Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
The role of mothers, the constitution of families, and the power of their stories are the bedrock of my thesis, which is the first 90 pages of a novel entitled Playing House . In it, I hope to investigate the denotation and connotation of the words...
African Americans; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
Delacoosha, an estate in Pewee Valley, was owned by Albert Burge in the late nineteenth century. Annie Fellows Johnston was visiting the Burges when she met Hattie Cochran, Rebecca Porter, and the Old Colonel, George Washington Weissinger, and was...
Two women in coats and hats stand at a gate, about to join three other women (including a hatless Jean Thomas) on the sidewalk, alongside which a car is parked. Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin,...
Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin, Mabel Crawford Rardin's husband, and Jake Rardin, Mrs. Jake Rardin's husband. Mrs. Dolly Gann is the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, who served during the...
Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin, Mabel Crawford Rardin's husband, and Jake Rardin, Mrs. Jake Rardin's husband. Mrs. Dolly Gann is the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, who served during the...
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...
The Bell family, including Jean Thomas (second from left) and Trixy Lydia Ross Bell (fourth from left, with little girl on lap) pose outdoors for a group portrait, which includes a man (possibly Jean's husband Bert), three unidentified girls (one...
Four women, two boys, and a man pose on a hill. The women include Jean Thomas (second from rear, next to young man) and Trixy Lydia Ross Bell (third from rear). The young man may be Jean's husband Bert. Title supplied by cataloger.
Well-known and widely reproduced full-length photogravure character portrait of actress Mrs. W. J. Florence in costume for the role of Mrs. General Gilflory in "The Mighty Dollar," which she performed six times at Macauley's Theatre: in...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Blanche Ring, seated, wearing wide-brimmed hat with ostrich plumes and dress in patchwork pattern. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as...
Character portrait of actress Blanche Ring wearing brimless hat with velvet ribbon. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as was Ring's husband, Charles Winninger). Born April 24, 1877, Ring...
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer Mrs. W. J. Florence in costume for the role of Mrs. General Gilflory in "The Mighty Dollar," which she performed six times at Macauley's Theatre: in January and November 1876;...
"In the year before Pollock's premature death, Krasner made powerful collages, possibly drawing on the huge semi-abstract 'paper-cuts' that the veteran French Modernist Henri Matisse was producing around this time. In one of these collages she...
Portrait of Benjamin F. Ewing of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, jacket and tie. The photograph has some discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Benj. F. Ewing, Local attorney; Don't know what you want with this man but here he is. His...
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...
Two mustachioed men in overcoats sit on wooden chairs on a stage set with the appearance of a library or study. They seem engrossed in conversation; the one on the right sits sideways in his chair, with a cane leaning against it. Although this...
Portrait of right profile of actress Marie Prescott. She wears a white dress reminiscent of those worn in ancient Greece, and her hair pulled back into a bun. Prescott and her husband, fellow actor R. D. McLean, toured together until Prescott's...
Three-quarter length character portrait of left profile of Julia Marlowe, wearing a white robe. Julia Marlowe was a child actress born Sarah Frances Frost on August 17, 1865 in England. She spent her late childhood in the United States, and married...
