Haupt Florist |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | The National Commander’s Dinner, 11th National Convention of the American Legion | American Legion | 1929, Sept. 30 | American Legion Constitution; Brown Hotel Crystal Ballroom |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Fifth Biennial Convention Banquet | American War Mothers | 1929, Sept. 27 | Brown Hotel Crystal Ballroom |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Mr. Theo Ahrens Natal Commemoration 95th Year | Associated Plumbing Contractors of Louisville | 1954, Sept 23 | Drawing of American Standard Louisville plant; Theo Ahrens biographical sketch |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Reopening of the Brown Hotel | Brown Hotel | 1985, January | Louisville’s Broadway Renaissance; dance cards |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner Honoring John J. Fields | Fields, John J. (Honoree) | 1936, Nov. 28 | John J. Fields biographical sketch; post office workers |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner in Honor of His Excellency The American Ambassador to Germany and Mrs. Frederic Moseley Sackett | Louisville Board of Trade | 1930, Oct. 3 | |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Tribute dinner to J. Graham Brown by the Louisville Board of Trade Celebrating Opening of the Brown Hotel | Louisville Board of Trade | 1923, Oct. 29 | Louisville Board of Trade; Louisville Mayor Huston Qiun |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner Celebrating the Completion of a Nine-Foot Channel in the Ohio River | Louisville Board of Trade | 1929, Oct. 23 | Louisville Board of Trade; Ohio River; channel |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Convention Banquet | National Catholic Educational Association | 1937, March 31 | St. Joseph’s Proto-Cathedral, Bardstown, Ky. (drawing); committee members lists; John A. Floersh, Bishop of Louisville (photo) |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | 10th Annual National Defense Dinner | National Defense Dinner (sponsored by National Guard, Regular Army, Organized Reserves, and Patriotic Citizenry) | 1931, April 6 | Brown Hotel Crystal Ballroom, general committee members |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | 46th Annual Congress Banquet | National Society Sons of the American Revolution | 1935, May 21 | George Rogers Clark |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | 100th Anniversary Dinner | Second Presbyterian Church | 1930, April 24 | |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Thoroughbred Room The Old English Grill of the Brown Hotel | n.d. | Hot brown |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | 14th Annual Dinner | Transportation Club of Louisville | 1926, Nov. 16 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. |
| Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. (and other venues) |
Centennial Celebration | Louisville De-Molay Commandery No. 12 Knights Templar | 1940, Oct. 12-20 | Louisville De-Molay Commandery crest; blank RSVP dinner card |
| Cape Codder Sea Food Restaurant & Lounge, (?) | Daily | Cape Codder | n.d. | Seafood |
| Capital Hotel, Frankfort, Ky. | Boone Day | Kentucky State Historical Society | 1913, June 7 | Daniel Boone |
| Casa Grisanti, Louisville, Ky. | Kentucky Derby brunch | Casa Grisanti | 1977, May 7 | Derby Day celebrations; mint julips |
| Casa Grisanti, Louisville, Ky. | Saturday Jazz Brunch | Casa Grisanti | n.d., c. 1960s-1990s | Grisanti family crest |
| Charley’s, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Charley’s | n.d. | George Rogers Clark; hot brown; Union National Bank; John C. Bucklin; Fort Nelson |
| Charley’s, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Charley’s | n.d. | Michael Humble Herring; John Sanders; John Connolly |
| Christian Church, Harrodsburg, Ky. | National memorial dinner in honor of the officials on The War Department under whose jurisdiction The Federal Monument was erected (guest list, table assignment, program) | Kentucky Pioneer Memorial Association | 1934, Nov. 15 | Kentucky Pioneer Memorial Association; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Otto Rothert (attendee) |
| Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. | Oaks Day | Churchill Downs | 1968, May 3 | List of Kentucky Oaks winners; Derby celebrations |
| Claudia Sanders Dinner House, Shelbyville, Ky. | Daily, lunch menu | Claudia Sanders | n.d. | Kentucky country hams for sale |
| Echo Hall, Augusta, Ky. | Wedding of Bell and Allen | Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua F. (bride’s parents) | 1867, Nov. 7 | Wedding celebrations; James A. Allen; Mary Montgomery Bell |
