General collection

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Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky.

Migration.

Migration

The first two years of merger and busing in Jefferson County.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Translated into English during the interview.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Working for women's issues and women's rights.

Willie Coleman Allen discusses the history of several mills along Doe Run Creek and some of her general memories of this area.

summary available.

An interview with a Green Beret on his experiences in and feelings about the Vietnam War.

Mrs. Allen describes a tour of the "Robinswood" estate in Glenview, KY.

Mr. Allen discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 2.

The narrator was born and raised in the Camp Taylor area. Born Irene Beckman , her family had a truck garden on Bickel (now Durrett) Lane. They were evicted when the land was purchased for Camp Zachary Taylor neighborhood.

The narrator was born and raised on a farm on Illinois Avenue. Her family had to move when Camp Zachary Taylor was constructed. She has resided in the Camp Taylor area her whole life.

Various interviews with retired and active union members.

The narrator describes his life as a Cherokee medicine man on a reservation in North Carolina.

The narrator describes his life as a Cherokee medicine man on a reservation in North Carolina.

The narrator describes his life as a Cherokee medicine man on a reservation in North Carolina.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Family history in Louisville, Kentucky. Locations mentioned included Gray Street and Holy Spirit Church. Additional information and photographs in the file.

Family history in Louisville, Kentucky. Locations mentioned included Gray Street and Holy Spirit Church. Additional information and photographs in the file.

Ansback deals with the changes that she has experienced that relate to Jefferson County, Kentucky, schools before and after busing. Items such as teacher attitudes, disciplines, academic achievement, and the PTA organization.

Mrs. Antonini discusses her family's life during the Great Depression.

An interview with a Vietnam Veteran on his experiences in and feelings about the Vietnam War. The interviewee asked that the interview by identified "only as my personal opinion."

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Interview with former mayor of Louisville David Armstrong, conducted March 2001-March 2003. See also OH project 1999-002

Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky.

Personal history and an account of the growth of the art therapy movement.

A University of Louisville English professor discusses his family history (Ohio County) and some of the folk songs of the region.

Dr. Axton focused on tobacco during the Depression years. He gives background on the tobacco industry in Kentucky and discusses the sale of tobacco and cigarettes during these years.

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary, see report in 1987-35's file.

The narrators discuss life in the St. Matthews area.

Jann Westerfield Ballard talks about her life experiences growing up in the Okolona community and the experiences of African-American property owners on Cooper Chapel and Maple Roads, their community during the early 1950s, and how it changed or remained the same in the following forty year. The interview also covers Ballard's experience of public school integration and busing protests in the Cooper Chapel Road neighborhood and the community of Okolona.

A City Councilman for 30 years. The narrator discusses the life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2 of 1985-32.

A City Councilman for 30 years. The narrator discusses the life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2 of 1985-32.

A City Councilman for 30 years. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview is on side 2.

Discusses work and management of the Piggly Wiggly Store and 1937 flood. Also trying to get home to St. Matthews and terrible traffic, blocked streets and high water. Radio stations relayed help messages through Nashville, Tennessee.

Veterans History Project

Dorothy Barr describes her youth and marriage in Detroit, Michigan. Although her husband's job entailed numerous moves around the central United States, Mrs. Barr has spent the last nineteen years of her life in Louisville. She discusses her children.

Barr describes his youth spent in Detroit, Michigan; work as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps; his thirty-eight years as a General Motors employee; his retirement; and activities at Senior House. Part of a pilot study on oral history and gerontology.

Mrs. Bartash immigrated to the United States in 1912 from Lithuania. She discusses her reasons for coming to the United States and her life here.

The narrators discuss life in the St. Matthews area.

Batchelder discusses her childhood memories and her family who were upper-middle class farmers.

Bruce Tyler interviews

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Frank Bauer, a retired Jefferson County police officer, discusses food distribution from Eline's Garage in St. Matthews, the Black people in the Harrod's Creek area, and other ways that food was obtained for the flood victims, as well as his work with the Pennsylvania State Troopers.

Frank Bauer, a retired Jefferson County police officer, discusses food distribution from Eline's Garage in St. Matthews, the Black people in the Harrod's Creek area, and other ways that food was obtained for the flood victims, as well as his work with the Pennsylvania State Troopers.

Owner of Bauer Brothers Grocery. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Baumgarten discusses German-American Music in Louisville prior to 1914. Bertha Baumgarten, who in her early years sang in the German-American Singing Societies, discusses her life with particular emphasis on her German heritage.

