Working class in motion pictures; Motion pictures--Great Britain
Britain was the first country to industrialize with the Industrial Revolution and therefore had the world's first industrial working class. In the 20th century, the traditional British working class went through many social and political changes,...
Prints--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions; Painting--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions; Art quilts; Block designs; Screen process printing; Feminism and art
This thesis explores pattern juxtaposition using traditional American quilt block designs as the compositional basis for nine works pieced from screen printed paper. In the 1970s, the quilt was celebrated for its apparent connection to Modernist...
Kentucky--Governor (1859-1862 : Magoffin); Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis seeks to understand Beriah Magoffin as Governor of Kentucky. Adding to the work begun by Michael T. Dues and Lowell H. Harrison during the 1960s and 1970s, this thesis fleshes out a man little studied in history. It addresses several...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Women; Women's rights; Feminism; Feminists; Sexism; Stereotyping; Discrimination; Sex; Genitals; Body parts; Human body; Biology; History; Arts & crafts; Dinner parties; Celebrations; Parties; Guests; Dining tables;...
"Each of the ceramic plates adorning the table in this installation was individualized. In this photograph, the Georgia O'Keeffe plate on the right owed something of its original design to her Black Iris paintings of the mid-1920s. The plate...
"As in certain paintings by Francis Bacon, existential givens were made stubbornly palpable in Guston's pictures. Recurrent images such as a head with a single wide-open eye, wrist-watches, bare light-bulbs, or cigarette butts spoke of bouts...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans; African American politicians; African American businesspeople; African American business enterprises; Women politicians; Civil rights; Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government; Politicians; Integration; Discrimination in housing
Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Boys High School, later Male High School, at the corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story building with front entrance pillars and also a small side porch. There are pediments over the top floor's windows,...
Currently including 26 interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans, this digital collection...
Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities; HVAC systems; Smokestacks;
Brigman Hall seen from across the Oval, with the Steam and Chilled Water Plant beside it. The Steam and Chilled Water Plant has a large smoke stack. At the time of the photograph, Brigman Hall was known as the Speed School Building, and served as...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Houchens Building (Louisville, Ky.); Post offices; Stairways;
Front stairway and entrance to the Houchens Building at the University of Louisville. Both the stairway and the handicap access ramp are visible. The Houchens Building was acquired for $1.3 million. The post office, located in the Houchens...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Smokestacks;
Front of Brigman Hall at the University of Louisville. The entrance and the building's two "towers" are visible. The Steam/Chilled Water plant, with its smokestacks, stands beside it. Brigman Hall was formerly known as the Leathers...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School; Laboratories; Pipes (Conduits); Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Laboratory in Brigman Hall with various pieces of engineering laboratory equipment. Pipes run along the ceiling. This image dates to the period when the Speed Scientific School (now the J.B. Speed School of Engineering) was housed in Brigman Hall....
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities;
Brigman Hall at the University of Louisville, from the period when it housed the School of Business (1958-1974). The building is seen at an angle and McCandless Hall is partially visible in the background. A figure stands under the street light in...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Educational facilities; Smokestacks;
Brigman Hall with the Steam / Chilled Water Plant and Parkway Field in the background. The Steam / Chilled Water Plant's smoke stack is visible, and Parkway Field is seen in the background, across Eastern Parkway. There is a car in front of Brigman...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Apartments; Student housing; Vehicles;
Medical Dental Apartments, University of Louisville. There are vehicles parked in front of the building, which provides housing for medical and dental students and their families. The styles of the vehicles suggests it was taken in the 1970s....
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Office buildings;
Public Safety was razed between the late 1970s and late 1980s to make way for a parking lot adjacent to Miller and the Student Activities Center. Location: 2024 South Brook Street, at Barbee. Former uses: Controller's office, offices/industrial...
