Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Offices; Trees; Domes; Columns;
Grawemeyer Hall, built as the Administration Building for the University of Louisville. The front steps, columns and dome are visible. The view of the building is framed by trees. A portion of the road forming "the oval" is visible. The...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Columns; Domes; Trees;
Grawemeyer Hall at the University of Louisville. The building is framed by two trees which partially obscure the view. The dome, columns and front steps are visible. Grawemeyer Hall was built as the Administration Building for the University of...
Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Automobiles; Trees;
Two women stand in the distance on the steps of Grawemeyer Hall (formerly known as the Administration Building). There are two cars in the foreground. The Administration Building was dedicated in honor of H. Charles Grawemeyer on November 18,...
Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Walkways;
Several people walk down the sidewalks leading to and from the Administration Building (Grawemeyer Hall). The archway under the building is visible. According to the 1954 report on Belknap Campus by Walter L. Creese from which the photo was taken,...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; Portrait photographs; African Americans
Portrait of Lavinia B. Sneed, a graduate of State University and later a teacher and member of the Board of Manager there. Portrait was taken by Neighbors Bros. of Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The university has gone by many names since its...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Dormitories; African American universities and colleges; Building construction; Cornerstone laying; African Americans; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.)--Buildings
Ceremony for laying the cornerstone at the new boys' dormitory at Simmons University, designed by African-American architectural firm Plato and Evans in 1924. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and...
Libraries; University of Louisville--Students; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings;
Students work at long tables under the dome in what was is now called Grawemeyer Hall. The card catalog can be seen in the back of the room. The library was moved from Ford Hall into the Administration Building in 1927 and remained there until 1956...
Drum majorettes; University of Louisville--Students;
U of L's majorette corps poses in a "V" formation on the steps of the Administration building (now Grawemeyer Hall) in front of The Thinker. They are, from left to right: Kaye Smith, Margaret Irish, Joan Scharfenberger, Mary Ann Roth,...
113 maps, plus legends and information about publishers Louisville Title Company, Inc. (a real estate insurance and mortgage company), representing the city of Louisville, Kentucky and surrounding county ca. 1913, with color coding for railroads,...
Maps, on a scale of 200 feet per inch, of "every lot or parcel of ground" in the central area of Louisville, Kentucky in 1876, including details such as precise dimensions, owners' names, building materials (wood vs. brick) and whether...
A man and woman (possibly J.P. Fraley and his wife Annadeene, who also works as Thomas' assistant) play fiddle and guitar, and two little girls play mountain dulcimer, at the ceremonies celebrating the donation of the Jean Thomas collection to the...
Baptists; Men; African Americans; Portrait photographs; National Baptist Convention of the United States of America. Foreign Mission Board
Portrait of an unidentified African American man from National Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Text below the photograph reads "National Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Series No. ?8."
Preparatory work for the reinstallation of The Thinker in front of Grawemeyer Hall. The new pedestal is being installed by Muldoon Memorial Co., the same company that installed the original pedestal. This work was completed Feb. 13-15, 2012.
African Americans; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Offices; Office workers; African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education; College presidents; African American college students; College students; African Americans
Rev. C. H. Parrish in his office with his secretary Mrs. Alberta Shacklette and a student helper. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute (1879), State University (1883),...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; African American musicians; Musicians; Portrait photographs; African Americans
Portrait of Professor R. S. Wilkinson with the dates of 1892-1897 written on the back - possibly the dates of his employment at State University. In the photograph Professor Wilkinson is posing with a violin. The portrait was taken by Roche of 342...
Jean Thomas, wearing her 'Narrator' costume (a long black dress with white collar and sleeves), is joined by various musicians, people in Elizabethan costume, and others for the re-dedication of her "Wee House in the Wood" as the...
