Kentucky--History--1792-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes
During the secession winter of 1860-61 the Commonwealth of Kentucky found itself caught in the middle of the great sectional controversy. With the Union's fate hanging in the balance Kentucky figured as a prominent player in the outcome of that...
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army; Soldiers--Kentucky--Psychology--History--19th century; Soldiers--Kentucky--Attitudes--History--19th century
Beginning with Bell Irvin Wiley's 1943 The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, historians have produced many works describing the motivations for soldiers to enlist and serve during the Civil War. However, because they often...
This dissertation is composed of three essays in which I examine the influence of formal institutions on entrepreneurs and new firms. In the first essay, "The Influence of Institutions on the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Multilevel...
Trees and a castle in silhouette framed by a circular border with text. The border contains the text "He is never alone who is accompanied by noble thoughts." In front of the border is a knight in armor on a horse. Below the horse is a...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. The images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: flowering plant; leaves and berries; flowers and leaves; flower with...
Ship with sails in front of clouds. The ship is framed by a circular border with seahorses and shells. The border contains the phrase "Hear we breathe the airs of freedom." Below the border is an open book. Below the book are two larger...
Shield containing two crescents and an animal head with fangs [possibly boar]. Above the shield is a man blowing a bugle [possibly a hunter]. Decorative scrolls with text serves as a border around the shield. The phrase "The wicked borrow and...
Shield containing two crescents and an animal head with fangs [possibly boar]. Above the shield is a man blowing a bugle [possibly a hunter]. Decorative scrolls with text serves as a border around the shield. The phrase "The wicked borrow and...
Bookplates; Armorial bookplates; Labels; Louisville Free Public Library
Shield with a tower in the top half and a skull atop an open book in the bottom half. Above the shield is a knight's helmet facing forward. The shield is surrounded by ornamental flourishes inside a rectangular border. Inside the border and above...
Motley fool or jester in profile inside a decorative circular border. Inside the border is the name "George Ainslie Hewett" and the phrase "Ex Libris." At the bottom is a panel containing the text "Motley's the only...
Silhouette of a boy playing a horn underneath a tree framed by a decorative circular border. Below the border is an open book with musical notes on both pages. Below the book are two birds in profile with an oval panel containing the name...
Bridge to a castle with the sun shining through clouds. The bridge and castle are framed by a circular border with text. The text around the image is "Books are a finer world within the world." Below the border is an open book. These...
White bird with extended wings [possibly a gull] flying over the water with smaller birds in the background. The water is inside a decorative circular border. The bird's wings extend beyond the border. Below the image are the phrase "Ex...
Color map of Kentucky and Tennessee Map of Kentucky showing railroads, common roads, rivers, creeks, counties, cities, towns, and villages, with inset lithographs of State House Nashville and Navy Yard Memphis. Counties are tinted. Stamped outside...
Color map of Kentucky and Tennessee shows mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, railroads, counties, cities, and towns. State borders are traced in color, counties are lightly tinted and relief is shown by hachures. Printed at lower right, within...
A large, overweight girl, wearing a skirt and blouse, stands outside a cabin. Handwritten on the top border and image: "16 YEARS OLD WEIGHT 314 LBS. MAY 1915." Handwritten on bottom border: 392. See ULPA 1982.01.393.p for another image of...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Students; Group portraits
Nine students in the 1913 graduating class of Oneida Baptist Institute. Dan Hacker is in the front row on the left and Virgie Craft is next to him. Left to right in the back row are Esther Davidson, Wiley Boone Craft, an unidentified student, Bige...
Women; Doors & doorways; Stone buildings; Baskets; Flowers
The wife of photographer Kate Matthews' great-nephew, Paul Martin Fletcher, is holding a basket of flowers as she knocks on the door at Twigmore in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Twigmore was owned by Kate Matthews' niece, and Paul Fletcher's aunt,...
Straight, narrow, well-worn path runs between very large trees. Most of the path is shaded by tree trunks and foliage. Written on lower left border in Kate Matthews handwriting: "The Shadowy Lane." Handwritten on the lower right border:...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the paddle-wheel steamboat, the zeppelin, the teapot or genie bottle, the three-dimensional rectangle, the flower with 9 spokes, the eagle perched on shield, the...
