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Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Van Stockum, Ronald Reginald, 1916- 

Title:  Additional Papers, 1770-1827, 1885-2013 

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

Size of Collection:  5 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A V217b 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers dealing with Van Stockum’s writing career after his retirement from the United States Marine Corps in 1969. The collection includes photocopies of research materials, drafts of his books, and some original material Van Stockum consulted while writing Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether: Kentucky Pioneers and Kentucky and the Bourbons: The True Story of Allen Dale Farm. Original material in the collection chiefly consists of correspondence related to Allen Dale Farm in Shelby County, Kentucky, Susanne Henning, and Van Stockum’s efforts to publish his books. Research materials primarily concern Squire Boone (brother of Daniel Boone), Nicholas Meriwether (cousin of Meriwether Lewis and early Kentucky settler), and Allen Dale Farm in Shelby County, Kentucky. Material related to Van Stockum’s publication of these books is also included. Folder 119 of this collection has been digitized. To view PDF scan, click on the link provided in the folder list below.

A photo album was separated to The Filson’s Photograph Collection (accession number 013PC36). 

Biographical Note 

Ronald Reginald Van Stockum was born seven days after his father, Sergeant Reginald Barcham, was killed in the battle of the Somme in 1916. His mother, Florence Barcham, born in England and then living in France, moved to the United States and married again to A. William Van Stockum, who adopted the young man. Van Stockum grew up on the west coast and graduated from the ROTC program at the University of Washington in 1937. From there he attended the Officers School at the Marine Barracks at the Naval Yards in Philadelphia. 

He began his career in the Marines as a Lieutenant on the USS Tennessee. He made his first trip through the Panama Canal with that ship and was part of the crew that showed the flag at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. He was later transferred to the USS Wasp and was part of the North Atlantic fleet protecting convoys in U.S. waters before the U.S engagement in World War II. When the U.S. entered the war, Van Stockum had been promoted to Captain and was still aboard the Wasp. He served on the ship as it made two runs into the Mediterranean Sea to deliver Spitfire fighters to Malta in 1942. 

Van Stockum left the Wasp before it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo. He trained in New Zealand and then was part of the invasions of Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima. By the end of the war he was promoted to Colonel and had received several medals including a Bronze Star. After the war he was involved with training and recruiting for the Marines before being sent to Japan in the early 1950s. 

After his time in Japan, he was involved in an exercise in Thule, Greenland and was later part of the Army’s Arctic Training School. He then was sent to the Canadian Defense College and after assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C. While at Camp Lejeune he found himself serving as the aggressor “Colonel-General” in a war game, and then as Chief of Staff at the base. His promotion to Brigadier General ended his stay at Camp Lejeune. 

His promotion placed Van Stockum with the Marine Reserves in the Pennsylvania/Ohio area traveling on inspection tours of the various units. This lasted until his transfer to Okinawa, Japan in 1966-1967. While on Okinawa, he made several trips through the region, visiting Japan, South Korea and the Republic of Vietnam. He was involved in logistics and transport of people to and from Vietnam. After leaving Okinawa he served as the Marine Representative on the Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals. He served on the board until his retirement in 1969. 

After retirement from the United States Marine Corps, Van Stockum moved to his wife’s family farm in Shelby County, Kentucky. He worked at the University of Louisville as an administrative officer, including time as the Assistant Dean of Administration of the School of Medicine, until he retired from the civilian workforce. He also served on Louisville’s Armed Forces Commission. After his civilian retirement, he served as President of the Filson Club and later as its temporary director. Van Stockum also authored two books on Shelby County and Kentucky history. 

Van Stockum married Susanne Meriwether Henning de Charette (12 April 1915-20 May 2000); they had three children, Michele Herzog, Ronald Reginald Jr., and Charles Anthony. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

Personal Correspondence 

Folder 1: Inventory of Gift Materials, 2013 

Folder 2: Correspondence with Anne Caudill, 2011-2013 

Folder 3: Complete Charette Inventory, 2005 

Folder 4: Complete Charette Inventory, 2005 

Folder 5: Correspondence with Thomas Clark, 1986-2004 

Folder 6: Thomas Clark Material, 1993-2006 

Folder 7: Lee Meriwether Correspondence, 1952-1965 

Folder 8: Lee Meriwether Correspondence, 1929-1935 

Folder 9: France Trip Reports, 1984-1996 

Folder 10: Joy Bale Boone and George Boone Correspondence, 1987-1992 

Kentucky and the Bourbons: The True Story of Allen Dale Farm Materials 

Folder 11: Inventory of Kentucky and the Bourbons Box 1 Materials, 21 September 2013 

