Lewis Allwhyn Walter : additional papers, 1891-1941.

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Lewis Allwhyn Walter : additional papers, 1891-1941.

Includes research, essays, fiction, and local history about Louisville; personal letters; family history; information about the George Rogers Clark Memorial Association; travel descriptions from trips to the Christian Endeavorers Convention in Boston in 1895, the Bluegrass area of Ky. in 1896, Mammoth Cave, Ky. in 1891, Lexington, Mass., and New Orleans. His research includes notes on memorials in Cave Hill Cemetery and tombstone inscriptions from the Frankfort Cemetery; essays on Southern Art Galleries, Bloody Monday, the Falls of the Ohio, and several other subjects; lectures on writing, Longfellow, and George Rogers Clark; and miscellaneous material regarding Louisville.

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