Contains 16 Collections and/or Records:
Sue Grafton typescript, 1979
Typescript, Sex and the Single Parent, revised final draft, signed on the front cover.
Rosa Harbison album, 1879-1882
“Floral Album” autograph album, Louisville, Kentucky.
Franklin Roosevelt letter, 1936
Typed letter, signed, to President Raymond A. Kent, apparently accompanying a report, “Little Waters,” and emphasizing the importance of engineering education.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem excerpt, 1878
Holograph excerpt from his poem, “The Day is Done,” signed.
Constance Rourke letter, 1937
Typed letter, signed, to Fanny Brandeis thanking her for sending on glasses and watch left behind on a visit to Louisville.
Harry S. Truman letters, 1945, 1952
Brief typed letters, signed, on The White House letter paper to Hugh W. Sutton, WAVE Radio Station.
Elizabeth Smith letters, 1862?
Holograph letters of Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith (first Bishop of Kentucky), describing her life and that of her sister, both teachers at a girl’s school in Frankfort, Kentucky. The letters in part concern the military situation in Kentucky. One letter is headed “Under the Confederate Flag.”
Albert Einstein letter, 1947
Typed letter, signed, addressed “Dear Friend,” and appealing for funds for the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.
Brooke Alder letters, undated, 1880-1908
Correspondence received by Brooke Alder, possibly a journalist, often in response to requests for interviews and photographs.
Martha Blythe memory book, 1918-1920
Happy School Days: A Memory Book. Commercially published memory book with autographs, photographs, notes, invitations, programs, and clippings of Martha Blyth’s time at Louisville Girl’s High School.