Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Bond, Thomas J., 1841-1915

Title:  Papers, 1861-1916

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

Size of Collection:  .33 cu. ft.

Location Number:  Mss. A B711 1-6

Scope and Content Note

Collection consists primarily of 34 letters Private Thomas J. Bond wrote to members of his family, particularly his sister, Marietta, and his parents, while stationed with the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment in Kentucky and Tennessee (1861-1863).  In addition, there are documents referring to his military pension status. Additional documentation on the enrollment and military activities of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment is available with the finding aid.

Biographical Note

Thomas J. Bond was born 2 November 1841 in Steubenville, Ohio, the second oldest child of James and Lenora Bond. He enrolled as a private in Company G, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 5 September 1861, at the age of 19. After serving for 3 years and participating in several campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, he was mustered out 10 October 1864. He married Mary C. Grant on 18 March 1872. They had three children, Nelly, Addison, and Elbert. The family eventually moved to Mt. Carmel, Ohio, where Thomas served as a clerk on a steamboat. After moving to Bellevue, Kentucky, he continued in the same occupation. Mary died in 1906. Thomas later moved to Clermont County, Ohio, where he died 11 December 1915 at the age of 74.

Folder List

Folder 1: Correspondence, September-November 1861. 26 items (includes 16 typewritten transcriptions)
Folder 2: Correspondence, February-March 1863. 13 items (includes 7 typewritten transcriptions)
Folder 3: Correspondence, April 1863. 16 items (includes 11 typewritten transcriptions)
Folder 4: Correspondence, May-June 1863. 26 items (includes 14 typewritten transcriptions)
Folder 5: Correspondence, July-December 1863. 25 items (includes 15 typewritten transcriptions)
Folder 6: Photocopied records concerning military pension applications, 1892-1916, envelopes. 24 items

Subject Headings

Chattanooga (Tenn.) History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.
Desertion, Military – Confederate States of America.
Kentucky – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
Military Pensions, United States.
Morgan, Martha Ready, 1840-1847.
Operational rations (Military supplies) – United States.
Tennessee – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – African Americans.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Casualties.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Medical care.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Registers.
United States. Army – Equipment.
United States. Army – Pay, Allowances, etc.
United States. Army – Registers.
United States. Army – Uniforms.
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 2nd, 1861-1864.

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Haldeman, Anne Bruce, 1903-1993

 Title:  Papers, ca. 1928-1993

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

Size of Collection:  12 cubic feet

Location Number:  Mss. A H159c

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains the business and research files of landscape architect Anne Bruce Haldeman. Client and project files are within boxes 1-3. These files document the work of both Anne Bruce and her partner, architect Louise Leland (1902-1956); Leland’s projects when obvious are notated on the project index, though bulk of work is Haldeman’s. Within the project files are: sketches and final drawings, correspondence, photographs, negatives, and invoice documents. Boxes 4, 5 and the first seven folders of box 6 are landscape architecture research files. Boxes 6 and 7 contain architecture research files. Also within box 7 are files related to office operation, personal correspondence and appraisals (jewelry and furniture), and courses and lectures either attended or taught by Haldeman. Box 8 completes the lectures and also includes Haldeman’s general reference files as well as those regarding her various memberships and affiliations, which carry into box 9. Box 9 begins her travel files, which carry into box 10. Recipes and cooking tips collected by Haldeman are also in box 10.  Within boxes 11-12 are Haldeman’s daily journals, majority of entries detail weather, client meetings, and other work-related notations.

Related collections:

• Haldeman, Anne Bruce, 1903-1993. Papers, ca. 1960. 8 items. (Mss. C H)
• Haldeman, Anne Bruce, 1903-1993. Landscape design records, 1929-1986. 3.5 cu. ft. (Mss. AR H159)
• Anne Bruce Haldeman working library – 118 titles, 5 cu. ft. (click here for listing) (click to access PDF)
• Haldeman family. Papers, 1843-1985. 28 boxes. (Mss. A H159)

