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 American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
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; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government employees
Portrait of W.A. Marshall of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing dark-framed glasses. The photograph has been painted on, marked with discolorations and age. Stamped on back of image: November 2, 1922. Handwritten on back: Employment Representative, U.S....
Politicians; United States. Congress; Legislators--United States; Legislators--Kentucky; Legislative bodies--Committees; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor; United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Ethics;...
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on August 10, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the seventh of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
A man holding a cigarette stands in front of a wood shed. The sign next to the door reads ""If Expecting Employment Here, Register at the National Re-Employment Service, 319 Guthrie Street."" Original acetate is deteriorating...
Goodwill Industries of America; Charitable organizations; Women; Signs (Notices)
Women stand on a dais wearing sashes representing the various functions of Goodwill Industries: "Settlement House," "Store," "Office Staff," "Goodwill", "Chapel," "Industry,"...
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; War posters
Window display on unemployment and debt related to World War II. A faintly colored banner reads "Remember! There was no plan for full employment after the last war!"
Print of the Louisville Herald-Post building, a multi-story stone building with a War Manpower Commission United States Employment Services office on the ground floor.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; African American musicians; Musicians; Portrait photographs; African Americans
Portrait of Professor R. S. Wilkinson with the dates of 1892-1897 written on the back - possibly the dates of his employment at State University. In the photograph Professor Wilkinson is posing with a violin. The portrait was taken by Roche of 342...
Three-story brick building on the corner of Fifth and Jefferson, Louisville, Ketucky. Miniature plaza. Visible businesses include Goodfellows Rendez-vous Cafe, Chop Suey, J. B. Baird Drugs (selling Pure Drugs and Coca-Cola), Reck and Riehl Real...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Student unions; Lawns;
Student Center at the University of Louisville, apparently shortly after its construction. Other buildings, including a water tower, are visible in the background; a stretch of unlandscaped lawn stretches out in the foreground. The building has...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Miller Information Technology Building (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; People;
University College building at the University of Louisville; a few people are walking along the sidewalks that intersect near the building. This building is now known as the Miller Information Technology Building (MITC); it was dedicated (and...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Student unions; Sidewalks;
Student Center at the University of Louisville. Other buildings, including a water tower and stadium lighting, are visible in the background; the lawn and sidewalks are seen in the foreground. The building has distinctive ornamentation along the...
University of Louisville. School of Business; University of Louisville--Students; Students; Auditoriums;
Approximately three hundred students of the newly established U of L School of Business (now College of Business) at Career Day on April 13, 1955, seated in an auditorium. Fourteen university and business leaders discussed various aspects of jobs...
University of Louisville. School of Business; Business people; Business education;
William Duffy, supervisor of training at the General Electric Company (GE) stands at a lectern and speaks to approximately three hundred students of the University of Louisville Business School at a Career Day presentation on April 13, 1955. He is...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Abstract sculpture; Abstract works
"Smith's series of Sentinel sculptures, which were begun in 1956, were placed in the landscape surrounding his studio at Bolton Landing in upstate New York. Given their clear figurative associations they appeared to 'survey' or 'guard' the...