Folder 12: Barns and Other Structures of Allen Dale Farm, 1915, 1926 

Folder 13: Robert Polk Allen vs. Heirs (photocopies), 1800-1818 

Folder 14: Robert Polk Allen Injunction (photocopies), 1817 

Folder 15: Robert Polk Allen vs. Heirs (notes and photocopies), 1817-1821 

Folder 16: Shannon Lands Inc. (Robert Polk Allen’s Original Plantation) (notes and photocopies), 1801 

Folder 17: Robert Polk Allen vs. Heirs Consent Decree (notes and photocopies), 1824-1827 

Folder 18: Robert Polk Allen Legal Cases (photocopies), 1817 

Folder 19: Haff vs. Roberts Court Case (photocopies), 1805 

Folder 20: Sue Henning Legal Cases (photocopies and notes), 1912-1933 

Folder 21: Meriwether vs. Allen Testimony (photocopies and notes), 1886 

Folder 22: Betti Meriwether vs. George Baylor Allen Court Cases (photocopies and notes), 1885-1886 

Folder 23: Kentucky and the Bourbons Additional Material (photocopies and notes), 1826, undated 

Folder 24: Kentucky and the Bourbons Introduction, Documentation, and Notes (photocopies and notes), 1887, undated 

Folder 25: Kentucky and the Bourbons Draft Synopses, 1989 

Folder 26: Kentucky and the Bourbons Preface and Introduction, 1988 

Folder 27: Kentucky and the Bourbons Cast of Characters, 1986-1990 

Folder 28: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 1A (Early Kentucky History), undated 

Folder 29: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 1B (Early Shelby County History) (notes and photocopies), 1809, 1916, 1965, 1986 

Folder 30: Kentucky and the Bourbons Critiques of Nicholas Meriwether Article, 1985 

Folder 31: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 3 (Allan, Allen Family), 1790s, 1899, 1987-1990 

Folder 32: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 4 (Allen Family), 1989 

Folder 33: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 5 (Robert Polk Allen) (notes and photocopies), 1810, 1890, 1984-1888 

Folder 34: Kentucky and the Bourbons Robert Polk Allen Working File, undated 

Folder 35: Kentucky and the Bourbons Robert Polk Allen Ejectment (notes and photocopies), 1815, 1989 

 

Box 2 

Folder 36: Kentucky and the Bourbons Robert Polk Allen Final Draft, 1988 

Folder 37: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 6 (Peachy Purdie’s Patent), 1989 

Folder 38: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 7 (J. Will Hennings) (notes and photocopies), 1907-1912, 1990 

Folder 39: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 8 (International Romance), 1985-2004 

Folder 40: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 9 (General Baron De Charette), 1986 

Folder 41: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 10 (Antoinette Polk, Baronne de Charette) (notes and photocopies), 1896, 1990 

Folder 42: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 11 (Marquise Susan de Charette, “American in Paris”) (notes, photocopies, original correspondence), 1911-1914, 1990-1997 

Folder 43: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 12 (Sue T. Henning, “A Woman Ahead of Her Time”) (notes, photocopies, original correspondence), 1907-1931 

Folder 44: Inventory of Kentucky and the Bourbons Box 2 Materials, 2013 

Folder 45-46: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 13 (“Storm Clouds Over Allen Dale”), Farm Correspondence (notes and photocopies), 1904-1928 

Folder 47: Sue Henning Scrapbook and Summary of Important Diary Entries (photocopies), 1925-1926 

Folder 48: Sue Henning, Marquise Susanne de Charette, Antoine de Charette, Antoinette Polk Correspondence (photocopies), 1910-1920 

Folder 49: Entries in Sue Henning’s Allen Dale Guest Book (photocopies), 1905-1915 

Folder 50: University of Kentucky Agricultural Library Materials Concerning Cattle Breeding at Allen Dale (photocopies), 1908-1926 

Folder 51: Jersey Cattle (photocopies), 1924 

Folder 52: Allen Dale Farm Miscellaneous Mementos and Correspondence, 1925-1926 

Folder 53: Sue Henning Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1900, 1926 

Folder 54: Sue Henning Patent and Stock Papers, 1923-1925 

Folder 55: Allen Dale Jersey Cattle Sales, 1923-1925 

Folder 56: Sue Henning Correspondence (photocopies), 1921-1923 

Folder 57: Sue Henning’s Correspondence (originals), 1930-1933 

Folder 58: The Jersey Bulletin and Dairy World, June 1933 

Folder 59: Sue Henning Death, Probate Materials, and Correspondence, 1933 

Folder 60: Sue Henning Obituary (photocopies), 1933 

Folder 61: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 14 (More Days in Court), 1912, 1922-1926 

