Page Family Papers, 1909-1943.

Collection held by The Filson Historical Society 

 

Creator: Page Family 

Title: Papers, 1909-1943 

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

Size of Collection: .33 cu. ft. 

Location Number: Mss. A P132a 

 

Scope and Content Note  

This collection consists of letter written by Cazwell Page to his future wife, Lucy Belle McCheney in 1909. Page is a hotel worker first at the Seelbach in Louisville and later the Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis. The letters mostly express his desire to see her and his hopes and plans for the future. The later material is some genealogical correspondence and newspaper articles about Otto Rothert and George Keats. 

 

Historical/Biographical Note 

Cazwell Page was working for the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville and courting Lucy McCheney in 1909. He briefly moves to St. Louis, Missouri to take a job at the Jefferson Hotel before coming back to Louisville to marry Lucy. 

 

Folder List  

Folder 1: Correspondence, April 1909. 

Folder 2: Correspondence, June 1909. 

Folder 3: Correspondence, July 1909. 

Folder 4: Correspondence, August 1909. 

Folder 5: Miscellaneous and newspaper clippings, undated. 

 

Subject Headings 

Courtship – Kentucky. 

Suicide – Kentucky.