The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
African Americans; African American physicians; African Americans--Hospitals; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; African Americans--Medical care; Hospitals; Medical education; Race...
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his...
"The painting belonged to Edward James. The 'paranoiac-critical town' is composed of elements principally from Cadaqués and Palamós." (Caption); "The reference was to Outskirts of the Paranoiac-Critical Town, one of Dali's finest...
Twenty-six fossil assemblages of land and freshwater molluscs from the Pliocene to the present, were collected from locations near the town of Meade, Kansas, U.S.A. and were analyzed (along with the extant molluscan fauna of Meade County, Kansas)...
Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Country road, draped by trees, in St. Helens, Kentucky, 1923. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William Shively and his three brothers, who built a...
Bank of St. Helens, St. Helens, Kentucky is at a sharp intersection, in a panoramic photograph on a wet day. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William...
Buildings; Government facilities; Post offices; Doors & doorways
Doorway and small sign at white wood U. S. Post Office in Shively, St. Helens, Kentucky. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William Shively and his...
Home for the Aged & Infirm in St. Helens, Kentucky. The view of this very large building is covered by trees. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian...
People walk or sit on the lawn in front of the Home for the Aged & Infirm in St. Helens, Kentucky. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Nursing homes; Signs (Notices)
Overhead sign at entryway to Home for the Aged & Infirm in Shively, Kentucky. Sign says "Home for Aged and Infirm Department of Public Welfare City of Louisville." St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60...
Commercial Club of Shively, Kentucky. Wood house with stairs to porch. Two men standing on porch. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William Shively and...
Commercial Club of St. Helens, Kentucky. View from an angle. Rope fence visible. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was funded by Christian William Shively and his three...
Street scene where Dixie Highway meets Seventh Street Road in Shively, Kentucky near the Bank of St. Helens. There are horse and carriages and many telephone poles. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W...
Street scene where Dixie Highway meets 7th Street Road in St. Helens, Kentucky. There are cars and a work truck, and many telephone poles. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was...
Men; Public speaking; Town meetings; City & town life; Spectators; Cows; Carts & wagons
Men are gathered on foot and on horseback to hear a speech in town square on market day. A cow and a calf are tethered to a wagon on the left. Title supplied by cataloger.
Tracks run down the center of a small town. The town is situated at the base of the snow-covered mountains in the distance. Telephone poles line the street.
Large town, or village, in a valley as seen from a hillside. Rounded mosque domes and minarets are visible, suggesting the town is in the Balkans, where the photographer served with France's 34e Colonial Regiment in 1917-1919.
Three-quarter length character portrait of Mae Carman (possibly also known as Mae Carmen), who wears a hat and off-the-shoulder dress adorned with a butterfly at the bodice. She apparently appeared in the play "In New York Town," for...