Folder 62: Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Chapter 14 (More Days in Court) Materials, 1927-1936 

Folder 63: Allen Dale Farm Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine Materials, 1914-1915 

Folder 64: Marquise de Charette Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1919-1930s 

Folder 65: Marquise de Charette Farm Correspondence, 1933-1943 

Folder 66: Kentucky and the Bourbons Appendix Materials, undated 

Folder 67: Kentucky and the Bourbons Appendix 1 William Shannon Materials (photocopies and notes), circa 1770-circa 1800 

 

Box 3 

Folder 68: Henning Farm Correspondence, 1917-1927 

Folder 69: Kentucky and the Bourbons Bibliography and Secondary Sources (Photocopies), 1891-1915, 1938-1952, 1960-1977, 1990s 

Folder 70: Inventory of Kentucky and the Bourbons Original Box 3, 2013 

Folders 71-108: Kentucky and the Bourbons Publishing Information, 1980s-1990 

 

Box 4 

Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether: Kentucky Pioneers Materials 

Folder 109: Inventory of Squire Boone Box, 2013 

Folder 110: Squire Boone Manuscript, 1997 

Folder 111 Squire Boone Entries for Encyclopedia of Kentucky and Louisville Encyclopedia, 1992, 1997 

Folder 112: Squire Boone Lectures, 1995, 1997, 2010 

Folder 113: Squire Boone Introduction Materials, 1987-1994 

Folder 114: The Boone Family, by Hazel Atterbury Spraker (photocopies), undated 

Folder 115: Squire Boone Materials, 1994-1996 

Folder 116: Squire Boone Materials, 1994-1996 

Folder 117: Daniel Boone’s Routes into Kentucky Materials, 1994-1995 

Folder 118: Squire Boone Legal Documents (photocopies), undated 

Folder 119: Squire Boone Biographical Material (photocopies), undated (click to access PDF)

Folders 120-123: Draper Collection Materials on Squire Boone’s Sons (photocopies), 1995 

Folder 124: McDowell Collection Squire Boone Depositions (photocopies), undated 

Folder 125: Vince Akers Correspondence, 1981-1996 

Folder 126: Vince Akers Publications, 1979-1982 

Folder 127: Willard Rouse Jillson Publications (photocopies), undated 

Folder 128: Shelby County, Kentucky Courthouse Documents (photocopies), undated 

Folder 129: Lyman Draper Interview with Samuel Murphy Transcript (photocopies), undated 

Folder 130: The American Revolution in Kentucky, 1781: The Long Run Massacre (Boone’s Defeat) and Floyd’s Defeat by Vince Akers (photocopies), 1980-1982 

Folder 131: Route of Painted Stone Settlers and Long Run Massacre Settlers, 1981 

Folder 132: Dutch Cousins Gathering, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 2007 

Folder 133: Tales of the Dark and Bloody Ground, by Willard Rouse Jillson (notes and photocopies), 1942 

Folder 134: Shelby County Archives Documents (photocopies), undated 

Folder 135: Neal Hammon Research Material, 1990s 

Folder 136: Daniel Boone Research Material, 1980s-1990s 

Folder 137: Filson Historical Society Research Material, 1990s 

Folder 138: Squire Boone Research Material, 1990s 

Folder 139: Summaries of Books and Documents, 1990s 

Folder 140: Bluegrass Region History Tour, undated 

Folder 141: Boonesborough Materials, 1996-1997 

Folder 142: Madison County, Kentucky Research Material, 1995-1996 

Folder 143: Mocksville, North Caroline Research Material, 1995 

Folder 144: Painted Stone, Kentucky Surveys and Land Patents (photocopies), undated 

Folder 145: Painted Stone, Kentucky Surveys and Land Patents of Nearby Tracts (photocopies), undated 

Folder 146: Painted Stone Property Survey, 1990s 

Folder 147: Nancy O’Malley Survey of Painted Stone Station Material, 1994-1998 

Folder 148: General Reference Material, 1990s 

Folder 149: Shelby County Quarter Sessions (photocopies) and notes, 1990s 

Folder 150: Painted Stone Research Material, 1990s 

Folder 151: Miscellaneous Clippings, 2000s 

Folder 152: Painted Stone Festival, 1997 

Folder 153: Sketches of Squire Boone from Filson Historical Society (photocopies), 1998 

Folder 154: Heritage of Painted Stone, Play About Squire Boone, undated 

Folder 155: Painted Stone Massacre Reenactment, 2009 

Folder 156: Shelby County, Kentucky Court of Quarter Sessions Records (photocopies), 1795 

