African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
Theaters--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
A child is considered by some psychologists to pass through on its way to manhood the stages through which the race has passed on its way to civilization. If this is true of a single man, might it not equally be true of a community of men? Have not...
This dissertation empirically studies computer-assisted writing administration as a site of agency for social change by inquiring how writing program administrators (WPAs) use their agency and power when developing and maintaining computer-mediated...
Portrait of performer Adolph Jackson wearing a mustache and three-piece suit with black bow tie. Jackson performed at Macauley's Theatre in "Siberia" (December 23-28, 1889), "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" (with Willie Collier)...
Alexander Craig Culbertson and wife, Bess Haldeman Culbertson of Louisville, Kentucky, standing together on a ship, dressed formally. Alexander Craig Culbertson and his brother, William S. Culbertson, were the inspiration of Annie Fellows...
Alexander Craig Culbertson and wife, Bess Haldeman Culbertson of Louisville, Kentucky, walking arm-in-arm. Alexander Craig Culbertson and his brother, William S. Culbertson, were the inspiration of Annie Fellows Johnston's characters Malcolm and...
Busy and wide cobblestone street lined with buildings on either side. Streetcar tracks run down the street. On the street are streetcars and carriages. Pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks. Elevated tracks run parallel to the left and...
Based on note made when this image was acquired, it is believed to be Amelia Weissinger Cochran. She was the mother of Hattie Cochran, the real-life model for the title character in Annie Fellows Johnston's series of Little Colonel books. Title...
In studying qualitative chemistry, two things impress you. The one being, the systematic, inclusive and generally accepted tables for the detection and identification of the several metals; the other, the lack of any agreement as to the method of...
A portrait of Mrs. Annie Craig, the real-life model for the character Grandmother MacIntyre in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnston. She is wearing a black lace dress and light reflects off her silver hair. Annie was the widow...
Hattie Cochran and Annie Fellows Johnston pose with the book, "The Little Colonel at Boarding School" (1903). They are sitting on a small wood settee in front of a bookcase by a window. Hattie, the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Mrs. Johnston holds an open parasol over her right shoulder. Hattie is the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. They are holding hands and Mrs. Johnston holds a folded parasol in her other hand. Hattie is the real-life person upon...
Photograph of an oil painting by Herbert Ross of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series of children's books. Title supplied by cataloger.
Five children are pictured in an archway of the pergola at Louisville's Central Park. Three sit on a step facing an open lawn where some adults sit and stand surrounded by trees. One of the children is a girl with short hair wearing a dress....
"The atom bomb was good news for Dali's commercial art." (Caption); "The New York Times reviewer of the Sentimental Colloquy had said correctly that Dali's 'Surrealist' paintings were now executed according to a mere formula. That...
Aunt Alice Williams sits playing concertina while two little girls (possibly from the Gullett family) wearing calico dresses stand on either side of her. Title supplied by cataloger.
Women; Boys; Girls; Fences; Costumes--United States
Aunt Alice Williams sits in a yard next to Esther (possibly Esther Naomi Gullett), wearing a calico dress and bonnet, and Little Babe Caldwell, wearing suspenders and a plaid shirt.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) sits, holding a broom and a basket, in front of a pile of corn, accompanied by her grandsons, two little boys in frayed clothing.
