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Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Van Stockum, Ronald Reginald, 1916-

Title:  Diaries, 1926-1937

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

Size of Collection:  .33 cu. ft.

Location Number:  Mss. A V217c

Scope and Content Note

This collection of diaries documents the adolescence of Marine Brigadier-General Ronald R. Van Stockum while he lived in Bellingham, Yakima, and Seattle Washington, from 1926-1937. Van Stockum’s diaries reflect the thoughts, feelings, and activities of a middle class American youth of the era. The entries contain numerous references to his parents, friends, pets, hobbies, interests, and activities at both home and school. An avid reader, young van Stockum also enjoyed playing marbles, collecting stamps, riding his bicycle, playing games, fishing, swimming, and other childhood activities. He also records his activities as a paper boy as well as his membership in the Boy Scouts. A number of references record his step-father’s business activities and participation in both the American Legion, a veterans’ organization, and the U.S. Army Reserve.  He makes frequent references to favorite radio programs including Two Black Crows, The Circus, Amos n Andy and the early sitcom Joe and Vi. He also listened to sporting and political events as well as celebrity interviews on Voices from Filmland and Grantland Rice’s sports program.

Every diary contains numerous entries reflecting his interest in motion pictures. His diaries reflect the evolution of film from the close of the silent era to the advent of “talkies” and color film. Most entries are extremely brief; however, he occasionally records his comments on certain features. He found King Kong (1933) to be far more funny than frightening. Numerous other entries reflect his interest in sports at the local, state and national level, including baseball, football and boxing. Still others reveal his keen interest in aviation, especially air shows, air derbys, endurance flights and tragic accidents.

Later entries describe his attendance at the University of Washington in Seattle, and include references to courses, participation in the R.O.T.C, social life, dating, and summer employment at a saw mill. Notable entries refer to the Student Peace Movement of the 1930s and the 1935 timber industry strike in Washington.

His diaries from 1933 to 1936 contain numerous references to his relationship with Margaret Jeanne Houghton (1915-2011) of Bellingham, WA. He mentions correspondence, phone calls, swim dates, auto rides, parking, and other dating activities that emerged in the early 20^th century. Some passages bearing on their relationship were written in Spanish (April-June, 1934) or afterwards crossed out.  His diary for 1937 contains several entries regarding his new relationship with Florence Daphne Epler (1910-2012) of Seattle. (Note: Florence Daphne Epler Huntington later became a well known California artist.) The diaries conclude with his graduation from college in 1937 and enlistment in the Marine Corps.

No diary exists for the year 1927. Many of the diaries include newspaper clippings, drawings, and other ephemera along with the handwritten entries. The collection also includes a “Daily Reminder” book (1928-1932) which includes diary entries from November 28 through December 31, 1928, but was mainly used for newspaper clippings and drawings, and random notes and lists kept by Van Stockum, including information about his education, time as School Club president (February 1929), earnings from selling newspapers, 1929-1932, and lists of books he was reading.

Folder 9 in the collection includes a 1925 letter to Van Stockum from his parents and an address book (circa 1937).

Related Collections:

Ronald Reginald Van Stockum Papers, 1937-2001 [Mss. A V217]

Ronald Reginald Van Stockum Historical Writings and Research Papers [Mss. A V217b]

 

Biographical Note

The son of Reginald George Bareham (1894-1916) and Florence Rosetta Freestone (1894-2005), Ronald Reginald Van Stockum was born on 8 July 1916 in Cambridge, England. After his father was killed in action in World War I, his widowed mother married Anton William Van Stockum (1890-1988) who adopted Ronald and raised him as his own son. Raised in Washington, he graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1937. He attended Marine Officers School and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters in World War II.

General Van Stockum retired from active duty with the rank of Brigadier-General in 1969 and moved to Shelbyville, Kentucky. He worked for the University of Louisville and served as interim director of The Filson Historical Society in 1992-1993.

 

Folder List

Volume 1: Diary, 1926

Volume 2: Diary, 1928

Volume 3: Diary, 1929

Volume 4: Diary, 1930

Volume 5: Diary, 1931

Volume 6: Diary, 1932

Volume 7: Diary, 1933-1937

Volume 8: “Daily Reminder” Book, 1928-1932

Folder 9:  Letter, July 1925 and Address Book, circa 1937

 

Subject Headings

Adolescence – United States

American chronicles (Series)

American Legion

Armed Forces day

Ballroom dancing – United States

Bareham, Reginald G., 1894-1916

Boxing matches

Boy Scouts

Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988

Burke, Fred “Killer”, 1893-1940

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957

Dating (Social Customs)

Diaries

Depressions – 1929

Endurance flights

Flight

Friendship in adolescence

Graf Zeppelin (Airship)

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

London Naval Conference

Louis, Joe, 1914-1981

Madison, Helene, 1913-1970

Meany, Edmond S., 1862-1935

Motion pictures – Social aspects

Nye, Gerald P. (Gerald Prentice), 1892-1971

Paperboys

Peace movements

Powder Puff Derby

Presidents – United States – Election – 1932

Presidents – United States – Election – 1936

Radio programs

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Spain – History – Civil War, 1936-1939

Sports – United States

Stamp collecting

Strikes and lockouts

Tennis

United States. Army Reserve

United States. Army. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

United States. Marine Corps

University of Washington.

