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Bullitt-Chenoweth family : papers, 1786-1930.

Title: Bullitt-Chenoweth family : papers, 1786-1930.

Correspondence, legal documents, and genealogical information. Correspondence, 1786-1930, primarily between the women of the Bullitt, Chenoweth, and Fry families and friends. Their letters offer a picture of women's roles, and of life at Oxmoor (the family estate) during the occupancy of William C. Bullitt, his wife Mildred Ann Fry Bullitt, and their children, and at frontier army posts in Alabama, Mississippi and Minnesota territories. Also, included is a 1908 reminiscence by Confederate veteran Henry Massie Bullitt of his Civil War service and the Union prisons in which he was confined.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49231334 View

Galt, William Henry, 1827-1893. Account books, 1866-1883.

Title: Account books, 1866-1883.

Account books kept by Dr. William H. Galt regarding his medical practice from 1866 to 1883. Each book contains an index and records visits and accounts regarding his patients, some of whom were prominent Louisvillians. Specific instruments and medical procedures are mentioned. Also listed is financial data from 1878-1879.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49223932 View

Bullitt family. Bullitt family papers - Oxmoor collection, 1683-2003.

Title: Bullitt family papers - Oxmoor collection, 1683-2003.

Papers of an early Louisville family that settled in the area in 1783. The collection centers around Alexander Scott Bullitt (1762-1816) and his descendants William C. Bullitt (1793-1877), John C. Bullitt (1824-1902), Thomas W. Bullitt (1838-1910), William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957), and Thomas W. Bullitt (1914-1991). Their papers reflect their life on the Bullitt estate Oxmoor, their legal careers, as well as their participation in politics, the military and national events. In addition to the papers of the above individuals there are papers re: earlier ancestors, as well as collateral families, such as the Breckinridge, Christian, Fry, Iasigi, Logan, Marshall, Speed, Walker, and Wallace families. William Marshall Bullitt compiled this collection of his ancestors and there are numerous folders concerning genealogy, as well as information on the Bullitt family residence Oxmoor, the Oxmoor steeplechase, and Citizen's Fidelity Bank, which the family was instrumental in establishing. Of particular interest are the letters and papers of William and Annie Henry Christian dated 1764-1790. Their papers give insight into the life of Kentucky pioneers, the early salt industry, and Christian's service in the Virginia militia. Their daughter Priscilla married Alexander Bullitt. The papers of Alexander Bullitt dated 1782-1816 include information on his acquisition of Oxmoor, farming, and his participation in the 1792 and 1799 state constitutional conventions. William C. Bullitt's papers dated 1814-1872 include correspondence, legal papers, receipts, and land papers re: his plantations Oxmoor and Cottonwood. John C. Bullitt's papers include numerous letters, primarily from his mother Mildred and his sisters, dated 1838-1851. These letters provide descriptions of antebellum Louisville and details about everyday life on a plantation in Kentucky including the lives of enslaved African Americans. These letters also included references to presidential elections, local politics, society, and the Mexican War. Also of interest are the Civil War letters and narratives of Thomas W. Bullitt, James B. Bullitt, and Henry M. Bullitt. The three brothers served under John Hunt Morgan during the war. Thomas W. Bullitt's papers dated 1919-1991 include information re: his experiences during World War II. This collection includes materials concerning every era of American history, from the colonial era to the Vietnam Conflict. See collection's finding aid for additional information.

ArchivalResource: 164 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61673137 View

Louisville (Ky.). Mayor. Mayors of Louisville : records, 1870-1909.

Title: Mayors of Louisville : records, 1870-1909.

Collection of papers of Louisville mayors during the period 1870-1909. The papers are primarily composed of correspondence received by the mayors, concerning employment, complaints about municipal services, information requests, charity requests, letters from other city officials, local businessmen, commercial organizations, Ky. political figures, Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 visit to Louisville, and the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia. Also included are papers relating to such matters as city contracts and ordinances, petitions, construction proposals and bids, requisitions, payroll lists, receipts, and General Council resolutions. Louisville mayors represented are John G. Baxter, Charles D. Jacob, Paul Reed, William L. Lyons, Henry S. Tyler, George D. Todd, Charles P. Weaver, Charles F. Grainger, and James F. Grinstead. Prominent correspondents include John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham, Robert Worth Bingham, Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, Luke Pryor Blackburn, Simon Bolivar Buckner, William Joseph Deboe, Reuben T. Durrett, Samuel Insull, Harvey Samuel Irwin, Tom Loftin Johnson, James B. McCreary, Edgar Young Mullins, Thomas H. Paynter, Joseph Swager Sherley, South Trimble, and Henry Watterson.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49252061 View

Bullitt, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1838-1910. Diary, 1862-1864.

Title: Diary, 1862-1864.

The diary (a copy) is written in retrospect and covers the period from May 1862 to July 1862, resumes in August 1863 and continues to November 1864. The early portion of the diary describes Bullitt's reaction to the sectional crisis and his growing determination to join the Confederate forces. He describes the journey south into Tennessee to join the army. This portion ends shortly before Bullitt went on John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky raid in 1862. The narrative resumes with Bullitt imprisoned in Columbus, Ohio. While some details of prison life are given along with occasional references to contemporary events, the diary consists in large part of religious and philosophical meditations along with reflections on the nature of government and society.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (64 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46763929 View

Coleman, Cicero, b. 1833. Coleman, Cicero, b. 1833 Autograph book 19 August, 1863.

Title: Coleman, Cicero, b. 1833 Autograph book 19 August, 1863.

Contains signatures of 59 officers, including John Hunt Morgan, in Morgan's cavalry command. The signatures were obtained by Lt. Col. Coleman, 8th KY Cavalry Rgt., while the officers were imprisoned at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, following their capture in July, 1863. Accompanying 1940 Lexington (Ky.) Leader article on the book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57717605 View

Trabue, Edmund Francis, 1855-1936. Edmund Francis Trabue : papers, 1875-1927.

Title: Edmund Francis Trabue : papers, 1875-1927.

Papers include correspondence, 1881-1927, particularly recommendations for various legal appointments Trabue sought; records, 1896-1897, about the building of a Trabue residence on St. James Court in Louisville; and miscellaneous legal documents.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49338494 View

Paul A. Freund papers

Title: Paul A. Freund papers

The Papers of Paul Freund consist of materials related to his work as government lawyer, author, teacher, authority on Constitutional Law, and as a member of numerous organizations, such as the American Association of Arts and Sciences.

ArchivalResource: 242 boxes and 17 Paige boxes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/law00164/catalog View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View