Biographical Note

Anne Bruce Haldeman was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1903 to the Haldeman family, prominent newspaper publishers.  Haldeman lived to be 90 years old and left a legacy as one of the earliest and most pre-eminent female landscape architects in Kentucky.  After graduating from Bennett College in New York State, she noted that her career in landscape architecture started ‘accidentally’ while her parents were designing a country home in Glenview, KY.  She eventually enrolled in the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Graduating in 1931, Haldeman, along with her classmate and partner Louise Leland (1902-1956), returned to Louisville in 1934 and founded the landscape architectural firm of Haldeman & Leland.  The office was located in the Francis Building at 606 S. 4^th Street.  Haldeman and Leland resided in Glenview, KY near the Haldeman family property.  Following the early death of Leland in 1956, the firm dissolved. Haldeman continued to work in landscape design for the remainder of her life.

While Anne Bruce Haldeman designed numerous gardens and landscapes throughout the region, she is best remembered for her role in the historically-informed gardens at My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown, KY, Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville, KY, and as a consultant for Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Mercer Co., KY.  Haldeman was a member of the group who spearheaded the movement to rescue the historically significant home and gardens of Farmington, the plantation originally built from 1815-1816 by John and Lucy Fry Speed.  She helped to found the Historic Homes Foundation Inc., a local organization created to protect the integrity of historic homes.  Throughout the late 1960s and 70s, Haldeman researched the Speed family, the home, as well as the time period, to create as historically accurate gardens as possible.  In 1973 Haldeman was awarded the Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne Medal for outstanding achievement in Garden Design from the Garden Club of America.  She was also one of the first women to join the American Society of Landscape Architects.  Anne Bruce Haldeman died in 1993.

Folder List [some files have been scanned and are linked below as PDF documents]

Box 1
1. Client List, n/a
2. Unknown Project 196-6d, n/a
3. Acorn-Maid’s room & bath (making nice), n/a
4. Mrs. Peter Berlin, n/a
5. H. Bingham, #188
6. Gen. & Mrs. Chas. S. Blakely, #877
7. T. Chatham, n/a
8. Christ Church Lexington (Garden Plans), #303
9. Clay, n/a
10. Mr. Erskine H. Courtenay, #126
11. Cox, n/a
12. Mrs. Leonard Davidson, #272
13. Mrs. Norton Dulaney, #695
14. E.R. Dumesnil Jr., #914
15. Mrs. Albert D. Farwell, #850
16. Mrs. W. Henry Graddy, #233
17a. Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Griffith, #369
17b. Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Griffith, #369
18. Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Griffith, #687
19. Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Griffith, #762
20. Henry Clay Law Office | Mrs. L. Brewer and R.S. DeCamp, #883
21. Henry Reuter Heyburn, #301
22. Mrs. John G. Heyburn, #390
23. Henning Hilliard, #695A
24. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hilliard, #216
25. Mrs. John Hollister, #608
26. House for Harriet, n/a
27. Indianapolis, n/a
28. Indianapolis Museum (Mrs. Irving Springer), n/a
29. Mrs. Harold F. Johnson, #247
30. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones Jr., #887
31. Kanawha Garden Club; Craik-Patch House, #902
32. Arthur M. King, #395
33. John Labouisse, #384
34. Mrs. John Labouisse, #904
35. Mrs. John Scott Lansill, #203
36. Mrs. F.H. Lassiter, #725
37. Mrs. Frazier Lebus, #140
38. W.E. Lehman, #356
39. Lexington Hunt Morgan, n/a
40. Liberty Hall, n/a
41. Library Winston-Salem, #385
42. Mrs. Eli Lilly, #158
43. Mrs. Eli Lilly — Chinese House,
44. Mrs. J.K. Lilly Jr., #213
45. Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Lilly, #214
46. Mr. Dulaney Logan Kitchen Remodel, #187
47. Mr. D. Irving Long, #710
48. Nathan Lord Remodel and Addition, #316
49. Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Louis, #607
50. Louisville Co. Club, #615
51. Louisville Country Day School, #343
52. Louisville Memorial Auditorium, #380
53. Louisville Water Co. & Park, Zorn Ave., #21

