Box 1

Summary This collection includes records of Elizabeth Arterburn Wilson's career as Louisville recreation specialist (1930s), Louisville U.S.O. director (1940-45), recreation specialist with the American Red Cross in Germany (1945-50) and cultural affairs officer with the United States Information Agency in Hanover, Germany (1950-71). Also included are photograph albums of the Wilson family and life at the University of Louisville during the 1920s. Please note that while the photographs are in good...

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This series contains the biography of Elizabeth Wilson and the biography of her sister Ruth Wilson Cogshall and a photograph of Elizabeth dated 1920.

Scope and Contents Entire Series:

This series contains the biography of Elizabeth Wilson and the biography of her sister Ruth Wilson Cogshall and a photograph of Elizabeth dated 1920.

Scope and Contents Entire Series:

This series contains the biography of Elizabeth Wilson and the biography of her sister Ruth Wilson Cogshall and a photograph of Elizabeth dated 1920.

Scope and Contents Entire Series:

This series contains the biography of Elizabeth Wilson and the biography of her sister Ruth Wilson Cogshall and a photograph of Elizabeth dated 1920.

Scope and Contents Entire Series:

This series contains the biography of Elizabeth Wilson and the biography of her sister Ruth Wilson Cogshall and a photograph of Elizabeth dated 1920.

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Mann Butler was an early Kentucky historian. Elizabeth Wilson had completed a biography on Butler for a proposed Masters degree at U of L, but it was not accepted because she had not taken the required German language to support the thesis. Her talk on Butler was presented at The Filson Club in 1925. She did complete a master's degree in Sociology in 1938.

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Mann Butler was an early Kentucky historian. Elizabeth Wilson had completed a biography on Butler for a proposed Masters degree at U of L, but it was not accepted because she had not taken the required German language to support the thesis. Her talk on Butler was presented at The Filson Club in 1925. She did complete a master's degree in Sociology in 1938.

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A miscellaneous collection of hand-written notes, articles, news clippings, and correspondence connected with her twenty-year career with Louisville’s Neighborhood House and the Louisville Department of Municipal Recreation. Included are materials on Miss Frances Ingram, long-time director of Neighborhood House, and Miss Dinnie Thompson, a resident of Louisville and long associated with Neighborhood House. 

Scope and Contents Entire Series:

A miscellaneous collection of hand-written notes, articles, news clippings, and correspondence connected with her twenty-year career with Louisville’s Neighborhood House and the Louisville Department of Municipal Recreation. Included are materials on Miss Frances Ingram, long-time director of Neighborhood House, and Miss Dinnie Thompson, a resident of Louisville and long associated with Neighborhood House.