 

Box 5 

Folder 157: Shelby County, Kentucky Court of Quarter Sessions Records (photocopies), 1794-1795 

Folder 158: Early Land Patents in Kentucky, 2005 

Folder 159: Holeman Land Records (photocopies), undated 

Folder 160: Shelby County 1796 Tax Lists (photocopies), 1796 

Folder 161: Miscellaneous Research Notes, 1990s 

Folder 162: Squire Boone Research Bin Inventory, 2007 

Folder 163: Miscellaneous Research Material, 1995 

Folder 164: Duplicate Boone Materials, 1979, 1996 

Folder 165: Kentucky Book Fair Material, 2010 

Folder 166: Graphics for Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether, undated 

Folder 167: Notes on Chapter Two of Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether, undated 

Folder 168: Publication Information for Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether, 2009-2010 

Folder 169: Publishing Information, 2000s 

Folder 170: Squire Boone Working Material, undated 

Folder 171: Floyd’s Defeat Material, undated 

Folder 172: Filson Talk on the Long Run Massacre and Floyd’s Defeat, 2011 

Folder 173: Painted Stone Talk, 2011 

Folder 174: Copy of Squire Boone and Nicholas Meriwether (printout), undated 

Folder 175: Inventory of Meriwether box, undated 

Folder 176: Meriwether Connections Newsletter, January1982-October 1988 

Folder 177: Correspondence with Meriwether Society Members, 1985-1988 

Folder 178: Meriwether Society Meeting, 1985 

Folder 179: Nicholas Meriwether Legal Matters (photocopies), 1811 

Folder 180: Meriwether Family Genealogy (photocopies), 1770-1820 

Folder 181: Meriwether Family Genealogy in Kentucky, 1980s 

Folder 182: Correspondence with Heath Meriwether, John Browning, and John Gilmer, 1959-1980s 

Folder 183: Research on Meriwethers in Kentucky (notes and photocopies), 1793-1803, 1980s 

Folder 184: Additional Research Material on Nicholas Meriwether (notes and photocopies), 1773-1785, 1980s-1990s 

Folder 185: Nicholas Meriwether Legal Matters (photocopies and notes), 1800s, 1980s-1990s 

Folder 186: George Meriwether Research Material (photocopies and notes), 1800s, 1996 

Folder 187: Lewis Meriwether Exhumation Correspondence, 1996 

Folder 188: Nicholas Meriwether Letters and Correspondence, 1780s 

Folder 189: Van Stockum Talk on Nicholas Meriwether for Meriwether Society, undated 

 

Subject Headings 

Allen Dale Farm (Ky.) – History – Sources. 

Allen, Robert Polk, 1767-1834. 

Authorship. 

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. 

Boone, Joy Bale. 

Boone, Squire, 1744-1815. 

Boone family. 

Cattle – Kentucky – Shelby County. 

Caudill, Anne Frye. 

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005. 

Dairy farms – Kentucky – Shelby County. 

Foot-and-mouth disease – Kentucky – Shelby County. 

Henning, Susan Thornton, 1865-1933. 

Henning family. 

Jersey cattle – Kentucky – Shelby County. 

Land grants – Kentucky – History – Sources. 

Meriwether, Lee, 1862-1966. 

Meriwether, Nicholas, 1749-1828. 

Meriwether family. 

Meriwether Society. 

Pioneers – Kentucky – History – Sources. 

Poets, American – Kentucky. 

Shannon, William. 

Shelby County (Ky.) 

Van Stockum, Susanne Meriwether de Charette, 1915-2000. 

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Setzer, John

Title:  Papers, 1975-1988 

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 S495 

Scope and Content Note 

This collection of material gathered by Setzer, a Louisville-area photographer, consists mostly of printed material in the form of newsletters from the Art Center Association (ACA) and Water Tower Art Association (WTAA) of Louisville, KY (same organization; ACA from 1941-1985, WTAA from 1985-1989, when the name became Louisville Visual Art Association). Papers also include newspaper clippings and brochures from photograph shows. The oversized material includes two posters for the Center for Photographic Studies (Louisville, KY) and a copy of a newspaper article about the Center. 