Box 2
54. Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey, #739
55. Mrs. J. Brian McCormick, #207
56. Mrs. Barney McKinney, #893
57. Paul MacLean, #421
58. Mrs. Paul Marion, #275
59. Mrs. L. Minish Jr., #635
60. Dr. and Mrs. Condict Moore, #810
61. John O. Moore, #680
62a. Mrs. Thomas O. Moore, #401
62b. Mrs. Thomas O. Moore, #401
63. Mrs. T.O. Moore (Gull Harbor), #531
64. W.B. Moore, #445
65. Mrs. R.W. Moorhead Jr., #293
66. Mrs. C.F. Morriss, #662
67. Mrs. Thruston Morton, #143
68. Mrs. C.F. Myers, #800
69. Naples – Sandpiper Cottage, Naples, Fla., #01-46
70. Naples – Beach cottage “Haldeman Estate” – Repairs – remodeling, #01-50
71. Naples – Beach cottage, South House – cost data,
72. Naples – Big Cottage Misc,
73. Naples – Florida landscaping – Sotovento, #01-38
74. Naples – Florida landscaping – Sotovento, #01-38
75. Naples – Florida landscaping – Sotovento – Contractor correspondence, #01-38
76. Naples – General, n/a
77. Naples – Future Houses, n/a
78. Naples – Sotovento – Misc #25 South Side 12 NE South, n/a
79. Naples – South House, #01-51
80. Naples – South House, n/a
81. Mrs. Geo. W. Norton Jr. (Fincastle), #202
82. Mrs. Geo. W. Norton Jr. (Fincastle), #202
83. Mrs. Geo. W. Norton Jr.; Corbinel, Glenview, #756
84. Norton Infirmary Terrace, n/a
85. Norton Memorial Infirmary, #510
86. George W. Norton, Jr. ‘ A Studio & Tool Room Under Walls & Steps A,B, & C’, #202
87. Norton Lot at Cave Hill, #327
88. Mrs. N.H. Noyes, #169-4
89. Mr. and Mrs. Squire Ogden, #506
90. Old Salem, #553-1 through 5
91. Mrs. H. Boone Porter, #419-1
92a. Puye, #01-39-40
92b. Puye, #01-39-40
93. Puye – A.B.H. – Kitchen & Bath floors, n/a
94. Puye – ABH Photos and misc. equipment, n/a
95. Puye – Addition, #01-39-51
96. Puye – Addition (BR addition), #01-39-51

Box 3
97. Puye – Contract and Contract Liability Policy, #01-39-40
98. Puye – Furnishings, etc, n/a
99. Puye – H&L Office, #01-41
100. Puye – Home in Kentucky, n/a
101. Puye – Household Equipment, n/a
102. Puye – kitchen remodeling (Raymond Rees), n/a
103. Landscape, Survey for Waterline, Road, 01-39-40
104. Puye – My Road, n/a
105. Puye – office & tool house, #01-41
106. Puye – outside the contract (bills, etc), #01-39-40
107. Puye – Specs for addition, n/a
108. Puye – specs set origs, #01-39-40
109. Rebekah’s plan for maid’s room, n/a
110. Mrs. William Reed, #475
111. Mrs. William T. Reed, Jr., #186
112. Restorations (misc), n/a
113. Mrs. Joseph S. Rice, #632
114. Joe M. Rodes, #827
115. R.W. Rounsavall Jr., #543
116. Conrad Ruckelshaus, #224/351
117. Wm. O. Rudd, #906
118. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ryan, #174
119. Mrs. George Sanders, #621
120. Mrs. Stuart Saunders, #624
121. Martin F. Schmidt, #839
122. Robert F. Seery, #486
123. Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Seiler, #943
124. Shakertown, #599
125. Mrs. W.E. Simms, #329
125a. Mrs. Wendell Smock, #524
126. Mr. Robert K. Smith, #502
127. Mrs. Vertner Smith, Jr., #627
128. Mrs. Peter Spalding, Jr., #861
129. Mrs. Frank C. Springer, Jr., #714
130. Mrs. F.C. Springer, #563
131. Mrs. and Mrs. Franklin F. Starks, Jr., #499
132. Dr. and Mrs. T. Bodley Stites, #843
133. Mrs. Thomas Stokes, #361
134. Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, #793
135. Mrs. Barckley Storey, #507
136. Edward Strater, #426
137. Mr. Charlie Sturgill, #753 & #754
138. Mr. Charlie Sturgill, #598
139. Mr. Charlie Sturgill, #549
140. Charles Sturgill, #427
141. Mrs. Samuel R. Sutphin, #564
142. T.V., n/a
143. John Scott Talbott Jr. | Mrs. Joseph C. Graves, n/a
144. Maurice & Joan Tobin | Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Tobin, #933
145. Jouett Ross Todd, #655
146. Rucker Todd, #552
147. Twin City Garden Club, #578
148. Methodist Church of Versailles, #757
149. Dr. and Mrs. H.W. Violette, #914-1
150. Mrs. Lawrence Warner, #628
151. Mrs. Richard B. Wathen, #698
152. M.G. Whitley, #251
153. Mrs. Joseph Wile (wolf-Wile), #859
154. House and Garden Wolcott Ter., n/a
155. Woman’s Club, #923
156. Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Womble, #386
157. “Oregon” (Tecumseh St. Dayton); Mrs. James M. Woodhull, #898
158. Mrs. F.H. Wright, #135
159. Museum of Early Southern Deco Arts, #553-6

