Advertisements; Merchandise displays; Soda industry
Display booth for Royal Crown (RC Cola) in the lobby of the Mary Anderson Theatre featuring bottles of the drink and a cut-out of a woman with a star above her head. Address: 610 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
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,...
African Americans; African American politicians; African American businesspeople; African American business enterprises; Women politicians; Civil rights; Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government; Politicians; Integration; Discrimination in housing
Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
African Americans; Urban renewal; Small Business Administration (United States); African American business enterprises; African American real estate agents; Youth--Political activity; Busing (School integration); Low-income housing
Oral history interview conducted with Joseph Hammond on April 16, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He...
Allen R. Hite Art Institute; Collages; Drawings; Paintings; Prints
Catalog of an retrospective exhibition of work by Mary Spencer Nay presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, October 1967.
Allen R. Hite Art Institute; Drawings; Paintings; Prints
Catalog of an exhibition of paintings, prints and drawings by Mary Spencer Nay presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute March 13-April 11, 1950.
Catalog of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Mary Spencer Nay presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, February 3-March 11, 1960.
Catalog of an exhibition of prints depicting the biblical story of Joseph and Mary's journey to Egypt to escape King Herod. The exhibit was presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute from April 30-May 31, 1951.
Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Angel suspended in sky holding ribbon banner that reads, "Glory to God in the Highest." An article in "The Louisville Courier-Journal" on November 12, 1942 described how this picture was produced: "In the attic of...
Angels; Harps; Violins; Jesus Christ--Family; Christmas cards; Holly
Mary, the infant Jesus, Joseph and three angels are framed in a circle embedded in a background of holly with berries. The blonde-haired Jesus reaches out to the angels. One of the angels holds a violin and bow and another plays a harp. Postmarked...
An artist, who appears to be Mary Johnston, is resting her head on a box on a table in her studio. Brushes and paints are on the table and watercolor paintings hang around the room. Title supplied by cataloger.
Banks; Women; Citizens Union Bank (Louisville, Ky.); Clerks
Address: 4th & Broadway. Women, identified left to right as Mrs. Francis Hogue (Becky Yeager), Lorraine Crawford (Mrs. M. G. Whitley), Mrs. Winthop Allen (Louis A Starks), Mrs. Chas Hill (Elanor Gordon), Mary Ferris Lindenberger, and Miss Thoda...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Rube Kroh or Floyd Myron Kroh (1886-1944). Color portrait of Floyd Kroh. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right corner. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: Floyd M. Kroh. Floyd Kroh, the southpaw pitcher whom the...
Eight drawings, primarily of women and girls, are tacked on a wall and it appears that there are other drawings to the right of the camera. These are eight of the eighteen illustrations that appeared in "Lovey Mary" by Alice Hegan Rice...
Book of Hours--France--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
A Book of Hours was the primary text for private lay devotion in the late middle ages and Renaissance. Consisting of the cycle of prayers to be recited at the eight canonical hours or established times for prayers throughout the day, the content of...
Book of Hours--Italy--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Italy; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
A Book of Hours was the primary text for private lay devotion in the late middle ages and Renaissance. Consisting of the cycle of prayers to be recited at the eight canonical hours or established times for prayers throughout the day, the content of...
Shield with a bird [possibly heron, crane, or pelican] standing in profile on either side of it. The top left and bottom right of the shield contain three shells, while the top right and bottom left contain three flowers. Above the shield are a...