Biographical Note 

John Setzer was a Louisville-area photographer who studied at the Center for Photographic Studies and was involved with the Art Center Association (ACA) and Water Tower Art Association (WTAA) of Louisville, KY. He currently (2013) resides in Georgia. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

Folder 1: Miscellaneous papers 

Folder 2: Newspaper clippings 

Folder 3: Exhibit labels 

Folder 4: Miscellaneous brochures 

Folder 5: Photogram, 1977 

Folder 6: Main Street, 1981-1982 

Folder 7: Art Center News, 1980 

Folder 8: Art Center News, 1981 

Folder 9: Art Center News, 1982 

Folder 10: Art Center News, 1983 

Folder 11: Art Center News, 1984 

Folder 12: Art Center News and Tower News, 1985 

Folder 13: Tower News, 1986 

Folder 14: Tower News, 1987 

Folder 15: Tower News, 1988 

Folder 16: Hart Fireplace Furnishing Catalog. 

Folder 17: Exhibit Catalogs. 

Folder 18 (oversized): Posters 

 

Subject Headings 

Art Center Association of Louisville. 

Artists – Kentucky. 

Bright, Barney. 

Center for Photographic Studies (Louisville, Ky.) 

Louisville Visual Art Association. 

Photographers – Kentucky. 

Photography. 

Pressma, C. J. 

Water Tower Art Association. 

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Jefferson, John F., 1833-1910 

Title:  Scrapbooks, 1849-1887 

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

Size of Collection:  19 volumes, 1 wrapped folder 

Location Number:  Mss. SB J45 

Scope and Content Note 

John F. Jefferson, a prominent Louisville merchant, compiled at least 15 of the 19 surviving scrapbooks in Louisville and during visits to New Orleans and Pass Christian, Mississippi, between 1881 and 1887. He organized each of his scrapbooks by themes such as “Events and Occurrences,” “Biographical,” “Personal,” “Jeffersonian,” “Curious and Wonderful,” “Recipes and Good Advice,” “Sermons, Letters, Speeches,” and “Miscellaneous.” Within his categories, the clippings are organized loosely chronologically. Several scrapbooks cover the same time period. Some themes and events appear in different categories and different scrapbooks. Please note that the numbering system for this collection does not match Jefferson’s original system which indicates that Volumes 5-7 and 11 and 12 are missing. 

The themes of the collection reflect Jefferson’s interests in religion, politics, business, fraternal organizations, poetry, literature, the theater, Louisville residents and events, his family, self help and sensational news. A staunch Democrat, he collected numerous articles on the political issues of the times at all levels of government as well as historical events from the late ante-bellum era to the presidency of Grover Cleveland (1884-1888). Many clippings refer to figures and events of the Civil War and Reconstruction era. 

Religious topics largely represent his denomination, the Methodist Episcopal Church South, as well as local Louisville churches. Jefferson also collected sermons of evangelists, most prominently Thomas DeWitt Talmage, and his own writings for the Nashville Christian Advocate. As a businessman, he collected materials related to the national economy, national business news, and local businesses, including fraud and scandal. Business clippings also include lists of wealthy Louisville taxpayers, business transactions, and advertisements for his firm T.L. Jefferson & Bros. 

Jefferson was an avid collector of theater-related articles as well as poems and essays on a variety of subjects which include the works of major and minor literary figures of the era. The categories “Anecdotes” and “Humorous and Wonderful” contain articles about the supernatural and human oddities as well as the writings of noted humorists of the times, including “Bill Arp,” “Professor Julius Caesar Hannibal,” and “Josh Billings.” His interest in sensational news (“Events and Occurrences”) is reflected in clippings regarding murder trials and catastrophes such as railroad and steam boat accidents, epidemics, fires, and natural disasters. 

The collection also contains miscellaneous news about Louisville, including events, prominent citizens, and sights as well as numerous obituaries and marriage notices. Those topics appear in the categories “Events and Occurrences” and “Personal.” He collected numerous articles on the personal, political and business activities of himself and his family under the heading “Jeffersonian.” Clippings collected under the “Good Advice” heading relate to health, first aid, grooming, etiquette, courtship and marriage, personal finance, food, drink, tobacco usage, travel, gardening, farming, pest control and other topics. 

Biographical Note 

John F. Jefferson (1833-1910) was one of three brothers who operated the wholesale and retail grocery T. L. Jefferson & Bros. Originally on the southeast corner of Brook and Market Streets, it later moved to the northwest corner of First and Main Streets in Louisville. Their parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Jefferson, came to Louisville from Baltimore in 1831. In Louisville, Elizabeth Jefferson started a store that prospered into a family business. The eldest son, Thomas L. Jefferson (1826-1884), left the family business in 1852 and started his own company that grew into T. L. Jefferson & Bros. 

