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Bartlett Family Papers, 1858-1930

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Bartlett Family 

Title:  Papers, 1858-1930 

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

Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot 

Location Number:  Mss. A B291 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection spans 1858-1930 and is contained in 24 folders. It is in three boxes. The bulk of the collection is made up of Irving C. and Austin G. Bartlett’s personal and business papers. Topics of interest are a Russellville, Ky. quarry, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, distillery and tobacco industries, Freemasons, baseball, Indian rights, Daniel Boone, and anti-Catholic feelings. It also includes tobacco tags, ca. 1880s, and a Confederate Association of Kentucky Constitution and By-laws pamphlet. 

Biographical Note 

Irving Chapin Bartlett, son of Phipps Waldo Bartlett and Emily Byrd (Chapin) Bartlett, was born in Clarksburg, Va., (now W. Va.) on 19 December 1842. He married Ella Glazebrook; and the couple had one son, Austin Glazebrook Bartlett. Bartlett died on 10 July 1893. 

Bartlett received his early education in Flemingsburg, Ky., and graduated from high school in Convington, Ky. After graduating from Centre College in Danville, Ky., in 1861, he enlisted in the military of the Confederate States of America and served under the command of General John Hunt Morgan. After being wounded at Edgefield, Tenn., Bartlett was discharged and moved to Louisville, Ky. In 1865 he began working at the Second National Bank. Later on, Bartlett became a partner in John Callaghan and Company, a whiskey wholesaler. 

Austin Glazebrook Bartlett, son of Irving Chapin Bartlett and Ella (Glazebrook) Bartlett, was born in Louisville, Ky., and graduated from the University of Virginia. From 1909-1919 he served as Vice-President and Treasurer of the W. J. Sparks Company of Mt. Vernon, Ky., and from 1921-1925 he operated a stone quarry in Russellville, Ky. He was married to Bess (Sparks) Bartlett. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

  1. Personal Correspondence (Irving C. Bartlett, Austin G. Bartlett);ca. 1858-1930
  2. Business Correspondence (Irving C. Bartlett); 1887-1893
  3. Business Correspondence (Austin G. Bartlett); January-June 1922
  4. Business Correspondence (Austin G. Bartlett); July-December 1922, ca. 1922
  5. Business Correspondence (Austin G. Bartlett); January-June 1923
  6. Business Correspondence (Austin G. Bartlett); July-December 1923, ca. 1923,1924
  7. Business Papers (Irving C. Bartlett); 1881-1893
  8. Business Papers (Austin G. Bartlett); 1918-1923

Box 2 

  1. Business Bills and Receipts (Austin G. Bartlett); 1922-1923
  2. Payroll Books (Austin G. Bartlett); 1922
  3. Personal Financial Papers (Irving C. Bartlett, Austin G. Bartlett); 1887-1893,1923
  4. Personal Bills and Receipts (Irving C. Bartlett, Austin G. Bartlett); 1882-1893,1923
  5. Speeches, Writings, Poetry (Irving C. Bartlett); 1858-ca. 1880s
  6. Sympathy Cards (Austin G. Bartlett); 1928

Box 3 

  1. Irving C. Bartlett Estate Papers; 1893-1894
  2. George Pearce Estate Papers; 1871-1893
  3. R.H.Edelen Papers; 1868-1892 
  4. Tobacco Tag Book; 1881
  5. Tobacco Tag Book; ca. 1880s
  6. Tobacco Tag Book; ca. 1880s
  7. Tobacco Tag Book; ca. 1880s
  8. Tobacco Tag Book; ca. 1880s
  9. Tobacco Tag Book; ca. 1880s
  10. Miscellaneous (Irving C. Bartlett, Austin G. Bartlett); 1883-1922

 

  

Banks, Daniel Chapman (1782-1844) Papers, 1790-1932

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Banks, Daniel Chapman, 1782-1844 

Title:  Papers, 1790-1932 

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

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A B218 

Scope and Content Note 

Correspondence, diary, legal papers, ephemera, etc. pertaining to Banks, a Louisville Presbyterian minister. The diary and some of the letters chronicle his 1815-1816 trip from Connecticut to Louisville in which he travels through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio; his 1821 trip to Indiana; and his 1822 trip to New Orleans. He describes his travel experiences including his activities, the land, and the people. He also pays particular attention to religious matters. Other letters describe his activities in Louisville, including religious matters, and residents. Collection also includes sermon notes, poems, a circular letter about the effort to establish The Kentucky Historical Society, and miscellaneous material. 

