Slavery and the church--Kentucky--Louisville; Slavery--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville (Ky.)--Church history
In the one hundred and forty years of Louisville's existence, it has grown from a log cabin settlement with no churches to a city with 269 churches and church property valued at over $30,000,000. It is impossible to measure the moral and religious...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Literature on religious involvement in public affairs typically examines the
national scene, particularly public opinion and political behavior in presidential elections.
Few scholars examine religious actors in urban politics and policymaking....
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Baptist Campus Center (University of Louisville); Religious facilities;
Baptist Campus Center, under construction. The building appears to be largely completed, but there are boards set in the ground where the sidewalk would be poured, there is still plastic sheeting up near one side of the building, and there is no...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Baptist Campus Center (University of Louisville); Religious facilities;
Baptist Campus Center at the University of Louisville, a modern, brick buildling with a sloping roof. There are no windows visible in this image. The construction and furnishing of the Baptist Campus Center was funded by the Kentucky Baptist...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Religious facilities; Trees; Restaurants;
The former Baptist Campus Center (Baptist Student Center), a small concrete building. The building is partially obscured by a tree. A pizzeria is visible next to the Baptist Student Center. One previous incarnation of the Baptist Student Center (in...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Baptist universities and colleges; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education; Women; Group portraits; African Americans; Baptists
The back of the photograph identifies the group of women as the Board of Baptist Women's Educational Convention, which was established by African American Baptist women in Kentucky in 1883 to raise funds to support State University, the first...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
McMurray Hall, Oneida Baptist Institute's first building, was erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story...
Zion Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Crowds; Churches;
Mourners gather in front of Zion Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, waiting to board a bus to Atlanta for the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Many people have suitcases; several are sitting on them. King's younger brother, A.D. King, was...
Address: 416 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in the 1890s, this building served as part of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Norton Hall included a main building, a dormitory, a library, and a gymnasium. The stone and brick...
Portraits; Group portraits; Clergy; Reunions; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Reverend Dr. John R. Sampey of Louisville, Kentucky, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, standing amongst a group of his classmates. The photograph has been marks of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Second from right...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Students; Group portraits
Nine students in the 1913 graduating class of Oneida Baptist Institute. Dan Hacker is in the front row on the left and Virgie Craft is next to him. Left to right in the back row are Esther Davidson, Wiley Boone Craft, an unidentified student, Bige...
McMurray Hall, the school's first building, erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story square with...
Interior of the Walnut Street Baptist Church showing the apse and back wall of the building. Image shows pipe organ and low hanging chandeliers over rows of pews. Title supplied by cataloger.
Walnut Street Baptist Church in its original location at the corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1890. The church relocated to Third and Saint Catherine Streets in 1901. Image is marred with...
Kentucky Baptist Hospital, 810 Barrett Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Shrubs and landscaping decorate the front and sides of the building. Originally built in 1924, Kentucky Baptist Hospital closed in 1989 and consolidated with Baptist Hospital East.
Baptists; Men; African Americans; Portrait photographs; National Baptist Convention of the United States of America. Foreign Mission Board
Portrait of an unidentified African American man from National Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Text below the photograph reads "National Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Series No. ?8."
Baptist churches; Broadway Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.)
Founded in 1870, the Broadway Baptist Church was built originally on Broadway between First Street and Brook Street and the first worship services were held in the sanctuary in May 1872. The last service was held in May 1948 at this location, and a...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Religious facilities;
Baptist Student Center (former) prior to its destruction, through urban renewal, to make way for the Life Science building. This stone and brick building has a concrete sidewalk leading up to its front doors, and has the words "Baptist Student...
Bethel Baptist Church, a two-story brick church with a steeple, sloped roof, and turrets, was built in 1901 near the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The first floor windows and the...