Box 4
160. Annuals, biennials, perennials, iris.
161. Boxwood.
162. Broad-leaved evergreens (x2).
163. Bulb specialists.
164. Bulbous plants.
165. Thomas D. Church Land. Arch..
166. Cold frames & greenhouses.
167. Colonial plant material.
168. Color combination & perpetual bloom.
169. Constance spry – summer and autumn flowers.
170. Cut flowers.
171. Fertilizers.
172. Florida plant material.
173. Flower pots, tubs & sun dials.
174. Flowering trees.
175. Foundation planting.
176. Fountains & pools.
177. Fragrance.
178. Fruit specialists.
179. Garden Books Read.
180. Garden design.
181. Garden equipment.
182. Garden furniture.
183. Garden houses.
184. Gardens.
185. Gardens – English.
186. Gardens – Foreign – (Bermuda, Caribbean, Ireland, Holland, Ravello, Scandin., Switza.).
187. City gardens.
188. Garden tours (KY & New Orleans).
189. Garden Tours.
190. Pot Gardening.
191. Rose and Annual Gardens.
192. Vegetable Gardens.
193. Rose Greeley – Landscape Arch..
194. Hedges: Mrs. Shipman’s notes.
195. Herbs & herb gardens.
196. Horticulture – Sun chart to oreient houses – mensuration.
197. Horticulture Books of Barret Hill.
198. Innocenti & Webel.
199. Insects & Diseases – Controls.
200. Italy.

Box 5
201. January February.
202. Landscape Arch. Work.
203. Landscape Design.
204. Landscape plants – ABH place.
205. Landscape Equipment.
206. Lawns – Fescues & fertilizers.
207. Lawns.
208. Lilies.
209. Maintenance – Compost bins, making compost, mulching.
210. Misc – weather vanes, outside wall bells, signs.
211. Native planting.
212. Native planting wild flowers and ferns.
213. Perennial list for blooming dates.
214. Pergolas.
215. Pests, Misc.
216. Plans of places.
217. Plant names.
218. Planting.
219. Planting design.
220. Planting plans.
221. Plants for special conditions.
222. Special plant forms – Hedges, Espaliering, Standards.
223. Pruning & tree repairs.
224. Roses.
225. Robert Schery – Lawn Institute.
226. Shade.
227. Shade trees.
228. Mrs. Shipman.
229. Shipman Work at Cornell.
230a/b. Ellen Shipman – Landscape Architect.
231. Shipman Material.
232. Shipman correspondence.
233. Shrubs.
234. Flowering shrubs.
235. Soil preparation & soils.
236. Spanish.

