Educational tests and measurements--Kentucky; Educational accountability--Kentucky; School improvement programs--Kentucky
High-stakes accountability, standards for improvement, global perspectives, and social considerations are re-defining the educational process. These powerful forces shake foundations and traditions, restructure organizational expectations, and...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Two-page spread, featuring three maps. Published by the United States Department of War in 1895 as Plate 102 of Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Map 1 is "Defenses of Munfordville, Ky....
Spirituality; Spirituality in art; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
This thesis explores the history of human spirituality and its present ambiguous place in our modern secular world. Accompanying the written thesis is documentation of my creative work by the same title. First I will describe spirituality as a...
Item response theory; Goodness-of-fit tests; Monte Carlo method
Item response theory (IRT) is expanding to diverse research settings, without accompanying access to easily implemented model fit methods. One simple model fit approach involves x2/df ratios. However, its utility is not known across several...
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...
Stores & shops; Street railroad tracks; Transportation
This picture captures a rainy day in the Clifton neighborhood. On the left is Young's Pharmacy with a Coca-Cola sign. To the right is a pool hall advertising Fehr's and Oertel's beers. Beyond that is the firehouse. Cars are parked along the street...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Architectural rendering in pencil of the Administration Building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. Stamp on back of image: "This photograph and any accompanying data are furnished free of charge by the Works Progress Administration in...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern and port side of GREY EAGLE, almost complete, sitting with steam up, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. GREY EAGLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (250 ft. x 40 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built by Howard in 1892. Owned by Eagle Packet...
Two men, one wearing a suit and the other in shirtsleeves and holding a can of paint, shake hands. Their families had participated in the Martin-Tolliver feud of Rowan County, Kentucky, from 1884-1887. Jean Thomas takes notes as she witnesses the...
The Louisville Storefronts & Saloons Album (ca. 1912) collection consists of 114 exterior photographs of predominantly commercial buildings around the Central Business District, Portland, and Russell neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky in the...
Retouched portrait of George M. Cohan in suit jacket and tie. Performer/producer/composer/lyricist/writer Cohan's life story was immortalized in the 1943 film "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as Cohan. Cohan was born July 4,...
Portrait of left profile of performer Barbara Milton wearing a dress with bib collar and black bow. Barbara Milton, also known as Barbara Milton Watkins Strater (following her marriage to Edward L. Strater), was born in Louisville, Kentucky on July...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed...
An elderly African-American gentleman is sitting on a porch step with his head resting in one hand. He is holding a hoe in one hand. He may be Henry Porter. The photograph was titled "Unc' Henry" in an album assembled in the early 1930's...
Small houses or outbuildings on stilts on a hill overlooking Beargrass Creek. Accompanying caption reads : Butchertown--Beargrass Creek with reflections.
Looking north on Dixie Highway. A paved street with dirt shoulders and a railroad track running parallel on the left. Houses are in the distance. Accompanying information reads, ""Southwestern outfall would cross at this point. Path...
Streets; Construction equipment; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Railroad tracks
Stretch of Dixie Highway with construction materials to the left and railroad tracks to the right, leading to the Orell neighborhood in Shively. Buildings are in the background. Accompanying information reads, ""Polk siding--Orell...
Wood pedestrian bridge over a trench. Accompanying information reads ""Tracks stopped at [Hikes?] point; passenger walked over overpass to [??] on South Side and continued onto Shively (St Helen's), Pleasure Ridge Park, Valley Station,...