The Jefferson brothers and their families were prominent businessmen and respected members of Louisville society. Thomas L. Jefferson was a member of the Common Council, the Board of Aldermen, and the Legislature. In 1873 he was elected state senator. Thomas L. Jefferson also served as a director of the Bank of Louisville in 1859 as well as of the Louisville & Frankfort and the Lexington & Frankfort railroad companies from 1872-74. From 1880 until his death, he was the president of the Kentucky and Louisville Mutual Insurance Company. 

Henry T. Jefferson (1840-1928) was also an elected member of the City Council and nominated as candidate for mayor in 1876. Both Henry T. and Thomas L. Jefferson were Masons, the latter was the president of the Masonic Orphans’ and Widows’ Home in Louisville. 

John F. Jefferson remained a bachelor and often lived with the family of his younger brother and business partner Henry and his wife Julia. He was a staunch Democrat, and Unionist during the Civil War, who made an unsuccessful bid for the State Legislature in 1863. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he attended the Broadway Methodist Church for over sixty years. He was also a Mason and a member of the Excelsior Lodge. An experienced fisherman, he traveled extensively and several of his letters from abroad were published in the Courier-Journal in 1879. 

Volume List 

Vol. 1, 1854 (?)-1864 

• Sketches and short stories 
• Poetry – humorous 
• Personal 
• Speeches and letters 
• Poetry national 
• Historical 
• Poetry miscellaneous – part 1st 
• Events and occurrences – part 1st 
• Anecdotes 
• Biographical – part 1st 

Vol. 2, 1849-1866 

• Events and occurrences – part 2nd 
• Poetry – Civil War 
• Humorous – Part 1st 
• The Civil War 
• Poetry – Miscellaneous – Part 2nd 
• Humorous – Part 2nd 
• Biographical – Part 2nd 
• Poetry – Miscellaneous – Part 3rd 
• Appendix – Prose – Miscellaneous 

Vol. 3, 1853-1869 

• Valuable Receipts 
• Hymnal 
• Mortuary 
• Good Advice and Valuable Instructions 
• Published Writings of John F. Jefferson 
• Jeffersonian 
• Sample of Advertisements – Jeffersonian 
• Valuable Recipes, No. 2 
• Poetry Miscellaneous, No. 7 
• Jeffersonian, No. 2 
• Good Advice and Valuable Instructions, No. 2 

Vol. 4, 1869-1877 

• Jeffersonian and Personal 
• Curious and Wonderful 
• Marriages and deaths 
• Advice, Recipes 
• Historical and Statistical 
• Poetry 
• Anecdotes and Humorous 
• Miscellaneous 
• Biographical 

Vol. 5, 1874-1882 

• Biographical 
• Events and Occurrences 
• Personal 
• Miscellaneous 
• Curious and Strange and Wonderful 
• Hymnal 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 

Vol. 6, 1869-1881 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Good Advice and Recipes 
• Anecdotes and Humor 
• Personal, including Jeffersonian 
• Biographical 
• Historical and Statistics 
• Poetical 

Vol. 7, 1869-1877 

• Occurrences 
• Letters and Speeches 

Vol. 8, 1869-1878 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Biographical 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Jeffersonian 
• Recipes, good advice 
• Poetry 
• Miscellaneous 
• Anecdotes and humorous 
• Historical, statistical 
• Hymnal 
• Curious and wonderful 
• Events and occurrences 

Vol. 9, 1867-1883 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Personal, Jeffersonian 
• Miscellaneous 
• Biographical 
• Events and Occurrences 
• Sermons and speeches 
• Historical 

Vol. 10, 1872-1885 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Curious and Wonderful 
• Personal 
• Personal and Jeffersonian 
• Personal 
• Poetical 
• Biographical 
• Sermons, letters, speeches 
• Miscellaneous 
• Vol. 11, 1872-1878 
• Events and Occurrences 
• Jeffersonian and Personal 
• Biographical 
• Historical and Statistical 
• Anecdotes and Humorous 
• Hymnal 
• Miscellaneous 
• Ohio River Flood of 1884 
• Letters and Speeches 

Vol. 12, 1883 

• Events and occurrences 
• Miscellaneous 
• Personal 

Vol. 13, 1881-1884 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Curious and Wonderful 
• Biographical 
• Miscellaneous 
• Personal 
• Jeffersonian/Personal 
• Personal 
• Recipes, good advice 
• Anecdotes and Humorous 
• Historical, Statistical 
• Letters, Sermons, Speeches 
• Events and Occurrences 

Vol. 14, 1881-1885 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Necrological and Biographical 
• Miscellany 
• Personal and Jeffersonian 
• Anecdotes and Humorous 
• Historical and Statistical 
• Recipes and Good Advice 
• Curious, Unique, and wonderful 
• Sermons and letters 
• Necrological and Biographical 

