Sensor networks are just in their infancy. Their use will continue to grow as the technology becomes cheaper and more efficient. A current shortcoming with sensor networks is the inability to efficiently provide secure communications. As sensor...
Christian leadership--Case studies; Rural churches--Kentucky; Clergy; School improvement programs; Educational leadership
This qualitative study sought to illuminate successful practices of a turnaround leader in a rural church that are applicable cross-contextually, so as to inform the leadership efforts of various organizations seeking to reproduce organizational...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African American newspapers; Louisville Leader (Ky.); Kentucky Reporter (Louisville, Ky.); Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co....
Oral history interview with Lattimore Cole conducted on November 26, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. In this interview, Mr. Cole discusses his early education in Louisville, working for his father’s newspaper the Louisville Leader and describes what it was...
Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the...
African Americans; Urban renewal; Small Business Administration (United States); African American business enterprises; African American real estate agents; Youth--Political activity; Busing (School integration); Low-income housing
Oral history interview conducted with Joseph Hammond on April 16, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
African Americans; African American churches; African American single mothers ; African American teenage mothers; Nursing homes; Nursing home administrators; People's Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Single mothers; Teenage marriage; Teenage...
Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...
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...
The rear of a row of houses can be seen behind an expanse of turned earth. This image was taken prior to the demolition of many structures in the area north of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus as part of urban renewal. Note on back:...
The curved front of Pearson American Service station; owned by Deward Pearson and located at 129 Shipp Avenue. Two pipes stick up from a platform in the foreground; they may be the remnants of gas pumps. The building appears to be attached to...
University of Louisville; University of Louisville--Buildings; Aerial views;
Belknap Campus from above the corner of Third Street and Brandeis Avenue facing east. A portion of the view was demolished through urban renewal for expansion of the university campus. Zink's Restaurant is on the northwest corner of the...
University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Fraternities & sororities;
The former home of Kappa Delta sorority, a white frame house on First Street. A smaller house next to it is largely obscured by a tree. This image was taken prior to the demolition of many structures in the area north of the University of...
Buildings; Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville--Buildings; Chi Omega Fraternity. Beta Gamma Chapter (University of Louisville);
White frame house with a covered porch and balcony with black railing. This image of the former location of Chi Omega sorority was taken prior to the demolition of many structures in the area north of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus...
Coffee shop, called The Scene, located on the corner of Barbee Street and First Street before it was demolished in 1967 to make way for campus expansion. There is a telephone booth near the front door. Owned by Wendell Cherry and Stuart Jay, the...
View facing south east down Barbee. The recently constructed Threlkeld Hall can be seen in the distance. The Scene coffee shop, owned by Stuart Jay and Wendell Cherry, is the white building on the corner of First Street and Barbee; there is house...
Brick house on the corner of Brandeis and Second Street. This image was taken prior to the demolition of many structures in the area north of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus as part of urban renewal. Note on back: "Looking east...
Students; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Miller Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Students walking east on Barbee Avenue at 2nd Street. Miller Hall is in the background. Shows urban renewal cleared block between 2nd and 1st streets; construction equipment can be seen to the left along Brandeis (October 2, 1969). People: Donna...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Ticket offices; Offices;
The Athletic and Ticket office was located next door to the present day Office of Minority Affairs. It was razed to make way for the Student Activities Center. Location: Belknap Campus: Brook & Brandeis Streets. Current uses: This building was...