Van Stockum, Anton William, 1890-1988

Van Stockum, Florence Rosetta Freestone Bareham, 1894-2005

Washington (State) – Travel and description

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Smalley, Jack

Title:  Cartoon collection, 1912-1943 (bulk: 1940-1943)

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

Size of Collection:  2 cu. ft.

Location Number:  Mss. A S635

Scope and Content Note

The Jack Smalley collection of political cartoons dates from the early to mid 20th century.  The collection, clipped and gathered by Ray Remley, a postmaster and stamp collector of Mishawaka, Indiana, primarily contains cartoons documenting foreign affairs and World War II.  Cartoons concern U.S. involvement in the war, the progress of the war in Europe, and the actions of the Axis powers – particularly Germany and the Nazis.  Other cartoons relate to domestic matters and U.S. party politics.  Cartoons have been clipped from newspapers, especially the Chicago Tribune, although other newspapers such as the Kansas City Star and the Detroit Free Press are also represented.  Clippings from British newspapers such as the London Daily Herald are also occasionally included.  Various cartoon artists are represented in the collection. Most cartoons are black-and-white; a few are printed in color.  Cartoons have been arranged chronologically.

Biographical Note

Ray Remley, a postmaster and stamp collector of Mishawaka, Indiana, was the initial collector of these cartoons.  The collection passed through the hands of Jack Smalley and his descendents before eventually being donated to The Filson; no further biographical information about Remley or Smalley is known.

 

Folder List

Volume 1:       Political cartoons, 1912-1938

Volume 2:       Political cartoons, 1939-May 1940

Volume 3:       Political cartoons, June 1940

Volume 4:       Political cartoons, July-August 1940

Folder 5:          Political cartoons, September 1940

Folder 6:          Political cartoons, October 1940

Volume 7:       Political cartoons, November-December 1940

Folder 8:          Political cartoons, January 1941

Folder 9:          Political cartoons, January 1941

Volume 10:     Political cartoons, February 1941

Volume 11:     Political cartoons, March 1941

Volume 12:     Political cartoons, April-June 1941

Volume 13:     Political cartoons, July-September 1941

Folder 14:        Political cartoons, October 1941

Folder 15:        Political cartoons, November 1941

Folder 16:        Political cartoons, December 1941

Folder 17:        Political cartoons, December 1941

Volume 18:     Political cartoons, January 1942

Folder 19:        Political cartoons, February 1942

Folder 20:        Political cartoons, February 1942

Folder 21:        Political cartoons, March 1942

Folder 22:        Political cartoons, March 1942

Folder 23:        Political cartoons, April 1942

Folder 24:        Political cartoons, April 1942

Folder 25:        Political cartoons, April 1942

Folder 26:        Political cartoons, May 1942

Folder 27:        Political cartoons, May 1942

Folder 28:        Political cartoons, June 1942

Folder 29:        Political cartoons, July 1942

Folder 30:        Political cartoons, July 1942

Folder 31:        Political cartoons, August-December 1942

Volume 32:     Political cartoons, January-April 1943

 

Subject Headings

Caricatures and cartoons.

Cartooning – United States.

Economic conditions – United States – 20^th century.

Flight.

Germany – Foreign relations – Great Britain.

Germany – Foreign relations – United States.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Japan – Foreign relations – China.

Japan – Foreign relations – United States.

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.

Political cartoons.

Politicians – Caricatures and cartoons.

Spain – History – Civil War, 1936-1939.

United States – Politics and government – 1901-1953 – Caricatures and cartoons.

Wit and humor.

World War, 1939-1945 – Caricatures and cartoons.

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Nall family

Title:  Papers, 1797-1945

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

Size of Collection:  0.66 cubic feet and 1 oversized folder

Location Number:  Mss. A N172

Scope and Content Note

The Nall family papers include the letters, land and legal documents, and writings of several generations of a western Kentucky family.  The collection provides a glimpse into the life and society of Hartford — a small town in Ohio County, Kentucky — in the second half of the 19th century.  Courtship rituals of the time are especially well-documented in the correspondence of Blanche Nall, as well as some of her sister Margaret’s correspondence.  The literary interests of Nall family members are also preserved.  Poetry and other writings, particularly by women of the Nall family, comprise a portion of this collection.  Blanche Nall’s theatrical pursuits and Margaret Nall’s work as a piano teacher are also documented.  Some World War II era correspondence of the allied Robins family is also included.

Folders 1-6 contain Nall family correspondence, 1850-1926.  Letters are primarily written by female members of the Nall family.  Blanche Nall’s correspondence comprises a large portion of the collection.  A lively young woman in her early twenties with interests in literature and the theater, Blanche led an active social life.  Her social engagements are especially documented in letters she wrote to her sister Jessie.  Blanche was also popular with the young men of Hartford.  The collection contains a series of love letters and invitations from her numerous suitors.