Biographical Note 

Daniel Chapman Banks (1782-1844) was a Presbyterian clergyman who traveled as a missionary from Connecticut, through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, to Louisville, Ky. in search of a ministerial position. In Louisville, Banks was asked to form the First Presbyterian Church in the city. He was released from the church ca. 1822 and traveled as a missionary and sold Bibles. One of Louisville’s prominent citizens he helped to organize other Presbyterian churches, and other civic affairs. Banks was buried in Western Cemetery. 

Folder List 

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1814-1816 

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1817-1819 

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1820-1854 

Folder 4: Diary,1815-1816 (journey from New England to Kentucky), 1821 (missionary trip to Indiana), 1822 (trip to New Orleans), 1828-1838 (scattered entries) Sermon Subjects, 1832 to 1842 

Folder 5: Legal Documents, Deeds, Bills, 1790-1844 

Folder 6: Printed Material, 1821-1840 

Folder 7: Sermon notes and poems, 1817, no date 

Folder 8: Miscellaneous Material, 1916-1932 

Ballard, Andrew Jackson (1815-1885) Papers, 1848-1896

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Ballard, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1885  

Title:  Papers, 1848-1896 

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 B189 

Scope and Content Note 

Includes Ballard’s letters to Frances Thruston during their courtship; business records; land papers; estate papers for various family members; family correspondence; household accounts; and tax records. 

Biographical Note 

Andrew Jackson Ballard (1815-1885) Louisville lawyer, state legislator, and court clerk. For more information on Ballard consult The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky. 

Folder List  

Box 1 

1 Correspondence to Fanny (Thruston) Ballard, 1838-1878.A.L.S. Henry Clay to Andrew Jackson Ballard, Ashland 21 May 1849.

2 Household accounts, 1859-1896.

3 Abby Churchill Ballard correspondence and receipt, 1869-1874.

4 Materials concerning a pew rental at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville.Materials concerning memorial windows to Samuel Churchill.

5 Correspondence, 1870-1885.

6 Emolument returns and income taxes, 1864-1873.

 

Box 2 

7 Commercial Hotel materials, 1860-1861.

8 Bill of sale for the Thruston house.Accounts of Henry Whitestone, architect.

9 Canceled checks, 1877-1878.

10 Canceled checks, receipt, lease, and account.

11 Checks drawn by Ballard as Clerk of the U.S. District Court.

12 Fee bills of the Louisville Chancery Court and the Louisville District Court, 1874-1882.

 

Box 3 

13 State taxes, 1848-1884.

14 City orders for improvements, 1851-1881.

15 City taxes and assessments, 1877-1880.

16 City taxes and assessments, 1881-1884.

17 Deeds, 1849-1877.

18 Leases, 1852-1859.

19 Leases, 1860-1869.

20 Leases, 1870-1879.

21 Leases, 1880-1885.

 

Box 4 

22 Estate papers of James Ballard, 1848-1859.Will of Susannah Ballard, 1852.Affidavit of Bland W. Ballard, 1851. 

23 Estate papers of Thomas J. Ballard, 1852-1859.

24 Thomas E. Ballard bank receipt, 1859.Thomas J. Ballard pension materials, 1875.

25 Correspondence concerning the estate of Benjamin Ballard, 1853-1864.

26 Receipts of Thomas H. Ballard and Andrew Jackson Ballard as trustees for thechildren of Ben Simpson, 1837-1855.

27PerlinaW. Collings and D. B. Wiggington receipts, 1858-1875. 

28 Mrs. E. Sue Phillips and Sallie P. Otis canceled checks and receipts, 1853-1875.

 

Box 5 

29 Churchill estate papers, 1853-1866.

30 John Wilson account with Andrew Jackson Ballard Churchill heirs, 1861-1868.

31 Alfred Thruston receipts and materials concerning Boone County lands and anAnn C. Farrar receipt, 1851-1856.

32 Missouri Bounty Lands papers, 1843-1871.

33 Missouri lands papers from Austin P. CoxLetters of G. W. Stoner of Hickman, Ky., 1849-1856.

34FontainLockrey papers, 1850-1854. 

