Cumberland Falls State Park (Ky.); Historic preservation--Kentucky
This thesis is an examination of Louisville Times editor Tom Wallace's fight to prevent the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky between 1926 and 1931. By mining Wallace's recently cataloged personal papers, this study...
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...
Nazi Saboteurs Trial, Washington, D.C., 1942; Trials (Sabotage)--Washington (D.C.); War and emergency powers--United States; Military courts--United States--History
For over two hundred years a major issue in the history of the United States is the contentious issue of military commissions. Military commissions are not new or specific to the United States, but the United States traces its first military...
Forts & fortifications; Historic sites; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.); Buildings
Exterior view of the Alamo fort from across a road. Front wall and part of the side are visible. A star is at the top of the front wall. Title: 16578 'The Alamo' - Texas Cradle of Liberty (Dating from 1744), San Antonio. Text on left: Keystone View...
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--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
People; Signs (Notices); Tuberculosis; Boy Scouts of America; Uniforms; Boys; Group portraits
Boy Scouts pose for a group portrait as they hold signs for an anti-tuberculosis campaign sponsored by the Louisville Tuberculosis Association. They read: "Consider the health of children. Dont spit." "Obey the law and be a good...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; Teachers; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Cora Wilson Stewart of Morehead, Kentucky, wearing a brimmed hat and a brooch pinned to her blouse. The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape and badly discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Founded Moonlight schools...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; Teachers; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Cora Wilson Stewart of Morehead, Kentucky, wearing a cloche hat and corsage pinned to her jacket. She founded the Moonlight schools in the mountains of Kentucky, to help fight illiteracy. The background of the photograph has been...
French Tipton was born in 1848. He was licensed to practice law, but was most known as a newspaper editor in Richmond, Kentucky. In 1887, Tipton and William G. White established the pro-Democratic Richmond Climax. However, in 1896 he left the party...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: illustrated title page for "Introductory Lessons in English Grammar," by Noble Butler (with picture of three children seated at table reading a book); man bent, holding hat...
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: boy wading into water; young man seated outdoors, with sailboat on...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Motion picture theaters
View of the Strand Theater on Chestnut Street behind Lincoln Park. The marquee advertises a film of the Louis - Walcott fight, which took place December 5, 1947.. Title supplied by cataloger.
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Famines; Food relief
Window display at Kaufman Straus on famine in food shortages in Europe. Two mannequins - a woman and child - stand in front of a broken brick wall. Text on either side of the scene compares American food consumption to European. Text on the bottom...
Photograph of a World War II sign attached to a board. The poster reads "You Buy Bonds. I'll fight! Sign your pledge. Everybody Every Pay Day 10%" and has a picture of a man in a combat uniform holding a bayonet.
Brick building with a center tower and two chimneys on the ends. Three archways in the front and two, bricked-in archways on the right side. The building is surrounded by overgrown grass. Title: 7007 - John Brown's Fort, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,...
