Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map, printed in green in on white paper, of the area of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes description of the flood, chart of elevations and depths of selected sites in Louisville, two photographs of...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
Appalachians (People); Appalachian Region--History; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Education--Appalachian Region; Education--Kentucky; Kentucky--Social life and customs; Rural schools--Kentucky--History; Oneida Baptist Institute;...
665 items from Louisville native Claude C. Matlack (1878-1944), an amateur photographer who, working as an engineer for his family's plumbing business, happened to capture on film the formative years of a settlement school built by feuding...
Buildings; Canopies; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building). Completed in 1907, the Atherton Building would have been a project started while Alfred S. Joseph was still serving as chief architect and engineer for the firm of McDonald &...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth St. Usually credited to McDonald and Dodd, the Stewart's Dry Goods building was another project designed by Alfred S. Joseph while serving as chief architect and chief engineer for that firm. The photo shows an entrance on...
Chart labeled Bids - Street Construction. Received: Paducah, Ky. June 1, 1923. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Pub Works and Chief Engineer. Includes a list of streets and the estimated costs and amount of materials from different contractors....
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Presidents; College administrators; College presidents; Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; University of Louisville--Students; WAVE (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); WHAS (Radio station :...
President of the University of Louisville Dr. John W. Taylor sits at a table with students, instructor and radio station director on the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the first graduating class of the Education by Radio (sometimes referred...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; Teachers; WHAS (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); WAVE (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); Microphones; Radio broadcasting; Students;
Dr. Harvey Curtis Weber teaches a class broadcast over the radio as part of a joint effort by the University of Louisville, WHAS and WAVE radio, to provide remote university education to members of the Louisville community. Weber stands in front of...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; Teachers; WHAS (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); WAVE (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); Microphones; Radio broadcasting; Students;
Dr. Harvey Curtis Weber teaches a class broadcast over the radio as part of a joint effort by the University of Louisville, WHAS and WAVE radio, to provide remote university education to members of the Louisville community. Weber stands in front of...
Drawings; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Sketch of two military men, one sitting on a camp stool, the other standing beside him. In the background a soldier is standing guard with a rifle on his shoulder. A photo of Orlando M. Poe is pasted on the body of the seated man and another photo...
Louisville Water Company (Louisville, Ky.); Business people; Men; Group portraits
Group of men in suits posed on steps outside frame building. The men are identified by circled numbers to their left, with the key written beneath the image on the print: "1 John S. Morris Auditor, 2 Charles S. Potter Buyer - Ass't. Treas. 3...
Plate showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, the Ohio River, and Kentucky also labeled. Printed above map frame: "Plate I." Printed beneath map frame: "Note: From survey...
Map, on a scale of 400 feet to an inch, showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Rock Island, Goose Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, Portland, New Albany, Clarksville, Falls City, and Jeffersonville also labeled....
Map of Kentucky and other states showing the total rainfall along the Ohio River basin during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Reports furnished by U.S. Weather Bureau of Rainfall observed...
Map of Louisville showing total rainfall along during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Rainfall Records of 11 Commissioners of Sewerage Rain Gages [Gauges], 1 Government maintained...
A group of men in suits and jackets stand under a sign that reads ""Central Relief Drain Extension. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. Matt H. Crawford, Chairman. J.B.F. Breed, Chief Engineer. Hoag & Rollins. Public Works...
Recreation building and pavilion at Chickasaw Park in Louisville, Kentucky. White, one-story building with sloping roof, consisting of an interior section surrounded by domed corridors. The building plans were drawn by Clifford F. Reichert, park...