Box 6
237. Termites – Re: guest house.
238. Terrace construction plans (completed).
239. Terraces & walks.
240. Virginia & the south.
241. Vines & ground cover.
242. Mary Webb.
243. Weed killers, systemics, diseases, bad grasses, etc.
244. Bathrooms.
245. Cases & closets.
246. Checklist for prospective builders.
247. Construction.
248. construction plans.
249. Design.
250. Doors & windows.
251. Drainage.
252. Electrical, plumbing, etc.
253. Fences.
254a/b. Furniture.
255. Furniture Catalogs.
256. Garages, bins for garbage cans, etc.
257. Gates & gateways.
258. Harwell Hamilton Harris – Architect.
259. Heating & a/c.
260. House plans.
261. Elevations of houses.
262. Houses: Ky, Homewood, Gunston Hall, Kenmore, Strathford, Md’s Eastern Sh. Woodlawn, Winterthur.
263. Small Houses.
264. House entrances.
265. Interior decorating.
266. Interiors.
267. Ky. restorations & old houses.
268. Kitchen.
269. Kitchen equipment.
270. Kitchens.
271. L.R. Lamp Shade Data.
272. Laundry.
273. Misc. arch details.
274. misc. furniture, etc.

Box 7
275. Ornament & Decoration.
276. Paint & plaster.
277. Paving.
278. Plumbing, wiring, etc.
279. Porches.
280. Ramped steps.
281. Eleanor Raymond (Architect).
282. Roads.
283. Steps.
284a/b/c. Swatches of material.
285. Walls.
286. Wm. Wurster Architect.
287. Landscape Paid Bills.
288. Office Misc..
289. Office.
290. Office Supplies: Misc. & Equipment.
291. Correspondence.
292. Appraisal – LL Jewelry.
293. Appraisal – Furniture (Standiford).
294. Bennett.
295. Cambridge School & LA Classification.
296. Course & Lecture material.
297. Courses – Landscape.
298. Courses – Penn State – gardening.
299. Lectures.
300. Lecture – Danville – on small gardens.
301. Lecture – Dayton (Mrs. Gordon Allen) to Fed Garden Clubs.
302. Fed. Garden Club.
303. Lectures – Gleview Garden Club (Clematis).
304. Lectures – Highlands Garden Club.
305. Lectures – Indy Garden Club.
306. Lectures – Indy Garden Club.

Box 8
307. Lectures – Junior League.
308. Lectures – Lexington.
309. Lectures – (by) others.
310. Lectures – Versailles Lecture Notes.
311. Public speaking.
312. Biography, general.
313. Articles on China & Pottery.
314. China and Glass.
315. History, general.
316. Lantern slides.
317. Lighting Equipment.
318. Linen.
319. Misc. equipment.
320. Needlework.
321. Photographers & Camera.
322. Silver & Pewter.
323. Slip covers, curtains & lampshade.
324. Colonial Dames Bequest.
325. Colonial Dames Houses.
326. Colonial Dames.
327. Col. Dames Frankfort (Liberty Hall).
328. Farmington Plant Lists & Notes.
329. Farmington misc. (click to access PDF)
330. Farmington Founders’ Fund Project – Glenview Garden Club.
331. Endowment Fund Figures – Farmington.
332. Farmington Annual membership rosters.
333. Farmington Store Accts..
334. Farmington Garden Expenses.
335. ABH Courses – for Farmington. (click to access PDF)
336. ABH Courses – for Farmington. (click to access PDF)
337. Farmington Cook Book.
338. Farmington Orchard. (click to access PDF)
339. Garden Committee Farmington.

Box 9
340. Glenview Garden Club.
341. Locust Grove.
342. Shakertown Plant Material.
343. Shakertown Clippings, etc.
344. Advisory Board Shakertown.
345. Speed Museum.
346. Antiqua (Mill Reef Club) B.W.I. Barbados – Marg Courtenay.
347. California.
348. Bermuda — L.L. & ABH.
349. British Isles.
350a/b/c. England.
351. Florida.
352. France & Austria.
353. Guatemala Trip.
354. Hong Kong.
355. Houston-New Orleans Trip –L.L. & ABH.
356. Mexico by Ship – Miami, Havana, Vera Cruz — L.L. & ABH.
357. Mexico & Caribbean.
358. Misc. tours and cruises.
359. Mount Vernon Plant Material.
360. Mount Vernon, Virginia.
361. New England & Cambridge School Trips.
362. The Orient.

