The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
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...
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,...
African Americans; Children; Pianos; Students; Teachers; Religious facilities; Sunday schools; People
A crowd of people, mostly African American children, attend Sunday school in a classroom containing a row of chairs. An African American man in a suit stands by a podium and may be the minister. Two white women and a boy stand or play at the piano...
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...
To gain a true appreciation of the works of any author, we must first be familiar with his race, his environment, and the period in which and of which he wrote. The Paris of the early seventeenth century was far different from the modern metropolis...
Three women are sitting on the lawn of a house reading a newspaper, the Chicago Sunday Record Herald. The woman on the left is Wilna Coyner Ensley and the woman in the middle is Lucile A. Furnas. They are all wearing dresses and have their hair up.
A family Bible propped open to a page of the book of Malachi, facing a page marked 'Family Record.' On the left-hand (Malachi) side is handwritten "Mrs. Kate L. Bell, our dearly beloved mother, passed away Dec. 31, 1925 at 8:30 p.m. Funeral...
Louisville College of Dentistry; Dental students; Teachers
Louisville College of Dentistry 1898 - Composite photograph of dental school faculty and students at Louisville College of Dentistry, 1898. Individual portraits of men in suits. Most of the portraits are rectangular, except for the oval cluster in...
Five people on their way to church on Sunday morning. Two small children, Frank and Ben Robinson, ride a mule. Louise Wilson stands in the road holding a box and a Sunday School card. Tom Brown and Louisa Robinson are on the right.
The chapel in Marvin Hall on Sunday July 14, 1912. Stoves had been removed for the summer. Men sat on the left, ladies on the right, a custom that persisted until 1954. The board behind pulpit says a total of 125 were present for Sunday School, the...
Fannie Craig, as Miss Allison in the Little Colonel books, conducts Sunday school for Sylvia Gibb's children as described in Chapter IX of "The Little Colonel's House Party" (1900), written by Annie Fellows Johnston. Title supplied by...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Young Women's Christian associations; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Utility poles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 720 S. Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley and utility lines crisscross the cobblestone street. On the corner is the Young Women's Christian Association, bearing a sign with YWCA spelled out in light bulbs. To the side of the...
Portrait of Brent Arnold, Jr., Letitia Arnold and Nell Arnold of Louisville, Kentucky, standing beside a church and dressed for Sunday services. The photograph is damaged around the edges. Stamped on back of image: April 12, 1936.
Portrait of Katherine Clarke wearing a woven jacket and polka-dot blouse. The photograph has been painted outlining her. Handwritten on back of image: U of L Players, HP Sunday Special. Stamped on back: October 22, 1930; credit, Standiford Studio...
Portrait of Walter Davison, orchestra director of The Louisville Loons, wearing a tuxedo, his hair combed to the side. The photograph has been painted on to frame his face and outline him; there is a lot of discoloration. Stamped on back of image:...
Portrait of Chestine (Mrs. William B.) Hardy, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky with daughter Chastine MacGregor. They are posed, holding each other, both in simple Sunday dresses. The photograph is yellowing with age. Handwritten on back of image: Mrs....
Portraits; Group portraits; Families; Men; Women; Government officials; Mayors; Railroad tracks
William B. Harrison of Louisville, Kentucky with wife Margaret W. Allis Harrison and family. They are all dressed in their Sunday best, standing along railroad tracks. The photograph has been marred with discolorations. Stamped on back of image:...