| Fifth Avenue Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | New Year’s Day dinner | Fifth Avenue Hotel | 1887, Jan. 1 | New Year’s Day celebrations |
| Finish Line, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | The Finish Line | 1970, n.d. | |
| Firehouse Tavern, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Firehouse Tavern, “at the Holiday Inn Fairmont” | n.d. | themed restaurants; fire fighter art |
| Firehouse Tavern, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Firehouse Tavern, “at the Holiday Inn Fairmont” | n.d. | themed restaurants; fire fighter art |
| Fountain Ferry Park, Louisville, Ky. | 10th Annual Banquet | Dupont Manual Training High School Alumni Association | 1904, June 16 | picnic food |
| French Lick Springs Hotel, French Lick, In. | Thanksgiving Dinner | French Lick Springs Hotel | 1907, Nov. 28 | Thanksgiving; French Lick; Pluto Spring Water; postcard art |
| French Village, (?) | Daily, wine list | French Village | n.d. | African American caricature (drawing by Marie Halbert) |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | “Mourning card” menu after the death of President James Garfield | Galt House | 1881, Sept. 25 | James Garfield; mourning |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Complimentary Banquet given to his Imperial Highness Grand Duke Alexis (menu) | Citizens of Louisville | 1872, Jan. 30 | Grand Duke Alexis; diplomatic dinners; Russia |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Banquet and Ball given by the citizens of Louisville to his Imperial Highness Grand Duke Alexis of Russia (3 invitations, 2 tickets of admission) | Citizens of Louisville | 1872, Jan. 30 | Grand Duke Alexis; diplomatic dinners; Russia |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Galt House | 1860, April 13 | Galt House drawing; handwritten note listing people who dined at the Galt House today |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas Day menu | Galt House | 1874, Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations; Christmas desserts; Santa Clause and reindeer drawing |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner to the National Society Sons of the American Revolution | Sons of the American Revolution | 1890, May 1 | Kentucky hoe cake; Ohio Falls Salmon, Kentucky style; roast jack snipe; Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas Day meal | Galt House | 1876, Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations; Victorian art |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | In appreciation of Major John H. Leathers on his 73rd birthday | Leathers, John Hess (given by his friends/admirers) | 1914, April 27 | Birthday celebrations; Major John Hess Leathers, biographical sketch of; Louisville hospitals; Confederate veterans; Confederacy; Courier-Journal Job Printing Company (seal) |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Banquet in honor of the 64th birthday of her Majesty Queen Victoria | British residents of Louisville | 1883, May 24 | Victorian art; British seals and motifs; Queen Victoria; Chester A. Arthur |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | 30th reunion banquet | Society of the Army of the Cumberland | 1904, Oct. 9 | Army of the Cumberland; music; Simon Bolivar Buckner; William O. Bradley; Henry Watterson |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Inauguration Ball to the Galt House Co. | Citizens of Louisville | 1869, May 13 | Handwritten notes about the event on the back; Galt House drawing |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | First Annual Banquet, Louisville Board of Trade (menu and program) | Louisville Board of Trade | 1902, Jan. 29 | List of Board of Trade officers and members present |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | First Annual Banquet, Louisville Board of Trade (menu and program) | Louisville Board of Trade | 1902, Jan. 29 | List of Board of Trade officers and members present |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | First Annual Banquet, Louisville Board of Trade (seating chart) | Louisville Board of Trade | 1902, Jan. 29 | List of Board of Trade officers and members present |
| Galt House, Louisville, Ky. | Unclear | Louisville Society of Medicine | 1910, June 2 | Handwritten notes |
| Glyndon Hotel, Richmond, Ky. | Dedication, unveiling of Boone painting | Madison County Historical Society | 1935, Oct. 11 | Colonel Richard Henderson (1735-1785) “The political father of Kentucky;” Madison County Historical Society; Daniel Boone painting; Berea artist Bert Mullims; Transylvanians; Boonesborough; corn pudding |
| Highland Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky. | Sixtieth Anniversary Banquet | Highland Presbyterian Church | 1942, May 15 | |