35 Nancy Collett papers, 1855-1884.

36 John W.Finnellpapers, 1875. 

37 Owen Gibbons business and legal business papers, 1854-1855.

38 Records of the River Road Co., 1860.Records of the Shepherdsville Plank Road Co., 1853-1860.

 

Box 6 

39 Map and other materials about the Pocahontas Silver Mine, Rosita, Colo., 1876.

40 Pamphlet: Report on the Pocahontas Mine, 1877.Business papers, letters, etc., 1877.

41 Pocahontas Mine materials, 1878.

42 Pocahontas Mine materials, 1879 Feb.-May.

43 Pocahontas Mine materials, 1879 June-Dec.

44 Pocahontas Mine materials, 1880-1884.

 

Bailey, Chesley D. (b.1836) Diary, 1863-1864

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Bailey, Chesley D., b.1836 

Title:  Diary, 1863-1864 

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

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A B155 

Scope and Content Note 

Diary of Lt. Col. Chesley D. Bailey of the 9th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War. The diary starts in Nov. 1863 but Bailey begins to keep it faithfully in Feb. 1864 with few gaps before he is wounded during the battle for Atlanta. In the back he has noted various expenditures, where and when he is stationed, and items such as cartridges issued. Bailey describes the skirmishes and battles of the 9th Kentucky in Tennessee and Georgia. 

Biographical Note 

Chesley D. Bailey enlisted in the 9th Kentucky Infantry on 19 March 1862 as a Captain. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel on 18 May 1863. He was married to Elizabeth Berry. He commanded the 9th Kentucky from 3 May to 26 June while Col. Cram was ill. He was wounded in the femoral artery at Jonesboro outside of Atlanta was discharged in October 1864 due to his injury. 

Folder List 

Folder 1: Diary 1863-1864. 

Folder 2: Transcript of Diary. 

Folder 3: Photocopies of Diary. 

Folder 4: Photocopy of history of the 9th Kentucky Infantry. 

Folder 5: Photocopies of biographical information. 

 

Anderson-Latham Family Papers, 1771-1911

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Anderson-Latham Family 

Title:  Papers, 1771-1911 

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

Size of Collection:  122 items 

Location Number:  Mss. A A548c 

Biographical Note 

Richard Clough Anderson, Revolutionary War officer, land surveyor, and Kentucky pioneer. For more information consult the Kentucky Encyclopedia. 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers include Richard Clough Anderson correspondence, 1785-1826, accounts, 1777-1821, miscellaneous land papers, 1771-1823, and family correspondence of the Andersons and Lathams. Family correspondence includes letters from Anderson’s children, Charles, John, Roy, Larz, Maria Williams, Sarah, Mary Louis, Robert, and William Marshall Anderson, and from his son-in-law, James Hall discussing their activities and news. Letters from Louisville and Jefferson County record social events of the day. Other correspondents include Daniel Gregg, R.G. Lewis, and John Cleves Symmes. 

Some folders in this collection have been scanned. Click on the links in the folder list below to view PDFs.

Folder List  

Box 1 

1 Correspondence from John ClevesSymmesto Richard Clough Anderson, 1787 (photostats). 

2 Richard Clough Anderson correspondence, 1785-1826.

3 Sarah Marshall Anderson correspondence, 1822-1868.

4 Richard Clough Anderson accounts, land papers, and legal papers, 1771-1823.

5 Robert Anderson correspondence, 1822-1863 (click to access PDF).

6 William Marshall Anderson correspondence, 1820-1851.

 

Box 2 

7 Charles Anderson correspondence, 1835-1860

8 Richard Clough Anderson letter, June 7,n.y.

9 Larz Anderson correspondence 1823-1879. 

10 Mary Louisa Anderson correspondence, 1826-1856.

11 Allen Latham correspondence, 1823-1848 (click to access PDF).

12 Maria Anderson Latham and Allen Latham correspondence, 1813-1847 (click to access PDF).

13 Genealogical records of the Anderson, Dabney, Langhorne, and Thorntonfamilies.

14 Thomas Anderson correspondence and newspaper clippings.

15 John Ray Anderson correspondence and deed, 1831-1857.

16 Sarah Anderson Hendrick correspondence, 1818-1880.

17 Miscellaneous.

18 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1835-1880.

 

Allison Family Papers, 1891-1965

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Allison Family 

Title: Papers, 1891-1965 

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

Size of Collection:  4 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A A439b 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection includes correspondence, translations, manuscripts, etc. of Young E. Allison, III; and correspondence of his wife Margaret Tarrant Allison, their children, Young E. Allison, IV, and Margaret Allison Nightingale, and other Allison family members. Correspondence includes information on the 1937 flood, Eastern Kentucky, racial attitudes, World War II, and atomic weapons. The World War II letters are particularly interesting for their descriptions of WAVE and Army Air Force training during the war, and the contrast of social and housing conditions between commissioned and non-commissioned officers. 

