Thruston, R. C. Ballard

Louisville geological engineer, researcher, historian, collector, and president and benefactor of The Filson Club.

From the description of Correspondence, 1940-1942. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324775

From the description of R.C. Ballard Thruston : papers, 1885-1945. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324781

From the description of Report, [18--?]. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324782

From the description of Correspondence, 1933-1941. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324772

From the description of R.C. Ballard Thruston : miscellaneous papers, 1866-1945. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324780

R.C. Ballard Thruston, a native of Louisville, was a scientist, geologist, historian, and president and benefactor of the Filson Club. He was also an accomplished amateur photographer who recorded family and friends, scenes across Ky. and in many other states, and scenes of his foreign travels. He photographed historic sites, people at work and play, children, and events which he witnessed.

From the description of Photograph collection, 1880-1942. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324778

Historian and author, of Kentucky; b. Rogers Clark Ballard, 1858; d. 1946.

From the description of Photographs of letters of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in the J.S.H. Fogg collection at the Maine Historical Society, ca. 1925. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985516

Historian, and benefactor and president of the Filson Club.

From the description of Mountain collection, 1880-1904. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324776