The educational pursuits and career aspirations of the Nall women are also documented.  A few letters touch on Margaret Nall’s career as a pianist and music teacher.  Other correspondence mentions the education of female family members at institutions including Shelbyville Female College and Louisville Girl’s High School.  A few letters also reveal women in the family pursuing career opportunities as educators.

Folder 7 contains the correspondence of the allied Robins family.  Included are letters to David Robins from his family, written during his military service in the Air Force during World War II.  Letters to David Robins from his mother, Bernice, relate family news and comment on the shortage of doctors caused by the war.  Letters to David Robins from his fiancée Kathryn Frost include details on preparations to get married.  Letters written by the family in the spring of 1945 primarily concern the illness and death of Bernice Robins.

Folder 8 contains undated correspondence, much of it correspondence between Blanche Nall and her friends, her suitors, and her sister Jessie.  A number of letters are fragmentary.

Folder 9 contains business correspondence, including a letter regarding the distribution and sale of spring water.

Folder 10 contains an 1819 bill of sale for two slaves, Prudence and her daughter Matilda.  They were sold by David Glover to Moses Crabtree.

Folders 11-13 include the land papers of the Henderson and McFarland families.  The Henderson documents concern a land dispute case in the Daviess circuit court involving the heirs of James L. Henderson.  Others named in the lawsuit include Richard Skinner, John Dozier, John Young, and James Barbour.  The land in question was located in Daviess County along Panther Creek.  McFarland land records especially relate to the estate of Walter McFarland.  The McFarland land was located in Ohio County (later Daviess County, due to county boundary changes).

Folder 14 contains poetry and other writings.  The pieces are primarily written by the women of the Nall family, and date from the mid to late 1800s.  Most of the writings are in manuscript form, although one poem, entitled “Valentine’s Day,” was published in the Farmer’s Home Journal.

Folder 15 contains newspaper clippings.  Some are clippings of poetry; others are obituaries for Pendleton and Nall family members.

Folders 16-17 contain genealogy materials.  Folder 16 contains some material on the Pendleton family, including genealogical information and a biographical sketch of Dr. John E. Pendleton.  There is also information on the Pendleton family’s historic home in Hartford, including images of the building’s interior and exterior.  Additional genealogy material located in Folder 17 includes information on the Burks, Randolph, and Frost families.

Folder 18 contains miscellaneous materials.  There are several playbills announcing theatrical performances at in Hartford.  There is also a dance card, a program for a library opening in 1902, and a short biographical sketch of writer James Lane Allen.

Folder 19 contains oversized land papers, including 2 plats of the area along Panther Creek in Daviess County.

 

Biographical Note

The Nalls were a prominent family in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky.  John G. Nall (b. ca.1809) married Emily Henderson (b. ca. 1813).  John and Emily Nall had at least 7 children: Laura, Margaret, Charles, Eugene, Jon, Emily, and Ida.  Laura and Margaret attended Shelbyville Female College in 1850.  Margaret married Dr. John E. Pendleton, who practiced medicine in Hartford for 30 years, and served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.  After Margaret’s death in 1869, Dr. Pendleton remarried her younger sister Ida.

John & Emily’s son Charles G. Nall (b. ca. 1837) was a clerk in the Webster County circuit court.  He married Mary Elizabeth Frost (b. 1840).  The couple resided in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky where they had 4 daughters: Blanche, Jessie, Margaret, and Mary (“Poppie”).  In the early 1880s, Jessie attended school in Louisville where she studied telegraphy.  Blanche Nall, whose lively correspondence comprises a large part of the collection, died when she was only about 24 years old, in 1885.  Jessie, Margaret, and Mary never married and lived in Hartford, Kentucky during adulthood.

The Robins family of Owensboro, Ky. may have been connected to the Nall family.  Harry M. Robins and his wife Bernice Dowdle had three children: Harry, George, and David.  David served in the 767 Bomb Squadron in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.  David married Kathryn Frost.

The Henderson family, whose land papers are included in the collection, may also be connected to the Nall family.  Emily Henderson Nall’s father, Charles Henderson, was county and circuit court clerk in Ohio County for over 30 years.

 

Folder List

Folder 1:  Nall family correspondence, 1850-1875 (click to access PDF)

Folder 2:  Nall family correspondence, 1881-1882

Folder 3:  Nall family correspondence, 1883-1884

Folder 4:  Nall family correspondence, 1885

Folder 5:  Nall family correspondence, 1891-1899

Folder 6:  Nall family correspondence, 1900-1926

Folder 7:  Robins family correspondence, 1942-1945

Folder 8:  Correspondence, undated

Folder 9:  Business correspondence, 1845-1879 (click to access PDF)

Folder 10:  Slave bill of sale, 1819 (click to access PDF)

Folder 11:  Henderson family land dispute papers, 1801-1821

Folder 12:  Henderson family land dispute papers, 1822-1824

Folder 13:  McFarland family land papers, 1812-1816

Folder 14:  Poetry and other writings

Folder 15:  Newspaper clippings

Folder 16:  John E. Pendleton family genealogy & historic home

Folder 17:  Genealogy

Folder 18:  Miscellaneous

Oversized

Folder 19:  Henderson family land dispute papers, 1797-1824

 

Subject Headings

Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925.