Biographical Note 

The Allison family is a family of Henderson County, and Louisville, Ky. Collection includes correspondence of Young E. Allison, III (1890-1965), Young E. Allison, IV (1921-), Margaret Tarrant Allison, wife of Young E. Allison (1890-1965), and Margaret Allison Nightingale (1917-). 

Folder List  

Box 1 Young E. Allison, III (1890-1965) Correspondence 1910-1935 

1 Correspondence1891-1910.

2 Correspondence 1911-Sept. 1914.

3 Correspondence 1914 Oct.-1915 Apr.

4 Correspondence 1915 Apr. 11-May 15.

5 Correspondence 1915 May 16-Aug. 31.

6 Correspondence 1915 Sept. 30-Nov. 14.

7 Correspondence 1915 Nov. 15-Dec. 9.

8 Correspondence 1915 Dec. 10-31.

9 Correspondence 1916.

10 Correspondence 1917.

11 Correspondence 1918.

12 Correspondence 1919.

13 Correspondence 1920.

14 Correspondence 1921.

15 Correspondence 1922-1923.

16 Correspondence 1924.

17 Correspondence 1925.

18 Correspondence 1926-1927.

19 Correspondence 1928.

20 Correspondence 1929.

21 Correspondence 1930.

22 Correspondence 1931.

23 Correspondence 1932.

24 Correspondence 1933.

25 Correspondence 1934.

26 Correspondence 1935.

 

Box 2 Correspondence of Young Ewing Allison, III, 1936-1965. 

27 Correspondence 1936.

28 Correspondence 1937.

29 Correspondence 1938.

30 Correspondence 1939-1940.

31 Correspondence 1941.

32 Correspondence 1942-1965.

33 Newspaper clippings.

34 Several issues of the Bulletin of General Information.

35 Several issues of the Bulletin of General Information.

36 Miscellaneous.

37 Membership information.

38 Membership information 1881.

39 Editorial data.

40 Henderson memorial material.

41 “TheOrvilliad.” The Weekly Underwriter 1935 Feb.-June. 

42 “The Infinite Passion,” translated from Spanish by Young E. Allison.

43 Miscellaneous writings.

44 Poetry.

45 “Affiliation, Golf and the Old Steam Roller,” by Y. E. Allison, III.

46 Addresses delivered by Y. E. Allison, III.

47 Greeting cards.

48 Miscellaneous papers and booklets.

49 Miscellaneous printed materials.

50 Miscellaneous printed materials.

 

Box 3 

51 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence and printed material.

52 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1915-1916 Sept.

53 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1916 Oct.-1919.

54 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1920-1922.

55 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1923-1928.

56 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1933-1935.

57 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1936.

58 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1937-1939.

59 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1940-1949.

60 Margaret Tarrant Allison correspondence, 1952-1965.

61 CharlotteKusscorrespondence, 1936-1958. Printed material. 

62 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1933-1939.

63 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1940.

64 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1941.

65 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1942 Jan.-June.

66 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1942 July-Dec.

67 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1943 Jan.-June.

68 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1943 July-Dec.

 

Box 4 

69 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1944-1946.

70 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1949.

71 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1952.

72 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1953.

73 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1954.

74 Margaret Allison Nightingale correspondence, 1955, 1964.

75 Margaret Allison Nightingale miscellaneous materials: cards, programs, etc.

76 Young E. Allison, IV correspondence, 1936-1943 May.

77 Young E. Allison, IV correspondence, 1943 June-Dec.

78 Young E. Allison, IV correspondence, 1944.

79 Young E. Allison, IV correspondence, 1945-1949.

80 Young E. Allison, IV correspondence, 1952-1965.

81MyrnetteE. Allison correspondence, 1952-1953. 

82MyrnetteE. Allison correspondence, 1954-1955. 

83 George Allison correspondence, 1904-1907.

84 George Allison correspondence, 1908.

85 George Allison correspondence, 1909-1910.

86 George Allison correspondence, 1911-1920.

87 George Allison correspondence, 1921-1926.

88 George Allison correspondence, 1927-1940.

89 Philip M. Allison correspondence.

90 Jim Allison drawings.

 

Allen-Kenney Family Papers, 1845-1895

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Allen-Kenney Family 

Title:  Papers, 1845-1895 

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

Size of Collection:  1.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A A428 

Scope and Content Note 

Family papers of the Allen and Kenney families. Consists mostly of correspondence. Also includes the accounts, stud book, and address book of Joseph S. Kenney, and various invitations and programs. Calling cards, miscellaneous printed material, and some photographs are included in the collection. Subjects covered include agriculture, horse breeding, and social life in Kentucky and Tennessee. 

