xt7jh98z9c9j https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7jh98z9c9j/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7jh98z9c9j/data/kukm1f63m_560.xml Audubon family. 1805-1938 1 microfilm reel collections  English University of Kentucky This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed.  Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.  Physical rights are retained by the owning repository.  Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.  For information about permissions to reproduce or publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center. Audubon family papers, ca.  1805-1938 Audubon family papers, ca.  1805-1938 text Audubon family papers, ca.  1805-1938 1805 1805-1938 2002 true xt7jh98z9c9j collection false kukm1f63m_560 Guide to the Audubon family papers, ca.  1805-1938 Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig Special Collections Manuscripts University of Kentucky Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 USA Phone: (859) 257-8611 Fax: (859) 257-6311 Email: sclref@lsv.uky.edu URL: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/libpage.php?lweb_id=84&llib_id=13<ab_rank=3  Copyright 2002 University of Kentucky Libraries. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC Database Date of source:  n.d. Description is in  English. Guide to the Audubon family papers, ca.  1805-1938 Collection number: 1F63M-560 Contact Information Special Collections Manuscripts University of Kentucky Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 Phone: (859) 257-8611 Fax: (859) 257-6311 Email:  sclref@lsv.uky.edu URL:  http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/libpage.php?lweb_id=84&llib_id=13<ab_rank=3 Processed by: Archives Staff Encoded by: Eric Weig  Copyright 2002 University of Kentucky. All Rights Reserved. Audubon family papers, ca.   1805-1938 1F63M-560 Audubon family.  1 microfilm reel None online. Must visit contributing institution. The materials are in  English. University of Kentucky Special Collections Lexington, Kentucky 40506 John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, Ky. Microfilmed by the University of Kentucky, Herbert Finch, October 29, 1963. Collection is open for research. Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. [Identification of item], Audubon family papers, ca. 1805-1938, 1F63M-560, Special Collections, University of Kentucky. Artist and naturalist John James Audubon was born in 1785 on the island of Santa Domingo, the illegitimate son of a French sea captain, Jean Audubon, and a Creole woman. The future artist exhibited a love of nature even in his youth, making more than 200 drawings of French birds. Audubon came to America in 1803 to ovesee his father's property in Pennsylvania and escape the draft in Napoleon's army. He hunted, fished, and collected bird specimens on the property. At this time he met Lucy Bakewell, who lived on a neighboring farm and whom he eventually married. Audubon attempted to establish himself in business, first with members of Lucy's family, then with Ferdinand Rozier, another French immigrant who was sent by Audubon's father to help his son. Audubon and Rozier opened a general store in Louisville, Kentucky in 1807. Audubon married Lucy the following year and brought her to Louisville. He remained keenly interested in nature and art and began his series on American birds during this period. The store, however, did not prosper, so Rozier and Audubon moved the business to Henderson, Kentucky in 1810. The partners contemplated another move soon thereafter, so they traveled to Saint Genevieve, in what is now Missouri, to scout the area. Rozier elected to stay there, but Audubon wished to return to Henderson, so the partnership was dissolved. Audubon opened a store of his own in Henderson in conjunction with his brother-in-law, William Bakewell, and continued to observe and draw birds. He was plagued by business reversals and was arrested in 1819 for failure to pay his debts after a sawmill in which he invested heavily closed. He evaded the charges only after pleading bankruptcy. In the 1820's the Audubons moved to New Orleans. While Lucy worked there as a teacher, her husband went to Great Britain to publish BIRDS OF AMERICA. They traveled back and forth between England and America for several years, as Audubon established first a European and then an American reputation as the foremost naturalist of his day. Audubon spent his last years in New York, where he died in 1851. Lucy returned to Kentucky with her granddaughters, Florence, Harriet, and Maria Audubon, as well as with other family members. These are microfilm copies of correspondence, notes, business documents, and other materials which belonged to the famed naturalist and artist, John James Audubon, and his family, friends, and business associates. There are also letters written by Lucy Audubon, her son Victor, and three granddaughters, Florence, Harriet, and Maria Audubon, as well as by other family members. Other materials include manuscript notes by Audubon; an 1831 subscription ledger to BIRDS OF AMERICA; and correspondence and documents relating to the audubon and Bakewell Store in Henderson. Correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject. Artists--Biography. Naturalists. General stores--Kentucky. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Birds in art. Art, Modern--19th century. Henderson (Ky.)--History. Business records--Louisville.