| Holiday Inn Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Ky. | Daily menu, plus “Tack Room Tattler” mock historical newsletter | Holiday Inn | n.d. | The Tack Room; Tack Room Saloon; Saddle Rooms; Paddock Rooms; historical newsletter |
| Hotel Astor, New York, Ny. | 53rd Annual Dinner | Academy of Political Science | 1933, Nov. 8 | Academy of Political Science Board of Trustees and Committee on Program and Arrangements |
| Hotel Henry Watterson, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner on the occasion of the opening of the Hotel Henry Watterson | Hotel Henry Watterson | 1912, May 4 | Honorable Henry Watterson; photo of Henry Watterson |
| House of Bing, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, carry-out menu | House of Bing | n.d. | Asian food; Cantonese food; carry-out; take-out |
| Hungry Hermit, Louisville Ky. | Daily | Hungry Hermit | n.d., c. 1970s | Colonel Sanders |
| J. Timothy, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | J. Timothy | n.d., 1970s, 1980s | |
| Jim Porter’s Tavern, Louisville, Ky. | Daily (menu + “Rules of the Tavern” replica dated 1857) | Jim Porter’s Tavern, Seelbach Hotel | c. 1950s | Jim Porter; giants; folk tales; 19th century taverns; “Rules of the Tavern” (replica of Jim Porter’s originals?) |
| Jim Porter’s Tavern, Louisville, Ky. | Daily (menu + “Rules of the Tavern” replica dated 1857) | Jim Porter’s Tavern, Seelbach Hotel | c. 1950s | Jim Porter; giants; folk tales; 19th century taverns; “Rules of the Tavern” (replica of Jim Porter’s originals?) |
| K (?), Louisville, Ky. | Daily, “Bill of Fare” | “K” | n.d. | “K” crest |
| Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, Ky. | 1990 Bourbon Ball | Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation | 1990, n.d. | Kentucky arts and crafts; quilts; Handwritten note: “450 people, splendid food” |
| Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, patients’ meals | Kentucky Baptist Hospital | c. 1924 or later | Hospital food; patient care; List “Regular Diet, Light Diet, Soft Diet” |
| Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | A Dinner for the Davidsons | University of Louisville | 1968, Jan. 22 | Kentucky Hotel Flag Room; Barry Bingham; Louie Nunn; U of L |
| Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | John Henry Barrickman 50th birthday party | Friends of John Henry Barrickman | 1927, Nov. 25 | Birthday celebrations |
| Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Testimonial Dinner in honor of Mr. Herman Meyer on his 70th birthday | B’rith Sholom Congregation | 1935, Nov. 17 | Birthday celebrations; Jewish communities |
| Little Rebel Fine Food, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Little Rebel | n.d. | Confederacy; Civil War; cartoons |
| Long John Silver’s Holiday Manor Shopping Center, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, carry-out menu | Long John Silver’s | n.d. | carry-out; take-out; seafood |
| Louisville & Nashville Railroad | Daily | L&N Railroad dining car | 1942, n.d. | L&N Railroad; Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Stephen Collins Foster; Stephen Foster portrait; 1942 Kentucky Sesquicentennial |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas Day menu, “37th Christmas Greeting” | Louisville Hotel | 1870, Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations; Victorian art; Louisville Hotel building; M. Kean & Co. (Proprietors) |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas Day menu | Louisville Hotel | 1872, Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations; Victorian art; alcohol in art; Louisville Hotel building; M. Kean & Co. (Proprietors) |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas Day menu, “36th Christmas Greeting” | Louisville Hotel | 1869, Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations; Victorian art; Louisville Hotel building; M. Kean & Co. (Proprietors) |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | “A Club Breakfast” | Louisville Hotel Cafes | n.d. | Separation by sex; separation by gender; ladies’ café; gentlemen’s cafe |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Banquet to the Citizens of Texas and Louisiana | Citizens of Louisville, Louisville Board of Trade | 1874, July 30 | Drawings of Louisville Hotel, City Hall, Industrial Exposition Building; “Otis & Co.’s Improved Passenger Elevators” |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Christmas day dinner, “46th Annual Greeting” | Louisville Hotel | 1879, Dec. 25 | Bourbon; Christmas celebrations |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Reception Banquet complimentary to the President and His Cabinet | Louisville Hotel | 1866, Sept. 11 | President Andrew Johnson, Grant, Farragut, Seward; Civil War reconstruction; drawings of president and his cabinet |
