Black and African American History

Black and African American History

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

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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...

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      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.

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