Responding to research gaps in both cycling and women's rights history, the purpose of my thesis is to investigate conceptualizations of cycling in the 1890's suffrage press. I analyze six aspects of cycling in suffrage periodicals: advice and tips...
Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
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;...
Public housing--Kentucky--Newport; Urban renewal--Kentucky--Newport; Newport (Ky.)--Economic conditions
This dissertation examines the outcomes of the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program in one American city, Newport, Kentucky. HOPE VI also improved the quality of life and satisfaction of former public housing residents who...
Rail yard at South Louisville Shops in Louisville, Kentucky. The photo was taken from the employee bridge and is looking north, with the L&N roundhouse visible in the distance. The big trestle on the right supplied coal for L&N steam...
Architecture; Buildings; Stores & shops; Cafes; Restaurants; Fast food restaurants; Eating & drinking facilities; Commercial facilities; Mercantile facilities; Business enterprises; Business & finance; Commerce; Selling; Interiors;...
"A fine example of a thermopolium in Pompeii (I, 8, 8), with a stone counter and the jars ready to hold foods and beverages." (Caption, p. 135); "Among commercial enterprises of these types [shops, taverns and cafes], the most common...
Fresco: "A young employee carding a tunic, and a second worker with a cage made of reeds on which fabric was stretched to be bleached with sulfur steam." (Caption, p. 137); "One of the liveliest shop fronts excavated in the early...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
Location: 800 block of Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. "Broadway looking West from a point about 100 ft. east of Shelby" was written on the invoice indicating that this photograph was likely taken for insurance purposes. On a rainy day...
Address: 500 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Laub Trunk Co., Gresham & Quinlan Haberdashers, and Jas. K. Lemon & Son sterling silver and diamonds stores are shown on the first floor of the Seelbach Hotel. The lower level includes...
Address: 814 Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Three black trucks sit in front of the building at Marret & Miller Florists. In front of each truck stands a man, probably the delivery driver. Painted on the side of each truck is "'Say it...
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company's Band stands at attention with their instruments in the middle of Guthrie Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Beyond the band are the shops and offices of Gordon's Millinery, the Speed Building, a Western...
Address: 2227 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks on Bardstown Road pass before a series of connected brick buildings forming a zigzag pattern. Each doorway has inset columns topped with a pediment over an arched window and...
Transportation; Street railroads; Automobiles; Streets; Stores & shops
Address: Market and Sixth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Two trolleys approach the intersection of Market and Sixth Streets. Numerous cars are parked and are driving along the road, including one in which two passengers are riding in a rumble seat....
Address: 684 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Hook's Drug Store on the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway, followed by General Electric and Western Union. Above one of the display windows is a sign for "Board of Education Election....