Box 10
363. Portugal with Mary Webb.
364. Savannah Trip.
365. Scandinavia, Europe, Greece, Dalmatian Coast, Africa.
366a/b. Scotland.
367. Switzerland — L.L. & ABH.
368. Travel tips & Books.
369. Trip to West Coast — L.L. & ABH to Mr. Akin.
370. Virginia — L.L. & ABH.
371. Williamsburg, Virginia.
372. Williamsburg Garden Symposiams & Antiques Forum.
373. Williamsburg Garden Symposiams & Antiques Forum.
374. Williamsburg Garden Symposiams & Antiques Forum.
375. Women’s rest tour assoc..
376. Recipes.

Box 11
Journals, 1918, 1922, 1920, 1936, 1941, 1942 (2), 1946-1948, 1950, 1952-1953, 1962, 1970-1986
377. 1918
378. 1920
379. 1922
380. 1936
381. 1941
382. 1942
383. 1942
384. 1946
385. 1947
386. 1948
387. 1950
388. 1952
389. 1953
390. 1962
391. 1970
392. 1971
393. 1972
393. 1973
394. 1974
395. 1975
396. 1976
397. 1977
398. 1978
399. 1979
400. 1980
401. 1981
402. 1982
403. 1983
404. 1984
405. 1985
406. 1986

Box 12
Journals, 1987-1993
407. 1987
408. 1988
409. 1989
410. 1990
411. 1991
412. 1992
413. 1993

Subject Headings

Architects – Kentucky – Louisville

Architecture – Designs and plans

Architecture, Domestic – Kentucky – Louisville

Architecture – Kentucky

Bingham, Henrietta

Flowers

Furniture

Gardens

Gardens – Designs and plans

Landscape architecture

Lectures

Leland, Louise

Ornamental plants

Ornamental shrubs

Ornamental trees

Raymond, Eleanor

Shipman, Ellen

Travel

Women landscape architects

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Title:  Shelby and Jefferson County Baptist Records, 1799-1911

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

Size of Collection:  11 volumes

Location Number:  Mss. BA B222 1-5

Scope and Content Note

A collection of various Baptist congregations sheds light on early organized religion in Shelby and Jefferson County, Kentucky.  The materials consist of minute books dating from early in the nineteenth century which record church and business meetings, rules of decorum and discipline, the church covenants, and lists of members, both African American and white, along with death dates or dismissal dates. The churches are Bethel Baptist Church, Shelby County, Kentucky (1809-1911, originally called the Church of Christ on Tick Creek); Buffalo Lick Baptist Church, Shelby County, Kentucky (1805-1838); Beech Creek Baptist Church, Shelby County, Kentucky (1825-1840) Christiansburg Baptist Church, Christiansburg, Shelby County, Kentucky (1810-1875, originally constituted in 1799 as the Six Mile Creek Church); and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Jefferson County, Kentucky (1805-1884, also includes records of its predecessor, Flat Rock Church on Floyd’s Fork).

Volumes List

Volume 1a: Tick Creek or Bethel Church Record book, 1809-1816

Volume 1b: Bethel Baptist Church, Record book, 1817-1859, 1868 (275 pages)

Volume 1c: Bethel Baptist Church Record book, 1859-1911 [loose materials in book includes printed Minutes of the ninety-seventh annual session of the Licking Association of Primitive Baptists September 1909]

Volume 2: Buffalo Lick Baptist Church Minute book, 1805-1838

Volume 3: Beech Creek Church Second Register, 1825-1840 [34×8]

Volume 4: Six Mile or Christianburg Baptist Church Membership records, 1799-1874 [separate parcel contains Photostats of the early membership lists which are in poor condition]

Volume 4a: Six Mile or Christianburg Baptist Church Records, 1800-1831, 1863-1869 [includes loose pages]

Volume 4b: Six Mile or Christianburg Baptist Church Records, 1836 [one loose page], 1856-1873

Volume 4c: Six Mile or Christianburg Baptist Church Records, 1805-1810, 1855-1856 [in envelope, three pieces]