Child abuse.

Christmas – Kentucky.

Circus – Kentucky.

Clothing and dress – Kentucky.

Concerts – Kentucky.

Courtship.

Dance parties – Kentucky.

Dating (Social customs).

Daviess County (Ky.)

Death.

Depressed persons.

Diseases – Kentucky.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Etiquette for children and teenagers – Kentucky.

Finance, Personal.

Floods – Indiana – 19th century.

Frese, Gustave.

Hartford College.

Hartford (Ky.) – Social life and customs.

Henderson family.

Housekeepers.

Ice skating – Kentucky.

King family.

Louisville (Ky.) – Social life and customs.

Louisville Girls’ High School.

Love-letters.

Manual work.

McFarland family.

Musicians – Kentucky.

Nall, Blanche, ca. 1861-1885.

Nall, Emily Henderson, b. ca. 1813.

Nall, Jessie, 1867-1939.

Nall, Margaret, 1836-1869.

Nall, Margaret, 1863-1936.

Ohio County (Ky.)

Ohio County (Ky.) – Social life and customs.

Pendleton family.

Playbills – Kentucky.

Poetry.

Presidents – United States – Election – 1884.

Religious gatherings – Kentucky.

Revivals – Kentucky.

Robins family.

Schools – Kentucky.

Shelbyville Female College.

Shull family.

Slave bills of sale.

Springs – Kentucky.

Steamboats – Kentucky.

Surgery – Kentucky.

Superstition – Kentucky.

Sutton, Cicero Truman.

Teachers – Employment – Kentucky.

Theater – Kentucky.

Women – Education – Kentucky.

Women – Social life and customs.

Women’s clothing.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945 – Medical care.

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Louisville Peace Action Community

Title:  Records, 2002-2011

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

Size of Collection:  6 cubic feet and 2 oversized folders

Location Number:  Mss. BJ L888

Historical Note

In 2002, a group of concerned citizens gathered to protest against a war in Iraq.  Initially, they called themselves the Louisville Committee to Stop the War Against Iraq (LCSWAI).  In June 2003, the organization was renamed the Louisville Peace Action Community (LPAC).  LPAC was one of several peace organizations active in the region. (Citizens Standing Against the War, a student group at the University of Louisville, had similar aims and sometimes worked in conjunction with LPAC.)  LPAC saw the height of its activity during the war years of George W. Bush’s presidency; monthly group meetings ended when Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009.

LPAC is dedicated to peace, justice, and world community.  The organization strives to educate people through creative non-violent action, the use of technology, and lifestyle changes.  LPAC’s stated mission is to build local and national coalitions in order to restore participatory democracy and to act as an outlet for alternative voices in order to promote human rights, economic justice, and self-determination for all people.

LPAC members met monthly for several years to plan protests and events to engage the public about the Iraq war.  Each year, the group gathered on the anniversary of the 2003 Iraq invasion to protest the continued presence of the U.S. military in the country.  Although the group’s primary objective was to end the war in Iraq, activists also organized other events to promote peace.  For instance, LPAC organized a “Peaceful Skies Picnic,” an alternative option to the annual Thunder Over Louisville air show, which features flyovers by military aircraft.

Although group activity has significantly lessened since the end of George W. Bush’s presidency, as of 2015 members continue to occasionally gather for peace vigils.

 

Sources:

Louisville Peace Action Community Facebook page.

Louisville Peace Action Community (LPAC): history of events and involvement.  Draft compiled by Carol Rawert Trainer, 2009.

“Peace Activists rally, decry fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan.” 20 March 2009.  The Courier-Journal.

“’Peace Picnic’ Set for Thunder.” 10 April 2008. The Courier-Journal.

Louisville Peace Action Community

Records, 2002-2011

 

Scope and Content Note

The Louisville Peace Action Community (LPAC) records document the domestic opposition to the war in Iraq in the early 2000s.  This collection highlights the activities of Louisville’s peace activist community during the war years of George W. Bush’s presidency.  The post September 11^th world witnessed a dramatic increase in the powers of the executive branch of the U.S. government, both to pursue terrorist threats abroad as well as to conduct surveillance of its own citizens through mandates such as the Patriot Act.  LPAC records exemplify part of the backlash against this movement by a citizenry concerned by the government’s growing power, its intrusion into the lives of ordinary people, and its proclivity to embroil the country in foreign wars.

LPAC records include papers relating to the history of the organization, its meetings and activities, and the planning of events and protests.  The collection also contains informational brochures, flyers, and signage, as well as a few membership and financial documents.  Several scrapbooks of photographs and clippings document the organization’s activities.  Also present are materials gathered by activists that document the war in Iraq, including information about military casualties, the cost of war, and various articles and clippings relating to the war and to the peace movement.