| Louisville Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Louisville Hotel | 1903, June 18 | filtered water |
| M. Kean Hotel Co., Louisville, Ky. | Christmas dinner, card | M. Kean Hotel Co. | 1879; Dec. 25 | Christmas celebrations |
| Mario’s Pizza, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, carry-out menu | Mario’s Pizza | n.d. | carry-out; take-out; “Kentucky’s best pizza”; Italian food |
| Maxwell House, Nashville, Tn. | Christmas Day menu | Maxwell House | 1879, Dec. 25 | Wild game; Cumberland Mountain black bear; Tennessee opossum; Kentucky ‘coon; wild Goose; Minnesota venison; mallard ducks; broiled pheasants |
| My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, Ky. | Luncheon in honor of her majesty the Queen of Roumania | My Old Kentucky Home Commission | 1926, Nov. 18 | Romania; Governor William J. Fields; My Old Kentucky Home |
| Myra’s, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Myra’s (Formally Myra’s Ristorante) | n.d. | Seafood; pasta; steak |
| Normandy Inn, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Normandy Inn | 1968, Jan. | Louisville waterfront; Garvey’s Palace Hotel |
| Normandy Inn, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Normandy Inn | 1968, Jan. | Louisville waterfront; Garvey’s Palace Hotel |
| Old House Restaurant, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | The Old House Restaurant | 1979, Feb. | Drawing of restaurant and city; history of the Old House; handwritten menu |
| Palace Hotel, Cincinnati, Oh. | Daily | Palace Hotel | 1893, Oct. 1 | Walter H. Maxwell |
| Palace Hotel, Cincinnati, Oh. | Daily, “Souvenir Bill of Fare” supper menu | Palace Hotel | n.d. | Palace Hotel, Cincinnati; “50,477 Registered Arrivals 1892” |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Opening of the New Club Building | Pendennis Club | 1928, Dec. 11 | 1920s art; Pendennis Club buildings |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Louisville Paper Company Dinner in honor of Kentucky Press Association | Louisville Paper Company | 1930, Jan. 17 | Officers, Kentucky Press Association; Officers, Louisville Paper Company |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Thanksgiving dinner menu | Pendennis Club | 1968, Nov. 28 | Thanksgiving celebrations |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Pendennis Club | n.d. | crest with a bird: “Nec Tenui Penna” |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Pendennis Club | n.d. | crest with a bird: “Nec Tenui Penna” |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Thanksgiving dinner menu | Pendennis Club | 1969, Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving celebrations |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, children’s menu | Pendennis Club | n.d. | children’s menu; cartoons |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Fifth Biennial Convention Dinner | Pendennis Club | 1929, Sept. 25 | Daughters of the American Revolution; American War Mothers |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Derby festivities notice to members | Pendennis Club | 1959, April 1 | Kentucky Derby |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Derby Day dinner | Pendennis Club | 1959, May 2 | Kentucky Derby |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Derby Eve luncheon | Pendennis Club | 1959, May 1 | Kentucky Derby |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Derby Day brunch | Pendennis Club | 1959, May 2 | Kentucky Derby |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Derby Eve dinner | Pendennis Club | 1959, May 1 | Kentucky Derby |
| Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. | Farewell Dinner to Arthur Krock by his friends | Friends of Arthur Krock | 1928, March 20 | Caricature; poetry clipping |
| Phoenix Hotel, Lexington, KY | Thanksgiving dinner menu | Phoenix Hotel | 1884, Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving celebrations |
| Pioneer Memorial State Park, Harrodsburg, Ky. | Dedication of the Pioneer Monument of the West by Franklin D. Roosevelt (invitation and program) | Kentucky Pioneer Memorial Association | 1934, Nov. 16 | Kentucky Pioneer Memorial Association; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Otto Rothert (attendee) |
| Planters Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. | Luncheon Given to the President of the U.S., Members of his Cabinet, etc. | Business Men’s League of St. Louis | 1909, Oct. 25 | William Howard Taft; Members of Business Men’s League of St. Louis; Lists: Presidential Cabinet Members, U.S. Representatives, Senators, Governors, Ambassadors |
