This thesis is an exploration of Black cultural space and its influence on the
retention, adaptation, and transmission of African folktales during and after the
antebellum era. During slavery, the survival of kinship and family helped to create
an...
Map of six southern states (Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) plus the Tennessee Government area and other land east of the Mississippi River, shows cities and towns, mountain ranges, rivers, large lakes,...
One of twelve plates in Antonio Zatta's "Le Colonie Unite dell'America Settentrle" based on John Mitchell's "Map of the British and French Dominions in North America." This hand-colored map shows the Wabash River flowing into...
Map of the southeastern United States shows capes, bays, rivers, mountain ranges and cities primarily in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. According to inscriptions, the map is based on surveys and observations by Joseph Purcell...
Map of northern United States excludes New England but includes eleven states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee). Most state borders are traced in color, but the...
Kentucky School of Medicine; Medical students; Teachers
Kentucky School of Medicine 1897 - Composite photograph for the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students for the medical school class of 1897. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of students with...
Map of Kentucky and Tennesee (plus parts of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama,Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia), with paved roads, improved roads, graded roads, unreported or dirt roads,...
Buildings; Industrial facilities; Refrigerator industry
Five- or six-story commercial building with a train passing by on the train tracks in front. The sign on top of the building reads "Progress Refrigerator Co." Painted on the side of the building is a sign reading "Louisville Tin and...
Landscape with railroad winding through a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. A train with a plume of smoke trailing after it winds along the track. Description printed on back: "Some of the most marvelous feats of...
Souvenir postcard folder from Asheville, North Carolina. Includes images of city hall, the county court house, Pack Memorial Library and various hotels and other commercial buildings. Also shown are Pack Square and the city recreation park (which...
Charles Ochs, dates unknown. Black-and-white portrait of the Charles Ochs with the Greenville Spinners (South Carolina). Verso: Series No. 5. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
Fred Wehrell, dates unknown. Black-and-white portrait of Fred Wehrell with the Anderson Electricians (South Carolina). Verso: Series No. 5. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
Sculpture; Horses; Houses; Parks; Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918; Buildings
At the intersection of Cherokee Road and Cherokee Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, stands this monument to John B. Castleman. Created in 1913, the statue depicts Castleman on his mare Carolina. He is shown in a suit with a hat in one hand and the...
Sculpture; Horses; Buildings; Parks; Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918
Located at the intersection of Cherokee Parkway and Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky, and framed by one of the grand houses in the Cherokee Triangle area, the Castleman Statue sits on an island at the edge of Cherokee Park. The statue depicts...
Portrait of Kentucky-born author James Lane Allen with a mustache, wearing a suit coat, tie and glasses. Printed on back of image: James Lane Allen (from JAMES LANE ALLEN AND THE GENTEEL TRADITION, by Grant C. Knight), The university of North...
Turkish tobacco sale in Paintsville, Kentucky. Twelve men inspect a package of tobacco leaves for purchase on a wood table outdoors. Newspaper caption: "Kentucky's first crop of Turkish tobacco, grown in Floyd and Johnson counties, brought as...
Archibald Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1802. He moved with his parents to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1805. Educated in the local schools, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He established a practice in Henderson....
Henry Burnett, was born in Cadiz, Kentucky, in 1849, the son of former U.S. Representative Henry C. Burnett. He attended primary school in Washington, D. C. and later the Bingham School in North Carolina. In 1866 he entered the University of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women
Three-quarter length portrait of American soprano and impresario Clara Louise Kellogg, wearing a hat and jacket trimmed in fur. Born in July 1842 in Sumterville (now Sumter), South Carolina, Kellogg died May 13, 1916, in New Hartford, Connecticut.
Map of the Great Lakes area extends south to Tennessee and North Carolina covering Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, and the Western Territory. Details include state borders, mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, cities, and...
