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...
Few previous studies have compared microbial communities in subterranean and surface environments. Chemical analyses used to characterize the surface and cave microbial environments indicated limited exchange between surface and subsurface waters....
Kentucky--Governor (1859-1862 : Magoffin); Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis seeks to understand Beriah Magoffin as Governor of Kentucky. Adding to the work begun by Michael T. Dues and Lowell H. Harrison during the 1960s and 1970s, this thesis fleshes out a man little studied in history. It addresses several...
Green River Valley (Ky.)--History--19th century; Green River Valley (Ky.)--Economic conditions--19th century; Farms, Small--Kentucky--History
This study focuses on the expansion of the Green River's economic and political importance within Kentucky and how it impacted small farmers of the region. It challenges the idea that small farmers played an insignificant role in the agriculture...
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...
View of two-story brick building at the corner of East Breckinridge and Vine. A Fehr's Beer sign is under the front window, and Oertel's beer sign hangs from the side of the building.
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869; Kentucky--Officials and employees; Kentucky--Politics and government--19th century
James Guthrie, like any man, may be considered as a private individual, as a participant in the economic activities of his time, and as a citizen. Of Guthrie’s personal life little is known besides the barest biographical outline. His business...
Public art--Kentucky--Louisville; Public art--Social aspects--Kentucky--Louisville; Political participation--Kentucky--Louisville
Public art encompasses countless forms, serves many purposes and is
constantly evolving. Engaging the community is one way public art has
developed new forms and purposes. Involving the community allows residents to
contribute to the creative...
The thesis deals with the political career of John Marshall Harlan prior to his appointment in 1877 as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Throughout the majority of those twenty-three active years in Kentucky politics, Harlan...
Slavery--Political aspects--Kentucky; Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
In his 1926 study of the Civil War era in Kentucky, southern historian E. Merton Coulter repeated the old saying that Kentucky was the only state to secede after Appomattox. In an over-simplification of the process, most historians have seen harsh...
This work develops a method of estimating peak daily streamflow, Qpeak, for Kentucky streams using daily average streamflow, Qave, data from the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) website. The purpose...
Slavery and the church--Kentucky--Louisville; Slavery--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville (Ky.)--Church history
In the one hundred and forty years of Louisville's existence, it has grown from a log cabin settlement with no churches to a city with 269 churches and church property valued at over $30,000,000. It is impossible to measure the moral and religious...
This thesis is an examination and analysis of the role of law enforcement in the transformation of a city's downtown from one dominated by sleazy strip bars and prostitutes to one of family entertainment. The focus is on the police and prosecutors;...
Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service, dressed in military garb, sitting on a horse. Stamped on back: November 11, 1935.
Portrait of Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat. Photograph has been painted on to crop her image. Handwritten on back of image: Lexington.
Portrait of Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service. She is older in this picture, wearing her hair very short and a corsage pinned to her blouse. Handwritten on back of image: Frontier Nursing...
Medical education; Medical students; University of Louisville. Medical Dept.
Catalog of alumni of University of Louisville medical department. Includes an alphabetical list of alumni with name, state of residence, and graduation year, as well as a list of graduates for session 1901-1902, session 1902-1903, session...
Medical education; Medical students; University of Louisville. Medical Dept.
Catalog of the class for the session 1850-1851 at the Medical Department of the University of Louisville. Includes list of board of trustees and faculty, catalog of the class for the 1850-1851 session listing student names, places of residence, and...
W. C. P. Breckinridge was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1837. He was educated at Pisgah Academy in Woodford County, Kentucky, before attending Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1855. He received a law degree from the...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Pages six and seven of this issue are very faded.
