Life care communities--Kentucky--Louisville; Congregate housing--Kentucky--Louisville; Older people--Housing--Kentucky--Louisville
As the older adult population in the United States continues its accelerated growth, there is a growing concern about the long-term care options for these elders. While nursing homes are no longer desirable and costly for federal and state...
Maritime museums--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Museums--Collection management--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Howard Steamboat Museum
My project looks at the current state of collections at the Howard Steamboat Museum located in Jeffersonville, Indiana and how the staff can improve their collections care and management. It is imperative that collection management guidelines and...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 7. No. 46. but is actually Vol. 7. No. 50.
During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as
domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and
exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 22. but is actually Vol. 33. No. 29. There are holes in the center of each page and portions...
Military nursing--History; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Women and war--History--20th century
World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000
military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.
There were not enough doctors to provide the necessary
medical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,
and other than in...
Balkan woman, wearing a dark scarf and long dress, holds a bundled child on her hip. Laundry is drying on clotheslines behind her and another woman stands behind the laundry. Taken during World War I.
Woman, wearing a hijab or Islamic veil, stands on a wooden box to hang laundry on a line outside a brick house. Another woman, also wearing a hijab, looks out from the doorway. Picture was taken in the Balkans during World War I.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There is a portion missing from the top of pages seven and eight of this issue.
Two exterior views of Dixie Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, a long white, L-shaped building. There are signs above the door and painted on the side of the building. The company is located at 990 Breckinridge Street (not Breckenridge) near Swan...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education
Includes names of faculty and students, information about the university and its courses, and photos of campus buildings and faculty. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute...
African Americans; African American churches; African American single mothers ; African American teenage mothers; Nursing homes; Nursing home administrators; People's Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Single mothers; Teenage marriage; Teenage...
Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...
Gender identity in advertising; Gender identity in mass media; Sex role in advertising; Advertising--Social aspects
Images in advertisements often depict social expectations for gendered behavior, reinforcing stereotypical masculine and feminine behaviors. This study examined the effectiveness of using gender role stereotypical images in advertisements by...
Whitestone, Henry, 1819-1893; Architects--United States
Henry Whitestone (1819-1893) practiced architecture in the
nineteenth century when the prevailing mode in architectural styles
was a series of historical revivals. His work, with few exceptions,
was entirely within the style of the Italian...
Children and war; World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky--Louisville; World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Kentucky--Louisville
This thesis presents the view of World War II, a watershed event in U.S. history, through the lenses of a group that is not normally called upon, that of young children. The war was viewed by and affected young girls differently than others....
Woman, wearing a scarf, is standing in a small stream next to a stone wall. Three children are also standing in and alongside the water. The woman appears to be wringing out laundry. Two of the children are also in another image in this collection...
Six veiled women walk down a tree-lined dirt road next to a river during World War I. One is carrying a sawhorse, another has a large board on her head, and others are holding various bundles and baskets. They appear to be heading toward a small...
