Arthur Younger Ford Papers,1868-1937

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Title

Arthur Younger Ford Papers

Date

1868-1937

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Arthur Younger Ford Papers, 1868-1937, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

0.33 cubic ft.

Scope and Content

Journalist and president of the University of Louisville. Papers contain material relating to the Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899, and the murder of Governor William Goebel; accounts of post Civil War Kentucky feuds; letters written during and describing the 1937 flood in Louisville; programs and invitations; a poem by Madison Cawein; and a long newspaper article on William L. Crittenden and the Lopez Expedition of 1851

Subjects

• Ballard, Charles Thruston, 1850-1918.
• Barr, John W., b. 1826.
• Beckham, John Crepps Wickliffe, 1869-1940.
• Blackburn, Joseph C. S. (Joseph Clay Stiles), 1838-1918.
• Bradley, William O. (William O'Connell), 1847-1914.
• Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson, b. 1834.
• Breckinridge, W. C. P. (William Campbell Preston), 1837-1904.
• Cawein, Julius Madison, 1865-1914.
• Courier-journal (Louisville, Ky.)-- History-- Sources.
• Democratic Party (Ky.)-- History-- Sources.
• Fairleigh, David W., d. 1924.
• Filson Club-- History-- Sources.
• Floods-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources.
• Goebel, William, 1856-1900-- Assassination-- Sources.
• Hatfield-McCoy Feud-- Sources.
• Hill, Mildred J., 1859-1916.
• Johnston, J. Stoddard (Josiah Stoddard), 1833-1913.
• Kentucky-- Politics and government-- Sources.
• Kentucky-- Politics and government-- 1865-1950.
• Lillard, Ephraim Thomas, 1847-1921.
• Lindsay, Daniel Weisiger, b. 1835.
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company-- History-- Sources.
• McCreary, James B. (James Bennett), 1838-1918.
• Marshall, John, 1856-1922.
• Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932.
• Railroads-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
• Smith, Milton Hannibal, 1836-1921.
• Thompson, Philip Burton, 1845-1909.
• Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921.
• Willson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931.
• Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939.