On the morning of August 4, 2009, record-breaking rains fell in central Louisville and surrounding counties between 7 am and 10 am EDT, with reported hourly rainfall rates as high as 8.83 inches. The Louisville Free Public Library's main branch and...
Electronic communication is gradually becoming a larger part of today's
society. This type of communication not only encompasses ways people stay in
touch, but also how people manage or share their personal data. As this type of
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People; Buildings; Transportation; City & town life; Louisville (Ky.)--Pictorial works;
The collection of over half a million negatives and 2,000 vintage prints includes work for Louisville architects, builders, banks and financial houses, wholesale and retail merchants, advertisers, government agencies, public utilities, and private...
The Leonard Brecher Tobacco and Chewing Gum Card Collection contains 154 digital images of baseball cards from the early 20th century. Tobacco, candy, and chewing gum companies printed trade cards or advertising cards to include with their...
School yearbooks; Schools; Students; Alumni & alumnae; Student organizations; Universities & colleges; Medical students; Law students; Dental students; Engineering students; Music students; College students; University of...
This digital collection contains full-text searchable digital versions of University of Louisville yearbooks, which were published sporadically and under several different titles from 1909-1982: The Colonel (1909-1912); The Kentucky Cardinal...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Passageways; Office workers; Rain; Streets; University of Louisville--Employees
Digital video shot during the rainfall, starts in the basement of the Houchens Building as photographer splashes down flooded hallway and then walks up the stairs. People stand scattered around the first level of the building waiting for the rain...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Rain; Parking lots
Digital video shot during the rainfall shows the parking lot on the south side of the Houchens Building. Video shows Crawford Gym, Lutz Hall, the Service Complex and the Floyd Street Parking Garage. Video was shot during the mid-morning.
Digital video shot during the downpour that caused the flooding. Video starts facing east down Eastern Parkway and pans counterclockwise across Dougherty Hall and Patterson Hall. The camera focuses on the flooded intersection of Eastern Parkway and...
Currently including 26 interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans, this digital collection...
This digital collection is a non-comprehensive selection of images of Kentucky and nearby areas from a number of smaller collections in the University of Louisville Libraries.
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia; Constitutions--Kentucky; Constitutions--Virginia; Portraits; Lawyers; Judges; Legislators
Drawing on the varied collections of the Law Library, the initial offering of this digital collection features rare volumes of early Kentucky law books: William Littell's Statutes of Kentucky, which compile all the legal enactments relating to...
Agriculture; Buildings; Business & finance; Educational facilities; Religious facilities; Dwellings; Cities & towns; Historic sites; Military facilities; Monuments & memorials; Portraits; Sports; Transportation; Railroads; Newspapers
The Herald-Post digital collection contains 3815 images, including portraits of prominent Louisvillians and Kentuckians at work and at play, as well as scenes of business and industry; government; homes; places of worship; community organizations;...
This digital collection brings together stereographs (also known as stereograms or stereo views) from various collections: Cody Collection, Photographic Archives (ULPA 1989.14) - 60 items attributed to local photographer Joseph Krementz including...
Louisville (Ky.)--Pictorial works; Buildings; Commercial facilities; City & town life; Cityscapes
Images taken by the Royal Photo Company, a Louisville, Kentucky commercial photo studio in operation from 1904 to 1973. The entire collection, acquired by the University of Louisville in 1982, contains over 13,000 photographic negatives taken...
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; World War, 1914-1918--France
This digital collection consists of 210 images of French soldier André Jeunet (1896-1979), fellow soldiers, and civilians during World War I. Most of the photographs were taken by Jeunet while he was serving in northeastern France (1915-1917) and...
Publishers and publishing-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- Sources; Printing--Kentucky--Louisville; Book illustrations; Technical illustrations; Textbooks
John P. Morton and Company was a publisher based in Louisville, Kentucky for much of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries.
The University of Louisville’s Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library has between 1300 and 1400 woodblocks the...
Stern wheelers; Paddleboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
This digital collection currently features images of boats built, or being built, at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It will be expanded to include the entire photograph collection taken by Captain James E. Howard (1875-1956) between...
Sewerage; Sewers; Buildings; Streets; Public utility companies; Public utilities--Kentucky--Louisville
The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) Collection records the construction of sewer lines, drainage work, and floodwall protection projects throughout Louisville in the early twentieth century through the beginning of World War II. While the scope...
The Louisville Leader, an African American community newspaper, began publication in Louisville, Kentucky on November 3, 1917. It covered local religious, educational, social, fraternal, and sporting activities, as well as national and...
