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Irwin-Hilliard Collection

The Irwin-Hillard Collection includes interior and exterior photographs of six family homes associated with descendants of Theodore Irwin and Louisville stockbroker J.J.B. Hilliard.

Family History

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Molly Craig Hobbs Irwin, circa 1885. (ULRB 1999_004_4622)

Nanine Irwin Hilliard Greene organized photographs, family documents, her own narratives, and transcriptions or photocopied sections of published histories into 37 volumes of family history. She photocopied and distributed to family members and also placed some of the volumes at the University of Louisville. Working from 1987 until 2001 Ms. Greene sometimes reconsidered or discovered new material so would revise or renumber the books. Inconsistencies may therefore exist between copies held by different family members and even within some of the copies at the University of Louisville. The list below is copied from a book list compiled by Ms. Greene and included in the front of some of her later books.

"Stories of the Hilliard House 1871-1981," Book 1A, 1987.

"Jennie: Laura Virginia Hilliard (Mrs. Hamilton Glentworth) 1838-1925: Letters from Arkansas, New York, and Germany to her brother J.J.B Hilliard, and cousins, 1837-1870," Book 2, volume 1, 2001.

"Jennie: Laura Virginia Hilliard (Mrs. Hamilton Glentworth) 1838-1925: Letters from Arkansas, New York, and Germany to her brother J.J.B Hilliard, and cousins, 1871-1925," Book 2, volume 2, 2001.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1856-1871," Book 3B volume 1, 1998.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1866-1870: Part 1, 1866-1867," Book 3B, volume 1, part 1, 1999.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1866-1870: Part 2, 1868," Book 3B, volume 1, part 2, 1999.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1866-1870: Part 3, 1869-1870," Book 3B, volume 1, part 3, 1999.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1871-1901: Part 1, 1871," Book 3B, volume 2, part 1, 2000.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1871-1901: Part 2, 1872-1877," Book 3B, volume 2, part 2, 2000.

"Letters of J.J.B Hilliard, 1871-1901: Part 3, 1878-1901," Book 3B, volume 2, part 3, 2000.

"Maria Louisa Henning (Mrs. Basil Hobbs) (Mrs. J.J.B. Hilliard), 1844-1894, and The Maupins, Hennings, and Speeds," Book 4, 1988 (incomplete).

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin, 1882-1904," Book 6, volume 1, 1990.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin, 1905-1906-1907," Book 6, volume 2, 1991.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin, 1909," Book 6, volume 4, 1991.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin, 1910-1911," Book 6, volume 5, 1991.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin, 1912-1913," Book 6, volume 6, 1991.

"Edward H. Hilliard Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin Hilliard, 1913-1945," Book 7, volume 1, 1994.

"Edward H. Hilliard Sr. and Nanine Sherley Irwin Hilliard, 1945-1978," Book 7, volume 2, 1994.

"Nanine Hilliard Greene: Childhood and Letters from St. Timothy's School 1932-1935," Book 8, volume 1, 1994.

"College Days: Letters by Nanine Hilliard Greene Freshman and Sophomore Years, Fall 1935 - Spring 1937, Letters from England Summer 1937," Book 8, volume 2A, 1994.

"College Days: Letters by Nanine Hilliard Greene, Vassar: Fall 1937-Spring 1939, Germany: Summer 1938, Louisville: 1939-1940," Book 8, volume 2B, 1994.

"Nanine Hilliard Greene: Boys! Boys! Boys! 1941-1960," Book 8, volume 3, 1993.

"The Excited Eye: 1964-1974 Photographs by Nanine Hilliard Greene," Book 8, volume 5A, 1993.

"The Excited Eye: 'The Sixties,' Photographs by Nanine Hilliard Greene, 1964-1974," Book 8, volume 5B, 1993.

"From the Bluegrass to the Golden Hills: Herb and Nanine Hilliard Greene 1977-1995 and the Family 1995," Book 8, volume 6, 1996.

"Theodore Irwin Hilliard, 'Ted', 1918-1943," Book 9, volume 1, 1989.

"Theodore Irwin Hilliard, 'Ted', 1918-1943: World War II," Book 9, volume 2, 1995.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Jr.: 1922-1943 Childhood, Schools, Yale," Book 10, volume 1, 1992.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Jr.: 1946-1951 Yale, Seattle, The West," Book 10, volume 3A, 1993.

"Edward Hobbs Hilliard, Jr.: 1952-1970 The West," Book 10, volume 3B, 1993.

"'Evergreen,' 'The Other House,' Chapel, and Cemetery," Book 11, 1988.

"Edward Dorsey Hobbs 1810-1888 and Mary Ann Craig Hobbs 1820-1888," Book 12, 1988.

"The Nine Children of Edward Dorsey Hobbs and Mary Ann Craig Hobbs, the Tarascons of Shippingport," Book 13, 1988.

"Theodore Irwin, Sr. 1827-1902 and Louisa Braman Irwin 1826-1900: Early Bramans and Irwins," Book 14-15, 1997.

"The Irwin Collections: The Library," Book 16, volume 1, 1997.

"The Irwin Collections: Paintings, Etchings, Ceramics, etc. of Theodore Irwin, Sr. and Theodore Irwin, Jr.," Book 16, volume 2, 1998.

"Theodore Irwin, Jr. 1858-1933," Book 17, 1996 bound with "Louise B. Irwin Stevens, 'Precious Baby,' 1888-1975 and James Irwin Stevens 1929-1987," Book 18, 1996.

"Family, 2000," Book 19, 2000.