This thesis is a historical examination of the relationship between the railroad industry and state government in Kentucky during the nineteenth century. The thesis begins with an examination of the legal culture of the early nineteenth century and...
Birth control--United States--History--20th century
This thesis is an examination of the tactics used by individuals in the development of the twentieth century birth control movement. It focuses on the creation of a national organization that directed the movement throughout the United States. The...
Whitestone, Henry, 1819-1893; Architects--United States
Henry Whitestone (1819-1893) practiced architecture in the
nineteenth century when the prevailing mode in architectural styles
was a series of historical revivals. His work, with few exceptions,
was entirely within the style of the Italian...
Louisville (Ky.)--History; Louisville (Ky.)--Social conditions; Cities and towns--Kentucky--History; Louisville (Ky.)--Economic conditions; Cities and towns--Growth--History--19th century
This thesis is a historical examination of the perception of Louisville as a southern city. The work begins with a discussion regarding Louisville's historical ties with the North and its acceptance as either a western or northern city. The thesis...
Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808. Fu sheng liu ji; Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808--Criticism and interpretation; Chinese literature--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--History and criticism; Conduct of life in literature
This study endeavored to provide a new path to understand Fusheng liu
ji (Six Chapters of a Floating Life) by Shen Fu in the middle of the Qing
Dynasty (1636-1911). Shen Fu recorded his love story with his wife Chen Yun and his life as a Chinese...
Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 1; Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 2; Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623. De Lamentatione Hieremiae;
Movement through pitch space in the Common Practice Period is generally acknowledged as being structured on the fifth relation, whereas movement through the pitch space of the highly chromatic music of the nineteenth century is thought of as being...
Every man is to a greater or less degree a product of the influences surrounding his life. The more commonplace minds of the race, no doubt, are chiefly affected; and occasionally we find a man or woman of so keen an intellect, so striking an...
Leaf from a nineteenth century Persian language history book produced in India, most likely Jaipur, in AH 1284. The date, according to the Islamic calendar, is counted from 622 CE when the Prophet Muhammad made his Hijra or Hegira, moving from...
Leaf from a nineteenth century Persian language history book produced in India, most likely Jaipur, in AH 1284. The date, according to the Islamic calendar, is counted from 622 CE when the Prophet Muhammad made his Hijra or Hegira, moving from...
Buildings; Bars; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Water pumps
Tall two-story dark brick building at the corner of Nineteenth and Portland, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor business is Francis' Exchange, a cafe advertising Kentucky whiskies and Phoenix beer. A poster in the window advertises a...
Two-story brick building at the corner of Nineteenth and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Awning above the shop wrapped up around a pole. Shop on the ground floor is Jos. Hudbuch, Jr. Wines & Liquors.
Two-story wooden building at the corner of Nineteenth and Rowan, Louisville, Kentucky. McHugh's Cafe is located on the lower level, although there are no signs or posters in the windows. There is a small open metal cylindrical container on the...
Two-story brick building with very long windows on the corner of Nineteenth and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor grocery shop is B. H. King's Grocery and Dairy, with a large painted sign on the side of the building.
Two-story brick building at the corner of Nineteenth and Cedar (formerly Grayson), Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor business is H. Hanekamp's West End Liquor House and Saloon, with painted advertisements on the side of the building for H....
Crowds of people stand at the side of the dirt road that later became Southern Parkway. The clothing indicates late Nineteenth Century or early Twentieth Century, and Grand Boulevard opened in 1893. Several children ride bicycles or tricycles. A...
Neef, Joseph, 1770-1854; Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746-1827
In the early nineteenth century the Pestalossian system of education became very popular in Europe, and, aided by the necessity of something positive to take the place of the decayed and formalistic systems then prevalent, the movement spread...
Linseed oil is the oil from the plant linum usitatissiumum. It is not a new oil, for we read that the Greeks and Romans used it, not as it is used today, but as a food, and it is still used for that purpose in some countries, especially in Russia,...
Buildings; Government facilities; Capitols; Kentucky Historical Society
Old State House in Frankfort, Kentucky, which served as the state capitol building for much of the nineteenth century and now houses the Kentucky Historical Society. The marble Greek Revival building, featuring columns and a dome, was designed by...
Buildings; Government facilities; Capitols; Kentucky Historical Society
Representative Hall in the Old State House in Frankfort, Kentucky, which served as the state capitol building for much of the nineteenth century and now houses the Kentucky Historical Society. The large rectangular room features a hardwood floor,...
Two women and a young girl dressed in late nineteenth century clothing stand in a grassy area beneath large trees in Central Park in Louisville, Ky. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Your mother & I spent one Sunday...