Vol. 15, 1880-1884 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Necrological and Biographical 
• Personal and Jeffersonian 
• Poetical 
• Historical, Statistical 
• Miscellany 
• Information 
• Curious, unique, and wonderful 
• Sermons, Letters, Speeches 

Vol. 16, 1882-1886 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Mortuary and Biographical 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Jeffersonian 
• Personal 
• Jeffersonian 
• Personal 
• Miscellaneous 
• Recipes and Good Advice 
• Matrimonial 
• Wonderful and Curious 

Vol. 17, 1874-1887 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Mortuary and Biographical 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Personal 
• Jeffersonian 
• Personal 
• Miscellaneous 
• Curious and Wonderful 
• Matrimonial 
• Historical, Statistical 
• Poetical 
• Anecdotes and humorous 

Vol. 18, 1886-1887 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Mortuary, Biographical/Jeffersonian 
• Personal 
• Jeffersonian 
• Miscellaneous 
• Events and Occurrences 
• Sermons 

Vol. 19, 1887 

• Events and Occurrences 
• Mortuary and Biographical 
• Sermons, Speeches, Letters 
• Historical and Statistical 
• Good Advice, Recipes 
• Miscellaneous 
• Personalities 
• Jeffersonian 
• Curious and Wonderful 
• Matrimonial 
• T.L. Jefferson addenda 
• Jeffersonian 

Subject Headings 

African Americans – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887. 

Boyer, Mary, 1797-1869. 

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 – Death and burial. 

Broadsides – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Business enterprises – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Capital punishment – United States – History. 

Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville, Ky.) 

City councils – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. 

Courthouse Riot, Cincinnati, Oh., 1884. 

Death – 19th century. 

Disasters – 19th century. 

Evangelicalism – 19th century. 

Fires – United States. 

Floods – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Freemasons. 

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 – Assassination. 

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 – Death and burial. 

Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886. 

Health – Social aspects. 

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885 – Death and burial. 

James, Jesse, 1847-1882. 

Jefferson family. 

Jefferson, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1840-1928. 

Jefferson, Thomas L. (Thomas Lewis), 1826-1884. 

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. 

Jones, Leonard, 1797-1868. 

Kentucky – History – Civil War, 1861-1865. 

Kentucky. Militia. Louisville Legion. 

Louisville (Ky.) – Description and travel. 

Louisville (Ky.) – History – 19th century. 

Louisville (Ky.) – Race relations. 

Louisville (Ky.) – Religion. 

Louisville (Ky.) – Social life and customs. 

Methodist Episcopal Church, South – 19th century. 

Poetry – Collections. 

Political parties – United States – History – 19th century. 

Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870. 

Presidents – United States. 

Prostitution – Press coverage. 

Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877. 

Railroads – Kentucky 

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). 

Rousseau, Lovell Harrison, 1818-1869. 

Scrapbooks – Kentucky – Louisville. 

Self help techniques. 

Sensationalism in journalism – 19th century. 

Slavery – United States – Public opinion. 

Steamboat disasters. 

Southern Exposition (Louisville, Ky.) 

Spradling, Washington, 1802-1868. 

Theater – United States – History – 19th century. 

Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886 – Death and burial 

Trials (Murder) – Kentucky – Louisville. 

United States – History – 1815-1861. 

United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865. 

United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Poetry. 

United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Songs and music. 

Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885. 

Ward, Matt F. (Matthew Flourney), 1826-1862. 

Wit and humor. 

 

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Mason, Kathryn Harrod

Title:  Research Collection, 1926-1934, 1945-1951 

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 M398 

Scope and Content Note 

The bulk of the Kathryn Harrod Masson Research Collection consists of photostats relating to the life and activities of Kentucky pioneer James Harrod, collected for his biography from the Draper Manuscript Collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The collection includes photostats of correspondence, deeds, ledgers, research notes, newspaper clippings, vital statistic records, and petitions (the originals of this material date from 1776-1888). This collection also includes some of Mason’s own correspondence, the 1934 Kentucky Progress Magazine’s Harrodsburg edition, reproductions of maps (some produced for Mason’s James Harrod biography), photographic prints (Rebecca Burges Harrod and Fort Frederick, Maryland), and photostats of Webster family genealogy (focusing on Walter Webster, born in 1841 in England, his wife, Kate (Katie) Rebecca Campbell, and their children.). 