Folders 1-42 contain records of the organization.  These include a history of LPAC and monthly meeting agendas from 2002-2008.

Folder 4a contains two flash drives with digital files.  Files related to the creation of the LPAC website are included, especially as the site appeared in May 2003.  There are also many images from LPAC protests.  In addition, there are a number of files concerning “Dissent! Through Performance,” an event at Christ Church Cathedral in 2006, designed to encourage reflection and discussion on the meaning of dissent.  Also included are flyers and informational brochures about LPAC events and mission, as well as documents from a forum protesting the Patriot Act.  Files from Doug Johnson’s travels to Iraq with the Iraq Peace Team are included, especially images from the trip and a journal he kept while abroad.  There are also a few images and files relating to other activist groups in the community, especially Citizens Standing Against War (C-SAW) and Citizens Against Police Abuse (CAPA).  Copies of these files have been retained on the Filson’s server. These files are restricted to in-house viewing. Please see the reference desk or email gro.l1757110305aciro1757110305tsihn1757110305oslif1757110305@hcra1757110305eser1757110305. 

Records from 2002-2011 have been arranged chronologically, and document the organization’s community involvement and anti-war activities.  This portion of the collection contains meeting notes from monthly gatherings as well as printouts of email correspondence between the organization’s members.  Documents relating to LPAC’s anti-war demonstrations, peace vigils, and public awareness campaigns are present.  There are also flyers and information about other anti-war events in the city, as well as clippings and articles exchanged by LPAC members relating to the progress of the war.

Folders 43-55 contain information about LPAC protests, especially reactions to the U.S. government and its leadership.  The Patriot Act, a law enhancing the ability of law enforcement officials to conduct surveillance of suspected terrorists, received a strong negative reaction from LPAC members who organized a forum to protest its passage.  The country’s leadership was a primary target of LPAC’s criticism.  President George W. Bush was greeted by protestors on his visits to the city in 2004 and 2006.  Anne Northup materials include action taken by LPAC members in response to the Congresswoman’s May 2003 letter, which contained an “erroneous” justification for the war in Iraq.

Folders 56-71 contain additional materials regarding LPAC events.  Included are planning documents for “Dissent: Through Performance”, an event designed to encourage reflection on the meaning of dissent.  LPAC’s presence at the Kentucky State Fair from 2003-2006 is also documented.  State Fair papers include materials regarding the logistics and planning for the booth, literature prepared for volunteers and visitors, signatures of supporters, and the responses of volunteers and visitors to the experience.  LPAC members also had a presence at the Kentucky Derby and the Derby Festival.

Folders 72-74a contain the writings of LPAC members, especially letters to the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.  Sam Avery’s correspondence includes his communications with Louisville Metro Police regarding planned demonstrations.  This portion of the collection also contains clippings of news coverage of LPAC activities and local anti-war demonstrations.

Folders 75-77 contain membership and financial documents.

Folders 78-83 include items such as flyers, brochures, posters, signs, and bumpers stickers.  Some materials reflect opposition to the war, while others criticize the leadership of President George W. Bush and his supporters in Congress.

Volumes 84-93 are scrapbooks.  Volume 84 contains a history of the organization, meeting agendas, and membership lists, as well as unpublished letters to the editor and correspondence from members of Congress responding to LPAC concerns.  Other scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and meeting documents and correspondence which document LPAC’s activities from 2002-2009.

Folders 94-98 contain collected information on the war in Iraq, including statistics on the monetary cost of the war as well as its toll on human lives.

Folders 99-105 contain information on other peace and activist groups.  In particular, the local chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation often worked in conjunction with LPAC on events and protests.  Copies of the organization’s newsmagazine FORsooth are included in the collection.

Folders 106-112 contain periodicals and are representative of the reading interests of LPAC members.  Periodicals touch on national and world peace causes, as well as other social and environmental issues which concerned group members.

Folders 113-119 contain miscellaneous materials.  Included is some literature on peaceful protests and how to handle situations and the possibility of arrest.  There is also information on the efforts of Louisvillians to promote peace between Israelis and the Palestinians.  Also included is a folder with school activities, including children’s drawings and a lesson plan for teaching nonviolence to students.

Folders 120-121 contain oversized materials, especially signs used at LPAC protests.  Folder 121 contains signs used at an LPAC demonstration in Fall 2005, where protestors hung t-shirts on a line to represent those who had died in the war.  (T-shirts used in this protest were transferred to the museum collection.)

Photographs found within the LPAC records have been transferred to the Filson’s photograph collection, with the exception of images included in the scrapbooks and on the flash drives.  Likewise, materials more appropriately housed in the Filson’s museum collection have also been transferred.

