Minority Affairs was known as the Office of Black Affairs when it was housed at the corner of Brook and Barbee, and at South First Street (1973-1976). The Office of Minority Affairs was established in 1976 and was an expansion of the Office of...
University of Louisville--Faculty; Rocks; University of Louisville--Students; Students;
University of Louisville Geology instructor James E. Conkin and an unidentified woman crouch in front of Menges Hall near a large rock. The woman is holding a hammer as if she plans to strike the rock. Conkin became the first head of the Geology...
Three men in uniform work at a desk in the Air Force ROTC office located in the Patterson Hall annex. From left to right: S/Sgt. Charles Lorence, Instructor; T/Sgt. Charles D. Mandich, Instructor; M/Sgt. John H. Frantz, Instructor. The unit of the...
Airplanes; Military officers; United States. Air Force ROTC;
Major Hugh A. Ray, in uniform, points to an image of an airplane on a poster of military planes mounted on pegboard or accoustic tile. Major Ray joined the faculty of the United States Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) at the...
University of Louisville--Presidents; Radio stations; WLOU (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); College presidents;
University of Louisville president Dr. John W. Taylor sits at a table with Mrs. John E. Messervy, president of the Louisville Broadcasting Co. and general manager of the newly established AM radio station WLOU; there are papers on the table in...
University of Louisville--Presidents; Radio stations; WLOU (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); College presidents;
University of Louisville president Dr. John W. Taylor sits at a table with Mrs. John E. Messervy, president of the Louisville Broadcasting Co., and general manager of the newly established AM radio station WLOU. The other two gentleman are probably...
"This is the painting Dali took to show Freud in London. It belonged formerly to Edward James." (Caption); "At Zürs […] Dali embarked on a new experiment: the composition, in French, of a 'paranoaic' poem, The Myth of Narcissus,...
Performance art; Video recording; Motion pictures; Film stills; Myths; Fairy tales; Allusions; Artificial limbs; Artists; Women; Hairstyles; Posing; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Windows
Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
"Such barely recognizable human images were the outcome of a dialogue with materials. Layers of thick paste were applied to an absorbent sheet of rag paper laid on a canvas, with a layer of colored paste and varnish finally added to the...
"Here the god is shown standing, naked, a coat thrown over his left shoulder. His left arm is raised and perhaps at one time leaned on a long scepter. The thunderbolt in his right hand and the eagle at his feet are other attributes of this...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Maps; Industrialization; Industry; Economic & social conditions; Social aspects; Industrial arbitration; Social classes; Wealth; Poverty; Economic & industrial aspects
"Fabro made his first sculpture in the Italia series in 1968. Dozens of variations followed in subsequent years. Another theme established in 1968 was that of 'Feet'. This involved the artist in producing a series of bizarre sculptural...
Architecture; Architectural elements; Towers; Walls; City walls; Forts & fortifications
"As the town's wealth grew and powerful neighbors established themselves, the need for protection resulted in the first known permanent stone fortifications. By approximately 7500 BCE, the town, estimated to have had a population of more than...
"The son and successor of Artaxerxes, Shapur I (r. 241-272), succeeded in further extending Sasanian territory. He also erected a great palace at Ctesiphon, the capital his father had established near modern Baghdad in Iraq. The central...
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