Folder List  

Box 1 

1 Correspondence from Mattie Allen to her grandmother, Eliza L. Allen, n.d.Funeral notice of Mrs. E. L. Allen.

2 Letter to Richard Allen from his son, George 1865.

3 Personal correspondence to Rosa A. Allen from her children 1855-1857 and n.d.

4 Frank Allen correspondence 1873 and n.d.

5 George Allen correspondence 1856-1865 and n.d.

6 Thomas W. and Mollie Allen Watkins correspondence 27 Dec. 1887(?).

7 Richard Allen correspondence and labor contract 1880-1887.

8 Ann Allen correspondence 1847-1849.

9 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence 1854-1859.

10 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence 1864-1866.

11 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence 1870-1873.

12 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence 1874-1877.

13 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence 1881-1920.

14 Ann (Allen) Kenney correspondence n.d.

15 Joseph S. Kenney correspondence 1853-1880.

15a Joseph S. Kenney accounts 1871-1891.

16 Allen Kenney correspondence and accounts 1889-1890.

17 William Kenney statement of account 1885.

 

Box 2 

18 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1856, 1875.

19 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1877.

20 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1878 Jan.-June.

21 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1878 Aug.-Dec.

22 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1879.

23 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1882-1883.

24 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1884-1886.

25 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1887.

26 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1888.

27 Rosa Kenney correspondence 1889-1894.

28 Rosa Kenney correspondence n.d.

29 Rosa Kenney statements of account 1875 and n.d.

 

Box 3 

30 Mattie Kenney correspondence 1874-1886.

31 Mattie Kenney correspondence 1887-1895.

32 Receipt.

33 Essay.

34 Chamberlain andDeinologianSocieties of Centre College invitations 1882-1883. Programs of Washington’s birthday celebration 1893. 

35 Invitations 1878-1886.

36 Dance invitations and programs 1882-1884.

37 Calling cards and photographs.

38 Miscellaneous printed material.

39 Theater program (broadside) 23 Aug. 1878.

40 Joseph S. Kenney memorandum and account book 1845-1850.

41 Joseph S. Kenney account book 1860-1869.

42 Joseph S. Kenney account book 1869-1882.

43 Joseph S. Kenney account book 1882-1890.

44 Joseph S. Kenney stud book.

45 Mattie Allen memorandum and account book 1876-1879.

46 Penmanship exercise book.

47 Penmanship exercise book.

48 Joseph S. Kenney address book.

 

Ainslie, Hew (1792-1878) Papers, 1834-1900

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Ainslie, Hew, 1792-1878 

Title:  Papers, 1834-1900 

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

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A A296 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection includes the papers of Hew Ainslie and his son, James Wellstood Ainslie. Collection begins twelve years after Hew Ainslie’s 1822 move to the United States and ends in 1900. Correspondence is mainly personal but also discusses Ainslie’s business interests and his poetry. Correspondence of his son is also predominantly personal with the exception of some printed material concerning the trials of the Goebel assassination defendants. 

Correspondents include James Grant Wilson, Archibald Wilson, Thomas C. Latto, Sara D. Vandervoort, Benson J. Lossing, Daniel Ricketson, Archibald G. Constable, and George Donaldson. 

Biographical Note 

Hew Ainslie (1792-1878) poet from Scotland who settled in Louisville. [For more information consult the Dictionary of American Biography. 

Folder List  

Box 1 

1 Letter from David Prentice to his father, Archibald Prentice, 18 Mar. 1813.

2 Personal correspondence 1834-1836.

3 James Grant Wilson-Hew Ainslie correspondence 1865-1877.

4 Archibald Wilson-Hew Ainslie correspondence 1864-1877.

5 Personal correspondence 1868-1878.

6 Draft of his letter to Daniel Ricketson, Sept. 1872, and to J.G. Colson, 12 Sept.1873.

7 JamesWellstoodAinslie correspondence. Printed material from the Citizen’s Committee concerning the Goebel assassination trial. 

8 James Ainslie-Andrew Murray correspondence 12 Jan. 1889.

9 The Kilmarnock Standard and Ayrshire Advertising Leader of 9 Apr. 1892.Contains and article on the centenary of Hew Ainslie.Obituary of James W. Ainslie 14 Sept. 1902. 

