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Diehl, Conrad Lewis, 1840-1917. Conrad Lewis Diehl : miscellaneous papers, 1863-1898.

Title: Conrad Lewis Diehl : miscellaneous papers, 1863-1898.

Includes a thirty-one page memoir which gives a day by day account of the 15th Regiment's march from Carlisle, Pennsylvania through Louisville to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, including the Battle of Stones River. There is also a brief description of Louisville as it was in 1862. Also includes a humorous address to the Whist Club in Louisville on 7 May 1898 on E.C. Bohne and an undated speech on bass fishing.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Bohne, Ernest Christian, 1840-1909. Ernest Christian Bohne memoir and scrapbook, ca. 1870-1900.

Title: Ernest Christian Bohne memoir and scrapbook, ca. 1870-1900.

Collection includes a large scrapbook (.5 cu. ft.) and a photocopy of a 233 page handwritten memoir authored by Bohne in 1880-1881. The memoir recounts Bohne's childhood in Cassel, Germany, his schooling, and his immigration to the United States in 1856. Also discussed are: his father's service in Napoleon's army in Russia, family genealogy, his arrival in Louisville, Louisville's German community, employment, and his involement in various business ventures. In addition, Bohne comments extensively on American culture and discusses influences on the national character. Towards the end of the memoir he discusses President Grant's visit to Louisville in 1879, and his friendship with Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. The scrapbook contains assorted correspondence, invitations, programs, reports, clippings, and photos pertaining to: banking and finance in Louisville, the Commercial Club, expositions, the German community, the Satellites of Mercury, and the development of the city's municipal park system.

ArchivalResource: .75 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60805567 View