Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); African Americans; African American physicians; Hospitals; Integration
Oral history interview with hospital administrator Waverley Johnson conducted on August 30, 1979, by Olivia Frederick. Mr. Johnson discusses the Red Cross (Community) Hospital and his role as administrator at this black-run institution. He...
Indians of North America--Kentucky--Bullitt County--Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology)--Kentucky--Ashworth Rockshelter site; Ashworth Rockshelter site (Ky.)
Reinvestigation of a National Register property, the Ashworth Rockshelter (15BU236), northeast of Shepardsville, Bullitt Co., Kentucky, revealed stratified Early Archaic through Mississippian components (ca. 7900 B.C.-1500 A.D.). Primary occupation...
Portrait of A. Glen Brown of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, a suit and tie. Photograph has been painted on to crop his image. Typed on back of image: President Federal Land Bank. Stamped on back: October 25, 1930.
Portrait of A. Glen Brown of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the Federal Land Bank, wearing glasses, a jacket and tie. Stamped on back of image: April 19, 1935.
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Medical policy--Kentucky--Louisville; Political planning--Kentucky--Louisville; Cities and towns--Growth--Kentucky--Louisville
A disciplined-configurative case study design was carried out to explore whether a growth machine exists and shapes local healthcare policy in Louisville. A historical analysis first explored whether a growth machine existed in Louisville in the...
The Artist's Studio (Arts Studio?) is visible across campus, nearly obscured by trees. Note on back: "Belknap Campus / work being done under a federal relief program during 1933. Exact location not identified."
Life care communities--Kentucky--Louisville; Congregate housing--Kentucky--Louisville; Older people--Housing--Kentucky--Louisville
As the older adult population in the United States continues its accelerated growth, there is a growing concern about the long-term care options for these elders. While nursing homes are no longer desirable and costly for federal and state...
Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes), 1864-1936; Radio in religion--United States--History; Religious broadcasting--Christianity--History; Religious broadcasting--United States--History; Christianity--United States--20th century
S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), a Christian minister at Central Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York from 1901 to 1936, was a popular religious figure in interwar America. From 1924 to 1928, Cadman served as president of the Federal Council of...
Interior and exterior views, front and back, of the Greater Louisville First Federal Savings and Loan Association building. The interior has a dark wood counter with rows of machines.
Road detour indicated by signs and blocked with sawhorses and large piles of dirt. One sign reads ""Federal Public Works Project No. 937. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville."" Men work with construction machinery behind the...
Streets; City & town life; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Steeples; Buildings; Apartment houses
This street scene captures the area of Third Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. In the foreground is a sign for "At Your Service Tire Co." and behind that is the Young Men's Christian Association. On the opposite side of the...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Lawyers
Bunk Gardner, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky from 1935-1938, seated at his desk in the federal building, looking at papers. The photograph has a couple white blemish spots and missing bottom, left corner.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Judges
Portrait of Judge Charles I. Dawson of Crestwood, Kentucky, appointed by President Coolidge as United States Judge for Western District of Kentucky. He is wearing a hard collar, suit and tie. The photograph has some spots of discoloration....
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The garage for the Commodore Apartments is shown. A cement pathway leads up to double doors. The faade of the building has a three-tiered appearance. Three windows are centered above the...
Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CORDOVA, a packet and towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, she operated on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama, as well as the Mississippi River. CORDOVA was...
Three men stand between a dump truck filled with rubble and a large sign advertising "East End Branch Yard. 1315 East Main Street. Cleveland Wrecking Co. Building Materials from Louisville's East End and West End Federal Housing Project Sites....