10 Memorial to Reuben Post Halleck.Letters of condolence.Obituary. 

 

Munn, Abraham Godwin (1819-1909) Papers, 1856-1930

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Munn, Abraham Godwin, 1819-1909 

Title:  Papers, 1856-1930 

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

Size of Collection:  

Location Number:   

Scope and Content Note 

Papers include correspondence regarding business and family matters, the Jennie Casseday Rest Cottage, and the Louisville Free Kindergarten Association; and a map of Lakeland, Fla., 1884. 

Also included are the papers of William Garnett Munn (1855-1948), Louisville manufacturer and son of Abraham Munn, containing routine correspondence and an 1889 stock certificate for the Pewee Valley Hotel Co. 

Collection also includes Louisville Fire Dept. reports for 1909. 

Correspondents include Bishop Thomas U. Dudley, Andrew Cowan, Augustus E. Willson, and others 

Biographical Note 

1819 Born in Orange, N. J. 

1838 Moved to Louisville. 

1844 Started his own seed and agricultural store. 

1844 Married Rebecca Morton. 

1855-1866 Ran Munn & Co. which produced agricultural implements. 

1866 Moved back to N. J. 

1882 Became president of Brennan & Co. 

1909 Died 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1856.

2 Correspondence, 1885.

3 Correspondence, 1886-1888.

4 Correspondence, 1889.

5 Correspondence, 1890.

6 Correspondence, 1891.

7 Correspondence, 1892.

8 Correspondence, 1893-1898.

9 Correspondence, 1897.

10 Correspondence, 1898-1899.

11 Correspondence, 1900-1903.

12 Miscellaneouspapers, 1884-1885. 

13 Resolutions of the Board of Managers of the Cave Hill Cemetery Co. on thedeath of A. G. Munn, 1909 Oct. 18.

14 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1903.

15 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1904.

16 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1905.

17 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1906.

18 William Garnett Munncorrespondence, 1907-1910.

19 Letter of C. H.Zirckel, 1930 June 30, to William Garnett Munn, requestinginformation about the Kentucky Drill; accompanied by a carbon copy of Munn’s reply, 1930 July 9. 

20 William Garnett Munn certificate of stock in the Pewee Valley Hotel Co., 1889Oct. 11.

21 Louisville Fire Dept. reports for 1909.

22 Photograph of William Garnett Munn.

 

Abert, James William (1820-1897) Papers, 1861-1893

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Abert, James William, 1820-1897 

Title:  Papers, 1861-1893 

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

Size of Collection:  0.66 cubic ft. (12 v.) 

Location Number:  Mss. A A991 

Scope and Content Note 

The papers of James Abert cover his travels to Europe, military service during the Civil War, and his years as a professor. The collection consists of twelve volumes, most of which are sketchbooks. These include sketches and watercolor drawings. Most of the illustrations are of classical, floral, and American Indian (especially Aztec) themes. Some are of buildings and statues seen on his 1861 trip to Paris and Rome. There is also a sketchbook which includes several articles written by Abert on art and the Aztecs. Also included are Abert’s military journal of his service as a topographical engineer in the Dept. of the Shenandoah, a notebook containing engineering memoranda with notes on the battle of Fredericksburg and maps, and a pamphlet entitled Personal Recollections of the War. The papers of James William Abert, Army officer and university professor, were purchased in 1943. 

Folder List 

 Box 1 

  1. Sketchbook.Sketches of flora, mollusks, and Aztec Indians.
  2. Sketchbook.Sketches of flora, fauna, and encounters between Native Americans and colonists.
  3. Sketchbook.Watercolors of flora.Indexed. 
  4. Notebook. Engineering memoranda, notes on the Arabian Nights, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and maps.

Box 2 

  1. Personal Recollections of the War, by David H.Strother.Harpers New Monthly Magazine. 
  2. Military Journal of CaptainAbert, while serving in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, Dept. of the Shenandoah, 2 July-30 Aug. 1861.
  3. Sketchbook.Sketches of classical figures and themes.
  4. Sketchbook.Sketches of classical and religious figures, and dogs.
  5. Sketchbook.Entitled “Writings.”Contains several articles written by Abert on art and the Aztecs. 
  6. Sketchbook.Sketches of classical figures and themes.
  7. Sketchbook.Sketches and watercolors of flora.
  8. Sketchbook.Sketches of Italian buildings, art, etc.

 

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