Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
In the early days of 1861, Kentucky, torn between her allegiance to the federal government and her sympathy for the South, with her citizenry so divided that hardly a family in the state stood united, vainly endeavored to carve out for herself a...
In the year 1573 when Shakespeare and Marlowe were already boys of nine, Chapman in adolescence, Spenser, Lyly and Richard Hooker men of twenty, John Donne, then important to only a few but destined to the company of royalty, was born. Walton...
African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
Segregation in education; African American construction workers; Construction workers; African Americans; Labor unions; Race relations; Laborers' International Union of North America; Women construction workers; African Americans--Employment; A....
Oral history interview conducted with James "Jimmy" Stewart on April 4, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Stewart, business manager for Local 576 of the Laborers' International Union of North America discusses segregation in education in Tennessee...
One of the most nationally-recognized, two-year legislative reform initiatives in the U.S. began in Kentucky with the passage of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 (HB1). This exploratory, cross-sectional, correlational...
Postal service--History; Postal service--Southwest, Old
In every civilization of which any record has been preserved, there is known to have been some organized plan for maintaining communication by couriers who were either post runners or riders mounted. The relaying of these couriers was an obvious...
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 images of the Girls' Dormitory and Domestic Science Class. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and...
The Cumberland Hotel, a large three-story hotel, sits on a small rise along a street in Somerset, Kentucky. The front windows facing the street are decorated with awnings and a veranda appears to be on the left side of the hotel. A small natural...
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. 43. but is actually Vol. 32. No. 47.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education
Includes names of faculty and students and information about the university and its courses. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute (1879), State University (1883), Simmons...
Women agricultural laborers--England--History--19th century; Women agricultural laborers--United States--History--19th century; Women in agriculture--England--History--19th century; Women in agriculture--United States--History--19th century; Women...
This thesis is a historical study comparing the work-lives African-American and English nineteenth-century, field-working women. It focuses on the ideology and structure of the gender division of labour as it formed and informed the lives of these...
Equations of state attempt to describe the relationship between temperature (T), pressure (P), and molar volume (v) for a given substance or mixture of substances. The ideal gas law is the simplest form of an equation of state. An ideal gas can be...
Three-story brick building with a pillared section, an awning, plate glass windows, and arches on the first floor. The building is at the corner of wide, unpaved streets with a few pedestrians. There are many more pedestrians on the sidewalk in...
Portrait of Judge J.S. Cooper of Somerset, Kentucky. His silver hair is parted down the middle and combed to the sides. The photograph has a lot of discoloration blemishes and is missing a corner.
Portrait of Judge H.C. Kennedy of Somerset, Kentucky, wearing glasses. Crop marks outline his image, and the photograph is marred with discolorations. Stamped on back of image: October 10, 1922. Handwritten on back: Judge, H.C. Kennedy.
Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, seated, writing. The photograph has marks of discoloration and age. Handwritten on back of image: Governor of Kentucky (1919-1922); credit Cusick. Stamped on back:...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Governors
Portrait of Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, wearing a hard collar and tie. The photograph has been marred with tears, cracks, and discolorations. Tamped on front of image: Cusick, Louisville....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials
Portrait of Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, wearing a fedora and tie. The photograph has marks of discoloration and age. Article attached to back of image: Edwin P. Morrow, Railway Meditation...
Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, wearing a white suit and tie. The photograph has marks of discoloration and cracks along the bottom edge. Handwritten on back of image: 1931, Governor of Kentucky...
Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, wearing a jacket and black tie. The photograph has slightly faded with age. Handwritten on back of image: Kentucky Governor (1919-1922). Stamped on back: July 1,...
