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...
Address: 418 W. Ormsby Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. According to the 1924 Caron's city directory, this building was an apartment house known as Greystone Apartments. A small section of grass is in front of the sidewalk. Beyond the sidewalk is a...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Jack Barry (1887-1961). Color portrait of John J. Barry with the Philadelphia Athletics. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Verso: John J. Barry. John J. Barry, the fast young shortstop of the...
Book of Hours--France--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts--France--Renaissance, 1450 - 1600
Leaf from a Book of Hours, a book used for private prayers, written by hand on a sheet printed with woodblock borders. The Book of Hours originally including this leaf was made in Paris around 1524. The leaf is from a supplemental section, the...
Buildings; Air pollution; Industrial buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...
Exterior view of the Holy Name Church, a brick church at 3rd Street and Heywood Avenue. The building was completed in 1924. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches
Holy Cross (Catholic) Church, located at 3132 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, as viewed from across the street. The edifice features two square turrets. Streetcar tracks are visible in front of the building.
Children; School children; Desks; Classrooms; Blackboards; Schools; People
Children at Holy Rosary Academy sit at desks with wood tops and metal legs. They appear to be working on an assignment as they have papers on their desks and pencils in hand; however, all the students are looking toward the camera. Blackboards are...
Flowers draped near an inscription: "A very happy Christmas. May Christmas fill they heart with love, they life with holy gladness: and in departing may it leave no afterthought of sadness! -- Edith H. Coghlan" Dated 1893 on verso.
Church buildings--Spain; Church architecture--Spain; Spain--History--711-1516
This dissertation examines the architectural evidence in the ongoing debate surrounding the demographical and political value of the shifting Iberian frontier of the tenth through twelfth centuries. In particular, it seeks to problematize the...
Churches; Cathedrals; Catholic churches; Religious facilities; Vestments; Rites & ceremonies; Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)
The inside of the Cathedral of the Assumption, home church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville and located at 433 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown during a service. Behind the altar is a large stained glass window depicting...
Clement VI, Pope, ca 1291-1352; Popes--Primacy--History; Popes--Temporal power--History
The papacy of Clement VI (1342-1352) was distinguished by
its political activism, its attempt to resurrect the impetus
for crusading, and its efforts to attract the best and
brightest talents to Avignon. The attributes which
characterize his...
Framed scene of boat on a small lake or pond near a house. Below the inscription, "A holy happy Easter" are four calla lilies. Printing and address information date this card to before the first World War.
Two cars halfway submerged at the corner of First Street and Kenwood Way. The Americana Community Center (formerly Holy Rosary High School) can be seen in the background.
Girls; Uniforms; Bloomers; Basketball; Basketball players; Group portraits; Schools; People
Ten girls pose near an entrance to Holy Rosary Academy at 1327 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Each girl wears a white blouse with a kerchief, baggy knee-length pants, dark stockings, and white shoes. The girls in the middle are holding a...
"The figure traditionally interpreted as Minerva is actually the armed personification of a subjugated people." (Caption, p. 187); "The top of the attic story, set almost 18 meters above the grade, contains holes for the cramps that...
The Qur'an or Holy Koran is the key religious text for Islam. Followers of Islam find the Qur'an to be the literal word of God, revealed through the prophet Muhammad and containing all things necessary for a righteous life. This illuminated leaf of...
