Haldeman Family Papers,1843-1985

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Title

Haldeman Family Papers

Date

1843-1985

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Haldeman Family Papers, 1843-1985, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

9 cubic ft.

Scope and Content

The Haldeman's were a family prominent in the newspaper business in Louisville, Ky. The collection spans three generations including Walter N. Haldeman (1821-1902), his children and grandchildren. Papers include correspondence, legal records, business records, land records, and genealogical data. The bulk of the correspondence is letters between family members, including early letters between Walter Haldeman and his wife Elizabeth; letters to and from William Haldeman during his service in the Confederate Navy; and letters from William, John, Lizzie, and Bruce Haldeman while they were away at school. Subjects discussed include family news, activities, travels, business, health, politics, and sports, especially baseball. The bulk of the latter correspondence centers on Bruce Haldeman, his family , and his tenure as president of the Courier -journal, the family business. His letters are between him and his wife, from his son Walter N. Haldeman, II, while he was at Yale (1919-1922) and during his bicycle tour of England, and from Bruce's daughters, Florence Price, Elizabeth H. Campbell, and Ann Bruce Haldeman. Estate records include papers for the estates of Walter Haldeman, Elizabeth Haldeman, Bruce Haldeman, and Annie Haldeman. Business records include papers regarding Walter N. Haldeman's ownership of the Courier-journal, including a number of documents concerning the consolidation of the Courier, Journal, and the Democrat; reports examining the financial condition of the paper; and documents regarding the sale of the paper to Robert W. Bingham. Also, the Haldeman's interest in the Wintersmith Chemical Co. and Florida land. Miscellaneous papers include family receipts, advertisements, documents regarding Bruce Haldeman's presidency of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and miscellaneous printed material. Newspaper clippings include numerous items about the family , their interests, and obituaries. Also included is a small group of Eckstein Norton papers which include his estate records, Jane Norton's estate records, and letters from George F. Norton during his service in the American Ambulance Service during World War I. Correspondents include Robert W. Bingham, Max Devlin, Arthur Krock, George D. Prentice, William H. Taft, Henry Watterson, and Bennett H. Young. Card index in repository

