Black and African American History

Black and African American History

Black and African American collections from the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky.

    Justin Hess papers

    Justin Hess papers

    This project consists of German-language correspondence with Justin Hess (1921-2006), a Jewish German immigrant to Louisville. Correspondents include Lisette Stapf, Gottlieb Müller, Hans Große, Rabbi Eggert Hornig, and Walter Haaf. Most letters are from southwestern Germany. Justin Hess...

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      Levy-Wolff Family Papers

      Levy-Wolff Family Papers

      The collection consists of papers of the Levy and Wolff families, Jewish immigrants from the Alsace-Lorraine region of Europe who settled in Louisville, Kentucky. These letters center on the family's efforts to leave France during World War II. For more on the collection, see the finding aid...

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        Resurrecting the First American West

        Resurrecting the First American West

        This project has "resurrected" and expanded the Library of Congress American Memory Project, First American West, the Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (FAW), which was taken down in 2016. The Filson Historical Society, the University of Chicago, and the Library of Congress contributed material to...

          Tables in Portland Colored Evening School (Louisville, Ky.) register, 1909-1915

          Tables in Portland Colored Evening School (Louisville, Ky.) register, 1909-1915

          Pages 7-30 of the Register of the Portland Colored Evening School (Portland neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky) for 1909-1915. Records name, age, place of residence, occupation, enrollment and/or transfer dates, and vaccination. Only a representative sample of blank pages were scanned. Henrietta...

            Women's History

            Women's History

            Collections on and by women held at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky.