Otto Arthur Rothert papers. 1903-1956.

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Otto Arthur Rothert papers. 1903-1956.

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This collection is comprised of newsclippings and correspondence concerning Rothert's career, his activities, and his numerous friends and acquaintances. In the correspondence, the majority of which is written to Holman Hamilton between Rothert's retirement and his death, Rothert speaks of history, of personal matters, and of his many friends in the historical profession, among whom are Hambleton Tapp, J. Winston Coleman, and Thomas D. Clark, and the two Lexington, Kentucky discussion clubs to which he belonged: Judge Samuel M. Wilson's "Ye Cakes and Ale Club" and the "Book Thieves."

4.2 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6858293

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Hamilton, Holman.

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Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard, 1858-1946.

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Filson Club

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Historical society and independent research library in Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1890. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221709 Historical society and independent research library of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Tornado of 1890 accounts, 1890. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221710 Historical society and independent research library. From the des...

Wilson, Samuel M.

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The Dudley Oil and Gas Company was first incorporated in 1903 with its main headquarters located in Wilmington, Delaware. According to its minutes, the company's purpose was to transact business "...relating to the production and sale of oil land or leases, petroleum oil or gas..." Within Kentucky, Dudley Oil and Gas focused much of its activity in Lee County and established an office in the city of Lexington. Judge Samuel M. Wilson of Lexington served as secretary to the company and collected t...

Rothert, Otto Arthur, 1871-1956

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Collector and historian. From the description of Harry Innes collection, 1924-1925. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49309643 Poet and author of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Madison Julius Cawein : additional papers, 1888-1929. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49309705 From the description of Madison Julius Cawein : Papers, 1886-1928. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49309746...

Tapp, Hambleton

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Clark, Thomas Dyonisius 1903-....

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Ye Cakes and Ale Club (Lexington, Ky.)

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University of Notre Dame.

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Kinkead, Ludie J.

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Coleman, J. Winston (John Winston), 1898-1983

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Historian, author. From the description of John Winston Coleman : miscellaneous papers, 1934. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49199944 Author, historian. J. Winston Coleman, Jr. was a native of Lexington, Ky. He received degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.) and was president of the general contracting firm of Coleman & Davis, Inc. In the 1930s his interest turned toward Kentucky ...

Book Thieves (Lexington, Ky.)

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