Subjects

• Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
• American Party-- History-- Sources.
• Allison, Young Ewing, 1853-1932.
• Automobiles-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Baseball-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources.
• Beall, John Yates, 1835-1865.
• Belknap, William Richardson, 1849-1914.
• Bellewood Seminary and Presbyterian Normal School.
• Bernheim, Isaac Wolfe, 1848-1945.
• Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988.
• Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937.
• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
• Boxing-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875.
• Breckinridge, W. C. P. (William Campbell Preston), 1837-1904.
• Brown, George Garvin, 1846-1917.
• Bruce, Eli Metcalfe, 1821-1867.
• Bruce, Helm, 1860-1927.
• Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
• Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914.
• Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910.
• Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918.
• Catholic Church-- Arizona-- History-- Sources.
• Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863-- Sources.
• China-- Description and travel.
• Cholera-- Treatment-- Kentucky.
• Christian Science-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1871-1947.
• Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
• Clay, Henry, 1811-1847.
• Costume-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Cobb, Irving S. (Irving Shrewsbury), 1876-1944.
• Confederate States of America.-- Army.-- Kentucky Brigade, First-- History-- Sources.
• Confederate States of America.-- Army.-- Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, 8th.
• Courier-journal (Louisville, Ky.)-- History-- Sources.
• Courtship-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Crittenden, Thomas Theodore, 1832-1909.
• Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
• Democratic National Convention (1860 : Charleston, S.C.)
• Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
• Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916.
• DuPont, Francis Irene, 1873-1942.
• Earthquakes-- Japan-- History-- Sources.
• Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
• Ellis Island (N.Y.)-- History-- Sources.
• Europe-- Description and travel.
• Filson Club.
• Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923.
• Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913.
• Frankfort (Ky.)-- Description and travel.
• German Americans-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources.
• Glacier National Park (Mont.)-- History-- Sources.
• Grainger, Charles Fuller, 1854-1925.
• Haldeman, Anne Bruce, b. 1903.
• Haldeman, Anne Milton, 1873-1949.
• Haldeman, Bruce, 1862-1948.
• Haldeman, Elizabeth, 1858-1883.
• Haldeman, Elizabeth Metcalfe, 1827-1908.
• Haldeman, Isabel, 1865-1952.
• Haldeman, John Avery, 1853-1899.
• Haldeman, Walter Newman, 1821-1902.
• Haldeman, Walter Newman, 1900-1981.
• Haldeman, William Birch, 1846-1924.
• Head, William O., 1859-1931.
• Helm Family .
• Henderson, Isham, 1823-1876.
• Hoblitzell, Bruce, 1887-1970.
• Holland, Clifford Milburn, 1883-1924.
• Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.
• Hunting-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Indians of North America-- Religion-- History.
• Indians of North America-- Texas-- History-- Sources.
• Ireland-- History-- 1910-1921-- Sources.
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
• Japan-- Description and travel.
• Johnston, J. Stoddard (Josiah Stoddard), 1833-1913.
• Journalism-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Kentucky-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Ky.-- History-- Sources.
• Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
• Kentucky Military Institute (1845-1971)-- History-- Sources.
• Knott, Richard Wilson, 1849-1917.
• Krock, Arthur, 1886-
• League of Nations-- History-- Sources.
• Libraries-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources.
• Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945.
• Louisville (Ky.)-- Politics and government.
• Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company-- History-- Sources.
• Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
• Louisville Water Company (Louisville, Ky.)-- History-- Sources.
• McCreary, James B. (James Bennett), 1838-1918.
• Macauley, John T., 1846-1915.
• Miller, Neville, 1894-1977.
• Military education-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Mississippi River-- Description and travel.
• Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
• Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946.
• Northern Pacific Railroad Company-- History-- Sources.
• Norton, Eckstein, 1831-1893.
• Norton, George Frederick, d. 1917.
• Ohio River-- Description and travel.
• Philippines-- Description and travel.
• Pirtle, John Barbee, 1842-1934.
• Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870.
• Presidents-- United States-- Election-- History-- Sources.
• Price, Charles Baird, 1919-
• Prisons-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Prohibition-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911.
• Railroads-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan, 1870-1942.
• Ridder, Herman, 1851-1915.
• Sayre Female Academy (Lexington, Ky.)
• Shakers-- Kentucky-- Pleasant Hill-- History-- Sources.
• Sherley, George Douglass, 1857-1917.
• Sherley, Joseph Swager, 1871-1941.
• Slavery-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Smallpox-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Smith, William Henry, 1833-1942.
• Southern Exposition (1883-1887 : Louisville, Ky.)
• Speed, Hattie Bishop, 1858-1942.
• Stealey, Orlando O., 1842-1923.
• Stewart, J. Adger (Joseph Adger), 1877-1954.
• Swedish Americans-- Kentucky-- Pleasant Hill-- History-- Sources.
• Temperance-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
• Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886.
• United States.-- Army-- History-- Sources.
• United States-- Economic conditions-- 1918-1945-- Sources.
• United States-- Foreign relations-- Europe-- Sources.
• United States-- Foreign relations-- Mexico-- Sources.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Sources.
• United States-- History-- 1913-1921-- Sources.
• United States-- Politics and government-- Sources.
• United States-- Social life and customs-- Sources.
• Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975-- Sources.
• University of Virginia-- History-- Sources.
• Virginia Military Institute-- History-- Sources.
• Vance, William R., 1806-1885?
• Watterson, Harvey, 1878-1908.
• Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921.
• Wilkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
• Willson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931.
• Women-- Education-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Yale University-- History-- Sources.
• Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898.
• Yellow Fever-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources.
• Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919.
• Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862.