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...
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Generals--United States--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis is an examination of the factors that impacted the rise and fall of the military career of General George McClellan during the initial stages of the Civil War. It works almost exclusively with primary sources to gain a better...
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...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Berea College--History; African Americans--Education--Kentucky
This dissertation examines the history of Berea College in Kentucky. Founded before the Civil War, it was a small, private southern college that educated blacks, whites, women and men equally, an early model of cooperation and social harmony. Its...
Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877; Slavery--Southern States--Justification; Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century; Secession--Southern States
This thesis explores the life and career of Albert Taylor Bledsoe, a conservative Whig intellectual and proslavery theorist. It seeks to understand an apparent contradiction in Bledsoe's public comments regarding slavery and secession. Bledsoe...
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...
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Kentucky--Politics and government--1861-1865; Allegiance--Kentucky--History--19th century
During the year 1924 - 1925 a seminar on the Civil War in Kentucky was held in the University of Louisville under the direction of Dr. R. S. Cotterill of the Department of History. Among the subjects studied the Neutrality of the State in 1861...
Historic sites; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Ky.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Log cabins; Monuments & memorials
Replica of the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The original cabin was mostly destroyed, but a replica, built from some of the original salvaged materials, stands within the Lincoln Memorial at the Abraham Lincoln...
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...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
Historic sites; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Ky.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Springs
Lincoln spring on Lincoln farm in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Text on back: "Lincoln spring at birthplace of Abraham Lincoln." A warning sign against despoiling the spring is posted. The spring is in a caved in area in the rocky hillside and...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
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...
Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation; Donne, John, 1572-1631--Knowledge--Mathematics
John Donne wanted to live the leisurely life of a
gentleman undisturbed by financial difficulties, devoting
his life to entertaining his audience with his
witty insights into life and, especially, love. However,
his marriage, which was frowned upon...
This dissertation explores how presidential inaugural speeches reflect the overarching mindset of the government, and how, in the postmodern era, this mindset manifests the same sort of African American erasure that has existed since Middle...
African American women civil rights workers; African American women political activists
This thesis comparatively analyzes the experiences and roles of women in the United States and Caribbean Black Power Movements. Using the Black Panther Party and Trinidadian National Joint Action Committee as case studies, the researcher isolates...
Historic sites; Buildings; Monuments & memorials; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Ky.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Memorial Building at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site near Hodgenville, Kentucky. The memorial is a stately neoclassical building reached by a series of stairs. It houses a replica of the log cabin in which President Abraham...
Lincoln Marriage Temple holding the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln's parents were married in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. A brick building with few windows, and a steeple, near large trees. On back of image: "Harrodsburg - Memorial bldg which...
Historic sites; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Ky.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Monuments & memorials
Lincoln Shrine. A close-up photograph with people on the porch, showing large size of the Lincoln Shrine compared to the visitors. Abraham Lincoln National Park was established in 1916. It is now the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic...
Historic sites; Buildings; Dwellings; Log cabins; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Ky.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln family cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Log cabin with cracks filled, with one and two story sections connected perpendicularly and with glass sectional windows. Text on back "Cabin at entrance to Lincoln Farm, Hodgenville, Ky."...
