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,...
Heat pipes; Solar heating--Passive systems; Solar heating--Research; Solar energy--Research
The one dimensional heat transfer, thermal diode effect of heat pipes makes
them ideal for passive solar applications. Gains in a heat pipe passive solar wall are not
lost during cloud cover or periods of low irradiation. An experimental model was...
This thesis is a historical examination of the relationship between the railroad industry and state government in Kentucky during the nineteenth century. The thesis begins with an examination of the legal culture of the early nineteenth century and...
Three men in a lumberyard help hoist a board onto a low pile of boards while a fourth man stands to the right behind a smaller pile of similar boards on a wheeled cart that runs along a track. On either side of the track are many other piles of...
Several men sit and talk on a pile of lumber in a clearing in the woods. The lumber looks as if it may be a from a demolished cabin. Handwritten on bottom border: 420. Title supplied by cataloger.
Railroads--Virginia--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis is an examination of the Virginia railroad system during the Civil War. Using extensive and primary secondary sources, the thesis argues that the Virginia General Assembly, the Confederate Government under Jefferson Davis, and the...
Lumber; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Lumber piled high in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Smoke stacks from the towboat SPRAGUE are visible beyond the ways. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from a window in the Howard Shipyard...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Constitutions--Kentucky
Kentucky's third constitution, ratified by voters in 1850 is important historically as the first state charter for which complete record of the convention that drafted it was published, making it possible to research the intentions of the framers. ...
The lumber yard outside a sawmill located on the South Fork of the Kentucky River at Oneida across from the mouth of Bullskin Creek. Handwritten on bottom border: 362. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two yoke of oxen, pulling a wagonload of lumber, meet a pair of mules on a narrow road on Bull Skin Creek, east of Oneida. Rail fences and a house are in the background. Handwritten on bottom border: 394. Title supplied by cataloger.