Volume 5: Flat Rock and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Records, 1805-1885 [includes loose materials in front cover]

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Doniphan, George, 1790-1864

Title:  Papers, 1814-1863

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

Size of Collection:  .33 cubic feet

Location Number:  Mss. A D683

Scope and Content Note

The papers of George Doniphan reflect the interests and attitudes of both Kentucky and Missouri’s antebellum slave owning class.  A planter and businessman of Augusta, Kentucky, Doniphan’s viewpoints in both the state and national political arenas (as well as those of his Missouri relations and other associates), are documented in the collection.  In addition, Doniphan’s papers also touch on his interests in the wholesale grocery business, as well as the leather industry.  Also present are papers which document his involvement in expanding the local road network to promote commerce.

Folders 1-5 contain correspondence, 1824-1863 and undated, which primarily concerns the business interests and political inclinations of George Doniphan, his relatives, and his associates.  Correspondents include Thomas A. Marshall, Alexander William Doniphan, John Chambers, and Jesse R. Grant (father of Ulysses Grant).

Letters frequently contain political discourse with most correspondents expressing their allegiance to the Whig Party.  Subjects discussed include the powers of the executive branch; the role of the federal government, especially in the protection of slave property; the colonization of Liberia by freedmen; poor voter turnout and the necessity of an enlightened electorate; the admission of Kansas; and the Democratic National Convention of 1860.  A few letters also mention the service of George Doniphan’s brother, Alexander William Doniphan, in the Mexican War.

In addition, a number of letters concern Doniphan’s interests in the leather industry, particularly his trade with A. M. Taylor & Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Two letters from Jesse R. Grant concern mutual interests in leather production.  There are also a few letters regarding Doniphan’s partnership with Josias G. Smoot in the wholesale grocery business.  A number of letters regard the settlement of accounts for Doniphan’s business transactions.

Folder 6 contains business papers, 1850-1854.  Papers primarily concern the activities of the Dutch Turnpike Road Company, which sought to construct a road through Augusta, Kentucky.

Folder 7 contains accounts and receipts, 1814-1858, regarding Doniphan’s various business dealings.

Folder 8 contains essays and poetry.  Essays concern the African race; the influx of new immigrants into the country; the importance of education for ministers; and secession.

Folder 9 contains miscellaneous materials, including an 1856 election ticket for the Democratic Party.

The collection consists of two accessions: 012z5 and 012z8.  A portion of the collection has been transcribed.

Biographical Note

George Doniphan, planter and businessman, was born in Virginia in 1790.  Later immigrating to Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, Doniphan became a planter and slave owner.  He was also involved in the wholesale grocery business under the name Doniphan & Smoot, as well as the leather industry, frequently trading with A. M. Taylor & Co. of Cincinnati.  In 1821, Doniphan married Mary Ann Marshall, the sister of Kentucky politician Thomas A. Marshall.  They had several children, including Joseph, William, and Margaret.  George Doniphan died in 1864 and is buried in Augusta Hillside Cemetery.

George Doniphan’s brother, Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887), was a prominent figure in the history of Missouri.  Alexander William Doniphan was an attorney, politician, and soldier.  He was a hero of the Mexican War and remembered for his intervention to prevent the execution of Mormon leader Joseph Smith at the close of the 1838 Mormon War.

Folder List

Folder 1:  Correspondence, 1824-1834

Folder 2:  Correspondence, 1835-1845

Folder 3:  Correspondence, 1846-1855

Folder 4:  Correspondence, 1856-1863

Folder 5:  Correspondence, undated

Folder 6:  Business papers, 1850-1854

Folder 7:  Receipts, 1814-1858

Folder 8:  Writings & poetry, 1854-ca. 1860 & undated

Folder 9:  Miscellaneous, 1847-1856

Subject Headings

African Americans – Colonization – Africa.

Agriculture – Kentucky.

Alcoholism – Kentucky.

American Party.

Antislavery movements – Kansas.

A. M. Taylor & Co.

Augusta (Ky.)

Beatty, Adam, 1777-1858.

Bracken County (Ky.)

