Muldoon Monument Company Records, 1894-1950

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Muldoon Monument Company 

Title:  Records, 1894-1950 

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

Size of Collection:  5 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. BB M954 

Scope and Content Note 

This collection contains sale transactions of tombstones to Southerners and Midwesterners from 1894 to 1950. The 11 sales books contain information concerning each sale such as the purchaser’s name and address, the shipping destination, cost, type and make of the tombstone, the seller’s name or initials, and date of purchase. The 11 register books contain the deceased person’s name, dates of birth and death, and any other information or messages that the surviving family wished to have etched into the tombstone. Each book is chronologically and alphabetically arranged. 

Biographical Note 

Michael McDonald Muldoon founded the Muldoon Monument Company after moving to Louisville from Ireland via Ohio in 1860. Along with his partner, Charles Bullett who worked out of Carrara, Italy, Muldoon sold quarried stone for tombstones and public buildings such as Louisville’s City Hall. The Muldoon Monument Company operated in Louisville and serviced the South and the Midwest. Muldoon died in 1911, but his company survived into the twentieth century. 

Folder List 

Book 1: Register Book, 1894-1910 

Book 2: Register Book, 1910-1916 

Book 3: Register Book, October 28, 1916 – October 13, 1921 

Book 4: Register Book, October 14, 1921 – April 7, 1926 

Book 5: Register Book, April 8, 1926 – November 21, 1928 

Book 6: Register Book, November 21, 1928 – August 30, 1933 

Book 7: Register Book, August 30, 1933 – June 25, 1937 

Book 8: Register Book, June 29, 1937 – April 19, 1941 

Book 9: Register Book, April 21, 1941 – September 12, 1944 

Book 10: Register Book, September 12, 1944 – October 31, 1947 

Book 11: Register Book, October 31, 1947 – June 30, 1950 

Book 12: Sales Book, 1894-1905 

Book 13: Sales Book, May 3, 1905 – October 14, 1916 

Book 14: Sales Book, October 1916 – October 1921 

Book 15: Sales Book, October 14, 1921 – March 9, 1925 

Book 16: Sales Book, March 9, 1925 – November 21, 1928 

Book 17: Sales Book, November 21, 1928 – August 30, 1933 

Book 18: Sales Book, August 30, 1933 – June 25, 1937 

Book 19: Sales Book, June 28, 1937 – April 19, 1941 

Book 20: Sales Book, April 24, 1941 – September 12, 1944 

Book 21: Sales Book, September 12, 1944 – October 31, 1947 

Book 22: Sales Book, November 1, 1947 – June 30, 1950