Biographical/Informational Note 

Kathryn Harrod Mason 

“Kathryn Harrod Mason was born in Columbus, Ohio and is a descendant of early American pioneers, among them Levi Harrod, one of the original company who settled Harrodsburg. She has done graduate work at Claremont College and has studied at Stanford University. She is a contributor to historical journals and has done newspaper work. At present [circa 1951] Mrs. Mason lives in Germany where her husband is a State Department official.” 

Mason biography copied from the dust jacket of her monograph, James Harrod of Kentucky (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1951). Mason also published an article in The Filson Club History Quarterly, “The Career of James Ray, Kentucky Pioneer” (Vol. 19, April 1945, pp 86-114) which relied heavily on material from the Draper Manuscripts. 

James Harrod [circa 1746-1792(?)] 

James Harrod was a pioneer and one of the founders of the first permanent settlement in Kentucky. Born in Pennsylvania to John Harrod and his second wife, Sarah (Moore) Harrod, he served as a guard at Fort Littleton (Pennsylvania) and as a ranger as early as 1755. He participated in the French and Indian War. He began westward exploration in the 1760s, going to the Illinois lands and then present-day Kentucky and Tennessee. He was one of the establishers of the first permanent settlement in Kentucky, originally “Harrodstown” (now Harrodsburg) in June 1774. Harrodsburg became the county seat for Virginia’s new “Kentucky County” in 1776. In 1779, Harrod represented the county in the Virginia General Assembly, and in the 1780s he was a trustee of Harrodsburg. In 1776 and 1777, he led two expeditions eastward to secure provisions for the fledgling forts of Kentucky. Harrod again served in the militia, and defended the settlement of Harrodstown from Indian attacks throughout the summer of 1777. Beginning as a captain, he attained the rank of colonel by 1779. By that time, James Harrod had become a wealthy farmer, owning more than 20,000 acres across Kentucky. In 1778, Harrod married Ann Coburn McDonald. McDonald had come to Harrodstown in 1776; her first husband was killed by Indians later that year. The Harrods had one daughter, Margaret, who was born in September 1785. In February 1792, Harrod and two other men entered the wilderness of Kentucky to hunt for beaver. Harrod never returned from the expedition. 

Information from James C. Klotter’s article in The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992) pages 413-415. 

The Draper Manuscripts 

The Draper Manuscripts are officially titled the “Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscript Collection” at the Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin), and encompass historian Lyman C. Draper’s (1815-1891) correspondence, research notes, and original documentation on the “Trans-Allegheny West” circa 1755-1815. 

For more information, see the Wisconsin Historical Society’s website on The Draper Manuscripts at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/draper/ 

Arrangement Note 

The Kathryn Harrod Mason Research Collection is predominately comprised of oversized photostats received from Kathryn Harrod Mason and maintained in the original order as created by Mason. The collection is wrapped rather than boxed due to the oversized nature of the majority of the photostats. A portion of the documents have penciled/penned labels (presumably marked by Mason) noting their research topics/value; some were stamped and numbered relative to their status as copies from the Draper Manuscripts (this marking was done by the Wisconsin Historical Society). Outside of the labeling by Mason and stamping by WHS, there is little “order” to the collection. 

Collection material is grouped into folders (some by Mason, others by FHS staff). Foldered material includes: 

1. Mason Correspondence, 1945, 1951 [created byFHS]
2. James Ray’s Pension Declaration [created by Mason]
3. Mason Images, 1926, 1929 [created byFHS]
4. Webster Family Genealogy [created byFHS]
5. Kentucky Progress Magazine Fall 1934, Vol. 6, No. 5, Harrodsburg Edition [created byFHS]
6. Maps [created by Mason]
7. Mason Research Photostats [these were initially loosephotostatswhich have been combined into a folder 

Subject Headings 

Allegheny Mountains 

American bison populations 

Bath County (Ky.) – History 

Boonesboro (Ky.) – History 

Bourbon County (Ky.) – History 

Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 

Fort Harrod (Harrodsburg, Ky.) 

Fort Frederick State Park (Md.) 

Frontier and pioneer life – Kentucky 

Harrod, Ann Coburn, 1756-1843 

Harrod, James, 1742-1793 

Harrod, Rebecca Burges, 1780-1866 

Harrod, William 

Harrod family 

Harrodsburg (Ky.)–History 

Indians of North America – Kentucky 

Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836 

Kentucky – History – 18th century 

Kentucky – History – Maps 

Kentucky Progress Magazine 

Maps 

Miami Purchase 

Montgomery County (Ky.) – History 

Ohio – History – Maps 

Ohio River Valley – History 

Pennsylvania – History – Maps 

Pioneers – Kentucky – Maps 

Pioneers – Violence against 

Ray, James, ca. 1761-1835 

Tennessee – History – Maps 

Webster family