Loneliness--Fiction; Widowers--Fiction; Supernatural in literature
Happy Death Men is a series of excerpts from a novel of the same name. It is a work of
magical realism that follows in the footsteps of Haruki Murakami and Neil Gaiman. The
novel consists of two main storylines, one about a widower named Henry, 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...
Portrait of Samuel D. Boden holding grandson E. Bruce Blythe Jr. on the arm of a chair. The photograph is painted on to crop the images. Handwritten on back of image: Louisville Cotton Mills; credit, Walton Jones (Louisville photographer). Stamped...
Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Edward Speidel of Louisville, Kentucky seated outside with grandson, Richard Henry Speidel, leaning on a bird bath. The photograph has damaged edges and a yellow discoloration from age. Stamped on back of image:...
Portraits; Men; Children; Boys; Government officials; Governors
Governor Flem D. Sampson of Barbourville, Kentucky, who served as Governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931, posed with grandson Dickie (R. E. Jr.) Gerrish. Governor Sampson wears a suit and Dickie wears a dress shirt and pants. The photograph discolored...
Portraits; Men; Children; Boys; Business people; Civic leaders
Portrait of businessman and civic leader (whom J.M. Atherton High School for Girls was named), John M. Atherton and grandson, John M. Atherton II of Louisville, Kentucky, seated together. On either side of the photograph x's have been painted to...
Portrait of Seldon Robert Graham of Louisville, Kentucky. He is posed on a bench, wearing short-sleeve shirt and shorts. The photograph is blemished and discolored with glue remnants in top corners. Stamped on back of image: July 27, 1923. Attached...
Otto Seelbach, III of Louisville, Kentucky, holding a golf club and wearing an argyle sweater. The photograph is slightly bent in the top corners. Handwritten on back of image: Grandson of hotel owner. Stamped on back: October 28, 1931.
St. John Boyle was born in Danville, Kentucky, in 1847, son of General Jeremiah T. Boyle and grandson of Judge John Boyle, chief justice of Kentucky. He was educated in law at Harvard University, returning to Kentucky to practice law. He was a...
Group portraits; Families; Tobacco pipes; Pipes (Smoking); Fences; Chimneys
A family portrait spanning four generations. Sarah Davidson Burns sits in the center smoking a pipe. Her son William Penn Burns is on the right. Her grandson Henry Burns sits on the left with his daughter, and Sarah's great-granddaughter, Violet...
Sarah Davidson Burns, her grandson Henry Burns, and her great-granddaughter Violet sit at the hearth inside Sarah's cabin. Sarah is smoking a pipe. Her cabin was beside the Dry Branch of Bullskin Creek. The cabin walls are lined with newspapers and...
Profile of Levi "Lee" Combs sitting on a stool on a porch. Mr. Combs was a feud leader who became a member of the first Board of Trustees of Oneida Baptist Institute. His grandson, Bert T. Combs (1911-1991), attended Oneida in the 1920's...
