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,...
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...
Integration; African Americans; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
D.W. Beard was interviewed on November 29, 1979 about the Red Cross (Community) Hospital. He was a member of the board of Community Hospital, which was known previously as Red Cross Hospital. He discusses public perception of the hospital and the...
African Americans; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; Race relations; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Mrs. Amelia Ray, conducted on August 25, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mrs. Ray discusses her early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Cobblestone streets; Buildings
The Gulf Refining Company service station at Locust and Court in Jeffersonville shows gas pumps under a sign reading, "That Good Gulf Gasoline." A number of street lamps with round white globes appear on the property. A brick building is...
George Douglas, wearing a cardigan sweater, sits in the yard of Jean Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, displaying a bottle and another object in his hands and a concertina on his lap.
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...
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...
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...
Politicians' spouses; Politicians; Political campaigns
Mrs. Helen (Dillon) Mazzoli discusses her childhood and upbringing, as well as her life with Congressman Romano (Ron) Mazzoli. She describes their campaigns for office, including her own role and the ways the campaigns changed over time. She talks...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.);
African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education
Includes names of faculty and students and information about the institute, its courses, its rules and regulations, and its fees. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American college students; College students; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); Portrait photographs; African Americans
Unidentified State University graduate, an African-American male student wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and white tie as well as a white flower on his lapel above a lapel pin. The university has gone by many names since its founding in...
Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings
Administration Building, now Grawemeyer Hall, seen from across Third Street. The brick gates by the entrance and exit to the Oval can be seen in the left and right extremes of the image. The Music Building can be seen on the left. The...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Grawemeyer Hall from an elevated perspective. Grawemeyer Hall was built as the Administration Building for the University of Louisville and was dedicated in honor of H. Charles Grawemeyer on November 18, 1988. A historical legacy marker was added...
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.); Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker; Domes; Columns; Street lights;
Grawemeyer Hall seen at night. Lights shine through the windows, and two street lights create bright spots of light on either side of the building. The dome, columns, and Thinker are prominent. Grawemeyer Hall was originally known as the...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker; Domes; Columns; Automobiles; People;
Grawemeyer Hall at the University of Louisville. The dome, columns and the Thinker are visible. A car is stopped in front of the building and a figure stands facing it. Grawemeyer Hall was built as the Administration Building and was dedicated in...
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...
