R. C. Ballard Thruston Miscellaneous Papers,1866-1945

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Title

R. C. Ballard Thruston Miscellaneous Papers

Date

1866-1945

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], R. C. Ballard Thruston Miscellaneous Papers, 1866-1945, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

135 items

Scope and Content

Louisville geological engineer, researcher, historian, collector, and president and benefactor of The Filson Club. Includes a 24 Feb. 1866 phrenological character reading by Professor O. S. Fowler of Thruston; letters to Fanny Ballard from her cousin Ben O'Fallon concerning old family letters in his possession; correspondence between Milo M. Quaife and Thruston about Quaife's book on the American flag; twenty-two letters, 1910-1911, between Thruston and Benjamin LaBree concerning the Sons of the American Revolution and genealogy; twenty-five letters, 1925-1930, written to Ludie J. Kinkead regarding research Thruston had done on the signers of the Declaration of Independence; ten letters, 1940, 1945, regarding Thruston's recommendation of Daniel Mac-Hir Hutton as director of state parks; three letters, 1943, to John E. Boos regarding Kentucky's delegation to Abraham Lincoln's burial; and research notes. Card index in repository

Subjects

• Ballard, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1885.
• Ballard, Bland, 1700-1791.
• Ballard, Bland, 1735-1788.
• Ballard, Bland Williams, 1759-1783.
• Ballard, Boswell.
• Ballard, Edmond.
• Ballard, James, 1763-1848.
• Ballard Family.
• Boos, John E.
• Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875.
• Connolly, John, 1750?-1813.
• Churchill, Armistead, 1753-1795.
• Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788.
• Fox, John, 1863-1919.
• Harrodsburg Historical Society.
• Historic buildings-- Kentucky-- Frankfort.
• History-- Societies, etc.
• Hutton, Daniel Mac-Hir, 1879?-1951.
• Johnson, Keen, 1896-
• LaBree, Benjamin, 1856-1935.
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-- Death and burial.
• Oldham, William, 1746-1825.
• Parks-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Patriotic societies-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Pope, William, 1746-1825.
• Public buildings-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
• Robinson, William, 1759-1835.
• Schooley, John, 1761-1834.
• Schooley, Nathaniel, 1787-1847.
• Schooley Family.
• Scotland-- Description and travel.
• Sons of the American Revolution.
• Thruston, Charles M. (Charles Mynn), 1738-1812.
• Thruston, Charles William, 1796-1865.
• Thruston Family.
• Tuley, Philip Speed, 1868-1943.