Brown, B. Gratz (Benjamin Gratz), 1826-1885.

Business enterprises – Kentucky.

Chambers, John, 1780-1852.

Clergy – Education.

Commerce – Kentucky.

Conference Convention (1861 : Washington, D.C.)

Courtship – Kentucky.

Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863.

Death.

Doniphan, Alexander William.

Doniphan and Smoot.

Doniphan family.

Dutch Turnpike Road Company.

Elections – Kentucky.

Fairbanks, Calvin, 1816-1898.

Federal Party (U.S.)

Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873.

Grocery trade – Kentucky.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1862.

Kentucky – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.

Kentucky – Politics and government – 1792-1865.

Lawyers – Missouri.

Leather industry and trade – Ohio River Valley.

Marshall, Thomas A. (Thomas Alexander), 1794-1871.

Mexican War, 1846-1848.

Military pensions – United States – Revolution, 1775-1783.

Missouri – Politics and government – 1861-1865.

Payne, John.

Phelps, John S. (John Smith), 1814-1886.

Poetry, Modern – 19th century.

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.

Presidents – United States – Election – 1856.

Presidents – United States – Election – 1860.

Railroads – Kentucky.

Roads – Kentucky.

Secession.

Sectionalism (United States)

Slavery – United States.

Smoot, Josias G.

States’ rights (American politics)

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.

Temperance – Kentucky.

Trials (Murder) – United States.

United States – Emigration and immigration.

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

United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Destruction and pillage.

United States – Politics and government – 1829-1837.

United States – Politics and government – 1845-1849.

Whig Party (U.S.)

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Barrett Funeral Home

Title:  Records, 1919-1998

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

Size of Collection:  16 cubic feet

Location Number:  Mss. BB B273

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains the burial records of the Barrett Funeral Home in Louisville, Ky. The records are for the people whose bodies were tended to by the funeral home and the name, date of death, birth date, age at death, cause of death, obituary, and sometimes even the pall bearers at the funeral. There are also records of cemetery lots. Individual lots and multiple gravesite lots for family burials and recorded.  See the finding aid for contents list for the boxes.

Historical Note

The Barrett Funeral home was founded in 1903 by John J. and Mary T. Barrett; it was located at 822 / 838 East Main in Louisville (street number change circa 1908). In 1924, under the leadership of J. Raymond Barrett, it moved to 1230 Bardstown Road. In 1998 it was purchased by the Ratterman Funeral Home.

Barrett family information can be found in Louisville City Directories and United States Federal Censuses.

Box List

Box 1: Client information cards: A – Dix. Cards list the services provided and the cost of the services.

Box 2: Client information cards: Do – H.

Box 3: Client information cards: I – M.

Box 4: Client Information cards: N – Sti.

Box 5: Client information cards: Sto – Z, Client information note pads in chronological order starting with note pad ”A”, then Numbers 1 – 26, 28 – 35. (March 1919 to 4 September 1939.)

Box 6: Client information note pads numbers 36 – 61, 63. (5 September 1939 to 21 June 1954), Envelopes with burial information starting 1 November 1950 (#4253) to 27 September 1956 (4836).

Box 7: Envelopes with burial information 1 September 1956 (#4837) to 20 November 1962 (#5482).

Box 8: Envelopes with burial information 28 November 1962 (#54 83) to 24 March 1967 (#6008)

Box 9: Envelopes with burial information 25 March 1967 (#6009) to 11 April 1971 (#6517).

Box 10: Envelopes with burial information 12 April 1971 (#6518) to 29 December 1974 (#6927).

Box 11: Envelopes with burial information 5 January 1975 (#69 28) to 18 February 1978 (#7290).

Box 12: Cemetery lot deeds in alphabetical order.

Box 13: Deeds for individual grave lots in alphabetical order.

Box 14: Index cards to find people in ledgers, A-H. Old Index cards for burials from 1920’s.

Box 15: Index cards to find people in ledgers I – Z.

Box 16: Ledgers 1-3 with funeral contracts.

Box 17: Ledgers 4-5 with funeral contracts.

Box 18: Ledgers (6-7?) with funeral contracts, Index to ledgers.