Woodson Family Miscellaneous Papers,1828-1939

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Title

Woodson Family Miscellaneous Papers

Date

1828-1939

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Woodson Family Miscellaneous Papers, 1828-1939, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

26 items

Scope and Content

Kentucky family. Papers include letters written by and to members of the Woodson Family containing family news and mentioning two companies of soldiers in Madisonville and how they rejoiced when they heard Richmond was taken; and twenty letters written by persons of national and state prominence to Urey Woodson, primarily expressing thanks and giving encouragement to him to run for the Senate. Correspondents include W. O. Bradley, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Emma G. Cromwell, Ruby Laffoon, White L. Moss, W. Vernon Richardson, Coleman du Pont, Ethel G. Cantrill, T. B. Pannell, Kenneth McKellar, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, James A. Farley, and Joseph F. Guffey

Subjects

• Bradley, William O. (William O'Connell), 1847-1914.
• Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
• Laffoon, Ruby, 1869-1941.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
• Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
• Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939.