Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
African Americans; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
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...
"In the year before Pollock's premature death, Krasner made powerful collages, possibly drawing on the huge semi-abstract 'paper-cuts' that the veteran French Modernist Henri Matisse was producing around this time. In one of these collages she...
The Bell family, including Jean Thomas (second from left) and Trixy Lydia Ross Bell (fourth from left, with little girl on lap) pose outdoors for a group portrait, which includes a man (possibly Jean's husband Bert), three unidentified girls (one...
Four women, two boys, and a man pose on a hill. The women include Jean Thomas (second from rear, next to young man) and Trixy Lydia Ross Bell (third from rear). The young man may be Jean's husband Bert. Title supplied by cataloger.
Character portrait of left profile of actress Stella Boniface Weaver in costume for the role of Amrah in "Ben Hur," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre five times between 1891 and 1917. She was probably part of the March 1905 cast,...
Portrait of Benjamin F. Ewing of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, jacket and tie. The photograph has some discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Benj. F. Ewing, Local attorney; Don't know what you want with this man but here he is. His...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Blanche Ring, seated, wearing wide-brimmed hat with ostrich plumes and dress in patchwork pattern. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as...
Character portrait of actress Blanche Ring wearing brimless hat with velvet ribbon. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as was Ring's husband, Charles Winninger). Born April 24, 1877, Ring...
Women; Men; Spouses; Couples; Heads (Anatomy); Hairstyles; Eyes; Marriage; Relations between the sexes; Crying; Mental states; Pain
"An obsessive self-portraitist, Kahlo reveled in her distinctive features - heavy, continuous eyebrows, piercing gaze, shadowy mustache, small but ripe, cherry-red mouth, massive dark hair braided like a halo in the traditional Mexican style....
Two women in coats and hats stand at a gate, about to join three other women (including a hatless Jean Thomas) on the sidewalk, alongside which a car is parked. Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin,...
Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin, Mabel Crawford Rardin's husband, and Jake Rardin, Mrs. Jake Rardin's husband. Mrs. Dolly Gann is the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, who served during the...
Grace Rardin Doherty is the wife of Henry L. Doherty and the sister of Hugh Rardin, Mabel Crawford Rardin's husband, and Jake Rardin, Mrs. Jake Rardin's husband. Mrs. Dolly Gann is the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, who served during the...
Portrait of left profile of author, actress, director, and producer Dorothy Donnelly wearing a pearl necklace and a white dress. Donnelly was born January 28, 1880 in New York City. She performed at Macauley's Theatre in three George Bernard Shaw...
Autographed portrait of actress Effie Shannon leaning her chin on right hand, with hair pulled back, wearing Swiss-dotted blouse. Born May 13, 1867 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she appeared at Macauley's Theatre ten times between 1886 and 1910, the...
Full-length character portrait of right profile of actress Effie Shannon. She stands holding onto the stage curtain, wearing a long evening gown with overlay and train. Born May 13, 1867 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she appeared at Macauley's...
Full-length character portrait of performer Gertrude Elliott in costume for the role of Ophelia in "Hamlet," which she performed at Macauley's Theatre in February 1904. She is kneeling amid strewn flowers, wearing a white robe, with her...
Two mustachioed men in overcoats sit on wooden chairs on a stage set with the appearance of a library or study. They seem engrossed in conversation; the one on the right sits sideways in his chair, with a cane leaning against it. Although this...
