Politicians; Political corruption; United States. Congress;
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on May 25, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the fifth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
"Relief from the northern side of the entrance to the Arch of Titus depicting Titus, the conquerer of Jerusalem, in triumph. The tympanum to the top of this scene is elaborately decorated." (caption, p.94); “The panel on the north side...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
Spirituality; Spirituality in art; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
This thesis explores the history of human spirituality and its present ambiguous place in our modern secular world. Accompanying the written thesis is documentation of my creative work by the same title. First I will describe spirituality as a...
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...
Men wearing suits and straw hats, and women wearing long skirts and hats, gather along both sides of brick street in Louisville, Kentucky, watching horse-drawn floats and carriages in parade, probably the Fireman's Parade in 1905. Photograph is...
Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Tobacco industry
Parade float with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp across the side and large cigarette cartons and a male figure with a building under the word Prosperity on top of the float. Title supplied by cataloger.
Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Tobacco industry; Women
Parade float carrying three young women. It is decorated with a large pack of Raleigh cigarettes. The side of the float reads Local 185. Title supplied by cataloger.
Floats (Parades); Parades & processions; Charitable organizations; American Red Cross
Parade floats for the Red Cross including one with cut-outs of four men in military uniforms and one woman in a nurse's uniform with the words 'Join American Red Cross.'
Salvation Army float with two women and a boy on the float with flags and a group of men, women, and children from different Salvation Army groups following on foot.
Delta Zeta (University of Louisville); University of Louisville--Students; Fraternities & sororities; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades);
Float constructed by Delta Zeta sorority features members dressed in blackface riding on the back of a truck, above the slogan "Good Pickin's Tonight." The float travels down the street in the homecoming parade. There are cars on the...
Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); University of Louisville--Students;
Homecoming float for unidentified University of Louisville fraternity features a Schmoo theme and drives down Broadway. The banner reads, "Heads we win-tails they lose-the Cards are in-cause we've got Schmoos"; the truck bearing the...
Homecoming float created by the Wandering Greeks in the homecoming parade on Broadway in Louisville. The float features a structure with a slanted roof and another with a facade that reads "UofL Powerhouse" mounted on a trailer. A banner...
Three individuals (two men and a woman) in an antique automobile in the University of Louisville homecoming parade on Broadway, circa 1950s. The men are wearing boater hats (one of them has taken it off and is holding it in his hand) and the woman...