 

Folder List

Box 1

Organizational Records

Folder 1: LPAC History and Mission

Folder 2: Meeting agendas, 2002-May 2003

Folder 3: Meeting agendas, June 2003-2005

Folder 4: Meeting agendas, 2006-2008

Folder 4a: Digital files, 2003-2008 – These files are restricted to in-house viewing. Please see the reference desk or email gro.l1757110305aciro1757110305tsihn1757110305oslif1757110305@hcra1757110305eser1757110305. 

Folder 5: Records, October-December 2002

Folder 6: Records, January-February 2003

Folder 7: Records, March 2003

Folder 8: Records, April-May 2003

Folder 9: Records, June 2003

Folder 10: Records, July-August 2003

Folder 11: Records, September 2003

Folder 12: Records, October-December 2003

Folder 13: Records, January-February 2004

Folder 14: Records, March 2004

Folder 15: Records, April-June 2004

Folder 16: Records, July-September 2004

Folder 17: Records, October-December 2004

Folder 18: Records, January 2005

Folder 19: Records, February-March 2005

Folder 20: Records, April-May 2005

Folder 21: Records, June-July 2005

Folder 22: Records, August 2005

Folder 23: Records, September-December 2005

Folder 24: Records, January-February 2006

 

Box 2

Folder 25: Records, March 2006

Folder 26: Records, April 2006

Folder 27: Records, May 2006

Folder 28: Records, June 2006

Folder 29: Records, July 2006

Folder 30: Records, August 2006

Folder 31: Records, September 2006

Folder 32: Records, October-November 2006

Folder 33: Records, January-March 2007

Folder 34: Records, April-August 2007

Folder 35: Records, 2008

Folder 36: Records, 2009

Folder 37: Records, 2010-2011

Folder 38: Records, undated

Folder 39: Action Committee records, 2004

Folder 40: Media Committee records, 2004-2005

Folder 41: Writer’s Group Committee records, 2003-2009

Folder 42: Patriot Act Committee records, 2003

 

Protests against government actions & leaders

Folder 43: Patriot Act response, 2004-2005

Folder 44: Patriot Act response, 2004-2005

Folder 45: Patriot Act publicity

Folder 46: Patriot Act publicity

Folder 47: Action vs. Anne Northup

Folder 48: Action vs. Anne Northup

Folder 49: Protests vs. George W. Bush, 2004 & 2006

Folder 50: Protest vs. Condoleezza Rice, 2004

Folder 51: Downing Street Memo protests, 2005

Folder 52: Downing Street Memo protests, 2005

Folder 53: Calls for Impeachment of George W. Bush

Folder 54: Police surveillance

Folder 55: Johanna Camenisch case file

 

Box 3

Events

Folder 56: “Dissent! Through Performance” event, 2006

Folder 57: “Eyes Wide Open” exhibit, 2006

Folder 58: Kentucky Derby

Folder 59: Thunder Over Louisville air show

Folder 60: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2003

Folder 61: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2003

Folder 62: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2004

Folder 63: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2005

Folder 64: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2006

Folder 65: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2006

Folder 66: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2006

Folder 67: Kentucky State Fair booth, 2006

Folder 68: “Lest We Forget: Five Years Too Many Memorial,” 2008

Folder 69: “Lest We Forget: Five Years Too Many Memorial,” 2008

Folder 70: Peace Essay Contest, 2007-2010

Folder 71: “Read Your Way to Democracy” summer reading program, 2005

 

Letters to the Editor & News coverage of LPAC

Folder 72: Sam Avery correspondence

Folder 73: Miriam Corcoran correspondence

Folder 74: Letters to the editor, 2003-2009

Folder 74a: News coverage of LPAC & local demonstrations, 2003-2008

 

Membership & Financial

Folder 75: Membership lists

Folder 76: Membership lists

Folder 77: Financial documents

 

Signage

Folder 78: Flyers & brochures

Folder 79: Flyers & brochures

Folder 80: Signs & posters

Folder 81: Signs & posters

Folder 82: Stickers

Folder 83: Fake money

 

Box 4

Scrapbooks

Volume 84: Archive book: Org. history, meeting agendas, correspondence

Volume 85: LPAC archives, 2002-2003

Volume 86: LPAC archive, 2004

Volume 87: LPAC archive, 2005

 

Box 5

Volume 88: LPAC archive, 2006

Volume 89: LPAC archive, 2007

Volume 90: LPAC archive, 2008-2009

Volume 91: “Voices for Peace” (scrapbook of peace literature, including information on Cindy Sheehan)

Volume 92: “Voices for Peace” (scrapbook of peace literature, including information on the Downing Street memo)

Volume 93: Kentucky Military Casualties

 

Box 6

Collected Information on the Cost of War

Folder 94: Cost of war statistics

Folder 95: Military recruitment

Folder 96: Military casualties

Folder 97: Military casualties

Folder 98: Military casualties

 

Other Peace Organizations

Folder 99: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Folder 100: Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)

Folder 101: Friendly Answers retreat center

Folder 102: Friends Committee on National Legislation

Folder 103: Louisville Peace Center

Folder 104: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program

Folder 105: Rainbow Spirit Educational Center

 

Periodicals

Folder 106: The Nation

Folder 107: Religious group publications

Folder 108: Stanley Foundation publications

Folder 109: United States Institute of Peace publications

Folder 110: United States Institute of Peace publications

Folder 111: Miscellaneous publications

Folder 112: Miscellaneous publications

 

Miscellaneous

Folder 113: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Folder 114: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Folder 115: Nonviolence training literature

Folder 116: Political causes

Folder 117: School activities

Folder 118: Scripture and prayer readings

Folder 119: Miscellaneous documents

 

Oversized Materials

Folder 120: Protest signs

Folder 121: Protest signs

 

Subject Headings

Anti-war demonstrations – Kentucky.