| Playhouse, Belknap Campus, Louisville, Ky. | Special convocation in honor of His Excellency the Ambassador of Great Britain (invitation & admission card) | University of Louisville | 1944, Jan. 10 | invitations; admission cards; R.C. Ballard Thruston; Great Britain |
| Rufer’s, (?) | First Annual Possum Supper | D.S.A.W. Club | 1892, Nov. 19 | possum; mountain dew; D.S.A.W. Club |
| Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Banquet | Louisville Board of Trade, Kentucky Oil Men’s Association | 1919, May 23 | |
| Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Testimonial dinner in honor of Albin Wunderlich | Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Company | 1913, March 1 | Seelbach Leather Room; photo of Albin Wunderlich; guest list |
| Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner honoring Rev. Charles Clingman upon his retirement as Bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky | Diocese of Kentucky | 1953, Oct. 1 | Charles Clingman biographical sketch; Seal of the Church in the Diocese of Kentucky |
| Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. | Dinner in Honor of Monsieur le Baron Moncheur | Louisville Board of Trade | 1917, July 24 | Louisville Board of Trade; French language; poem “The Unconquerable,” dedicated to the people of Belgium |
| Simmons, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Simmons | 1974, April | modern cuisine; 1970s cuisine |
| Simmons, Louisville, Ky. | Menu and invitation to opening day of restaurant, New Year’s Day 1974 | Simmons | 1973, Dec. 17 | Mr. and Mrs. Broecker; New Year’s celebrations; restaurant openings |
| Simmons, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Simmons | 1974, Nov. | |
| Simmons, Louisville, Ky. | Daily | Simmons | 1974, May | |
| Sixth Avenue, Louisville Ky. | Daily | Sixth Avenue, “Restaurant of the Americas” | n.d., c. 1980s | Kentucky rainbow trout; short history of American cuisine; Sixth Avenue was an offshoot of Casa Grisanti’s |
| Steamboat St. Paul, Mississippi River | Dinner on the Mississippi River to President William Howard Taft, members of his cabinet, etc. (Also included: List of signatures titled “Augustus E. Willson’s [Gov. of Ky.] Copy, Steamer St. Paul October 29th 1909”) | Business Men’s League of St. Louis | 1909, Oct. 26 | William Howard Taft; Business Men’s League of St. Louis; steamboat art; Steamboat St. Paul; Kentucky Governor A.E. Willson |
| Stouffer’s Top of the Tower, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, dinner | Stouffer’s | n.d., c. 1970s | Stouffers frozen prepared foods; art by Janet Bauer |
| Stouffer’s Top of the Tower, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, “Soup ‘n Sandwich Luncheon” | Stouffer’s | n.d., c. 1970s | Stouffers frozen prepared foods; art by Janet Bauer |
| Sullivan and Branch Café and Restaurant, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, lunch menu | Sullivan & Branch | 1913, Oct. 4 | Handwritten menu |
| Sullivan and Branch Café and Restaurant, Louisville, Ky. | Daily, lunch menu | Sullivan & Branch | 1915, June 9 | Typewritten menu |
| Waldorf-Astoria, New York, Ny. | Banquet in Honor of Fredrick A. Cook, M.D. (Menu) | Arctic Club of America | 1909, Sept. 23 | Arctic Club of America; Fredrick A. Cook “Discoverer of the North Pole” |
| Waldorf-Astoria, New York, Ny. | Banquet in Honor of Fredrick A. Cook, M.D. (Seating Arrangement) | Arctic Club of America | 1909, Sept. 23 | Arctic Club of America; Fredrick A. Cook “Discoverer of the North Pole;” guest list/seating arrangement |
| Warren Memorial Church, Louisville, Ky. | Dairy Maid’s Tea | Warren Memorial Church | 1902, March 21 | Bazar/rummage sale; poem by Neville S. Bullitt |
| Weissinger-Gaulbert, Louisville, Ky. | Floral Bazar | Weissinger-Gaulbert | n.d., April 8 (before 1969) | Japanese tea garden; shopping: “useful and fancy articles for sale”; watercolor art |
| Willard, Washington D.C. | Dinner in Honor of Irvin S. Gobb | Kentucky Society of Washington D.C. | 1931, Jan. 27 | |
| Unknown | Football banquet | “KMI” Football | 1927, Dec. 9 | Football |
| Unknown | 109th Annual Report “Special Luncheon Edition” | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. | 1960, April 6 | L&N Annual Report 1959 Highlights: number of employees, operating results, financial position at end of year; L&N directors and officers list |
| Unknown | Dinner to family and friends of William Sowders on his 50th birthday | Sowders, William | 1872, March 18 | Birthday celebrations |
| Unknown | Reception and Ball in honor of Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks | Unknown | 1895, Aug | Dance cards; polka; waltz; lanciers; Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks; Grover Cleveland |
| Unknown | Menu, Table d’Hote | Unknown | 1929, Oct. 16 |