Avery, Sam.

Bentley, Sue.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

Camenisch, Johanna.

Citizens Standing Against War.

Corcoran, Miriam.

Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 – Protest movements – Kentucky.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 – Public opinion.

Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky State Fair.

Louisville Committee to Stop the War Against Iraq.

McMillin, James.

Munro-Leighton, Judy.

Nevitt, Ken.

Northup, Anne Meagher, 1948-

Pacifists – Kentucky.

Peace movements – Kentucky.

Police patrol – Surveillance operations.

Political activists – Kentucky.

Protest Warriors.

Sheehan, Cindy.

Trainer, Carol Rawert.

United States – Foreign relations – 21^st century.

United States – History, Military – 21^st century.

United States – Politics and government – 21^st century.

United States. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001.

War casualties – Statistics.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

World politics – 21^st century.

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Cogshall, Ruth Wilson, 1899-1988

Title:  Watercolor portraits, circa 1973

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

Size of Collection:  1 cu. ft.

Location Number:  Mss. A C677

Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the artistic work of Ruth Wilson Cogshall, and provides a glimpse into Louisville’s art scene in the second half of the 20^th century.  The collection is comprised of 45 original watercolor portraits of Kentucky women created by Cogshall.  Cogshall created this series, entitled “Women Who Helped to make Kentucky Famous,” in honor of Kentucky’s 1974 bicentennial (as well as the 1976 national bicentennial). Inspired by the story of Jane Todd Crawford, the woman who underwent the first successful abdominal surgery in 1809, Cogshall decided to create the series to promote recognition of the contributions women have made to Kentucky’s history.

The women portrayed in the series were leaders in a variety of fields.  Cogshall painted women who were writers, religious leaders, educators, physicians and health care professionals, social workers, actresses, and artists.  In many cases, the women are depicted along with the accoutrements of their trade.  As with her other bicentennial series (“Women of the White House”), Cogshall likely created many of her drawings after referring to portraits and existing images of the women.  Others she may have created from only a description of the individual.

Paintings have been arranged alphabetically by last name.  The paintings have been matted and measure roughly 8½ x 11 inches.

This collection is a transfer from the Filson’s museum collection and was formerly accession number 1993.37. 

 

Biographical Note

Ruth Truman Wilson Cogshall was an artist, actress, secretary, and teacher.  She was born in 1899 in Louisville, Kentucky to Perry Truman Wilson and Sophia Lou DeAubrey Arterburn.  At a young age she was given art lessons because a teacher believed she had “remarkable talent.”  In 1906, Ruth Wilson’s father died and the family moved to Owensboro, Kentucky.  It was during this time that she won first prize for a pencil drawing she entered at the Daviess County Fair.  In 1915, the family returned to Louisville, where she attended Louisville Girls’ High School for her senior year.

In 1916, Ruth Wilson enrolled at the University of Louisville (U of L), where she became active in the university’s theatrical department.  As a member of the U of L Players, Wilson appeared in a number of performances and was president of the organization during her senior year of college.  Wilson also drew many illustrations for the Kentucky Cardinal and Thoroughbreds, the U of L student newspaper and yearbook, respectively.  She continued to participate in U of L theatrical productions after graduating in 1922 with a master’s degree in English.

After graduation, Wilson worked for 18 years as a secretary to three U of L presidents.  She also taught business English in the university’s night school for 15 years.  In 1938, Wilson resigned from her position at the University to marry Wilbur B. Cogshall, the assistant managing editor of Louisville’s Courier-Journal newspaper.

As a married woman, Ruth Wilson Cogshall continued her theatrical and artistic pursuits.  She became involved in the Little Theater Company and was elected its president in 1944.  She also became a member of the Woman’s Club of Louisville, where she designed the club’s seal and many of its Christmas cards, and also submitted drawings to the Club’s Bulletin.  In the early 1970s, Cogshall began working on two watercolor series in preparation for Kentucky’s 1974 bicentennial and the 1976 national bicentennial.  “Women of the White House” was a series of some 40 watercolor drawings which featured the First Ladies.  The second series of watercolors, “Women Who Helped to make Kentucky Famous,” are the drawings that comprise this collection.

References:

“Artist prepares for Bicentennials,” by Joan Kay. Courier-Journal & Times, 19 August 1973.

Cogshall, Ruth Wilson, Some Famous Kentucky Women. Sibling Press, 1986.

Wilson, Elizabeth A., Postscript I. 1987.

 

Folder List

Folder 1:          Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940.  (Actress)

Folder 2:          Avery, Susan Look.  (Founder of Louisville Woman’s Club)

Folder 3:          Benedict, Jennie C., 1860-1928.  (Caterer)

Folder 4:          Blanding, Sarah G., 1898-1985.  (Educator)

Folder 5:          Boone, Rebecca, 1739-1813.  (Pioneer, wife of Daniel Boone.)

Folder 6:          Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965.  (Health advocate, founder of Frontier Nursing Service.)

Folder 7:          Breckinridge, Sophonnisba, 1866-1948.  (Social work pioneer)

Folder 8:          Brown, Margaretta M., 1772-1838.  (Founder of first protestant Sunday school)

Folder 9:          Calloway, Elizabeth.  (First bride in Kentucky)

Folder 10:        Casseday, Jennie, 1840-1893.  (Established Rest Home for Working Women and Girls.)

Folder 11:        Clay, Laura, 1849-1941.  (Political activist)

Folder 12:        Clement, Emma C.  (National mother of the year, 1946)

Folder 13:        Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924.  (Actress)

Folder 14:        Crawford, Jane Todd, 1763-1842.  (Pioneer abdominal surgery patient)

Folder15:         Desha, Mary, 1855-1911.  (Founder of the D.A.R.)

Folder 16:        Downs, Sally Ward, 1827-1896.  (Southern belle)

Folder 17:        Duncan, Fannie Casseday, 1844-1936.  (Historian)

Folder 18:        Gratz, Marie Gist, 1797-1841.  (Wife of Ben Gratz, early settler of Lexington)

Folder 19:        Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869.  (Established first Hebrew Sunday school and Jewish foster home.)

Folder 20:        Hill, Mildred & Patty.  (Educators and composers of “Happy Birthday” song)

Folder 21:        Ingram, Frances, 1875-1954.  (Social worker, head resident of Neighborhood House settlement)

Folder 22:        Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931.  (Author of “Little Colonel” series)

Folder 23:        Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.  (Wife of Abraham Lincoln)

Folder 24:        Lloyd, Alice, 1876-1962.  (Educator)

Folder 25:        Marshall, Louise, 1888-1978.  (Founder, Cabbage Patch Settlement House)

Folder 26:        Merritt, Mary, 1881-1953.  (Nurse and social worker, Red Cross Hospital)

Folder 27:        Nation, Carry, 1846-1911.  (Temperance advocate)

Folder 28:        Neville, Linda, 1873-1961.  (Appalachian health crusader)

Folder 29:        Pickett, Alice, 1878-1971.  (Physician, instructor at University of Louisville Medical School)

Folder 30:        Rice, Alice Hegan, 1870-1942.  (Author, “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.”)

Folder 31:        Roberts, Elizabeth M., 1881-1941.  (Author, “The Great Meadow.”)

Folder 32:        Semple, Ellen Churchill, 1863-1933.  (Anthropo-geographer)

Folder 33:        Semple, Patty Blackburn, 1853-1923.  (Educator, founding member of the Woman’s Club of Louisville.)

Folder 34:        Settle, Anna Hubbuch, 1888-1951.  (Lawyer)

Folder 35:        Settle, Mary, 1836-1923.  (Last surviving member of Pleasant Hill Shaker Colony)

Folder 36:        Shelby, Susannah Hart, 1761-1833.  (Wife of first governor of Kentucky)

Folder 37:        Spaulding, Catherine, 1793-1858.  (Founder, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth)

Folder 38:        Speed, Hattie Bishop, 1858-1942.  (Art patron, philanthropist, founder of J. B. Speed Art Museum)

Folder 39:        Stewart, Cora Wilson, 1875-1958.  (Educator, organizer of Kentucky’s Moonlight Schools.)

Folder 40:        Tevis, Julia A., 1799-1880.  (Educator, founder of Science Hill School for Girls.)

Folder 41:        Veech, Annie S.  (Physician and child welfare advocate)

Folder 42:        Verhoeff, Carolyn, 1876-1975.  (Founder of Humane Society)

Folder 43:        Wiley, Jenny, 1760-1831.  (Pioneer heroine)

Folder 44:        Woerner, Emma J.  (Educator)

Folder 45:        Yandell, Enid, 1870-1934.  (Sculptor)

 

Subject Headings

Actresses in art.

African American women.

African Americans in art.

Art, American – 20^th century.

Artists – Kentucky.

Clothing and dress – Kentucky.

Kentucky – Centennial celebrations, etc.

Kentucky – History – 18^th century

Kentucky – History – 19^th century

Kentucky – History – 20^th century.

Nurses in art.

Painters – Kentucky.

Painting – 20^th century.

Physicians in art.

Portrait painting – 20^th century.

Women artists – Kentucky.

Women in art.

Women – Social life and customs.

Women’s clothing.