An interview about the Vietnam War experiences of Col. James E. Bean, a POW for 5.5 years in North Vietnam.

This interview discusses Mrs. Beard's work as a bookkeeper at Green Farms, Falls of Rough, KY, from 1928 to 1959. She also discusses her friendship with the Green brothers and Miss Agnes Green.

"Men at work on the river"

Describes his work as a tow boat captain.

Becnel recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

This interview deals with the life of Mr. Becker in Germany, his immigration to the United States and his early years in this country. He came to New York during his twenty- first year.

This interview deals with the life of Mr. Becker in Germany, his immigration to the United States and his early years in this country. He came to New York during his twenty-first year.

This interview deals with Mrs. Becker's life in Germany and her subsequent immigration to the United States with her family; early years here.

Rosenwald schools.

Beers discusses folk recreation and his life in rural Central Kentucky in Carlisle and Winchester.

Beers discusses her life as a child on a farm in Mclean County, Kentucky, and her later life in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Relating to Native Americans (Navajo Sam & Sons jewelers)

Voices of Courage

History of the Bender family. Interview between Cindy and Norma Jean Grewing Bender.

The Benhams recall the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Describes work at the McAlpine Locks.

About First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

Veterans History Project

Interview index available. Interview with the former president and founding member of the Kentucky Alliance for the Advancement of Midwifery (KAAM).

Gladys Bernard discusses Jeffersontown, Kentucky; the death of her brother in World War II; her experiences at Louisville Girls' High School; traveling to Florida during the 1920's; her marriage and the births of her four children as a single parent.

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Berry discusses his experiences in the politics of the Republican party and Louisville from 1910 to the present. He also discusses his tenure as jailor in the city of Louisville from the 1920s to the present. Restrictions: None. Partial transcript avail

Berry discusses his experiences in the politics of the Republican party and Louisville from 1910 to the present. He also discusses his tenure as jailor in the city of Louisville from the 1920s to the present. Restrictions: None. Partial transcript avail

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Helen Beyerle lived in the Camp Taylor area before, during, and after the establishment of Camp Zachary Taylor. She remembers visiting the military camp and was an early resident of Camp Taylor neighborhood.

A recording of a practice session held the last Thursday of each month, in preparation for Big Singing Day. Note: this recording is on reel-to-reel tape and is being kept with other reel-to-reel recordings. It is located at 22-3-3 in box 5 of 5. Photos and a pamphlet are included in the file folder.

Chief of Police Department. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Louisville telephone history interview.

Veterans History Project

The narrator discusses his recollections of the Depression.

The narrator discusses her life in Kentucky during the Depression.

Mr. Blalock, a native of Durham, North Carolina, is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Business School (AMP). He came to Louisville in 1961 as a corporate and public relations executive with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, later known as BATUS. Mr. Blalock has performed a wide range of community service for numerous civic, arts, and health care organizations in Louisville, including coordinating a fund drive for the University of Louisville with a goal of $40 million dollars over a five year period, known as the Quest for Excellence. At the time of the interview he was retired, but still serving as a consultant to several Louisville businesses.

The narrator discusses life in Louisville's Portland and Shippingport neighborhoods from 1895 to 1927. She focuses on family life, recreation, neighborhood amenities, and transportation. See file notes on additional topics mentioned.

Family History.

An interview about the experiences and feelings of a Vietnam War veteran.

Jon Blickenstaff is a founder and organizer of Footprints for Peace, an organization dedicated to creating change through peaceful action. Footprints for Peace organizes events throughout the world that bring together in solidarity a moving community to deepen understanding of spiritual, cultural, and environmental issues. Their aim is to educate, inspire, and empower individuals and communities in building a sustainable future. Blickenstaff describes how Footprints conducts and plans their long-distance walks as well as discusses the “Walk for a Sustainable Future” in Kentucky. This peace pilgrimage begins in the coalfields region of East Kentucky and walks over 150 miles to the state capitol in Frankfort during the legislative session. Blickenstaff is primarily responsible for handling the overnight accommodations along the route and other logistics.

Veterans History Project

Block discusses his career as a photographer and a painter.

Block discusses his experiences with the W.P.A., the National Youth Administration and the Merchant Service at a time when the Seaman's Act was introduced.

Block discusses his experiences with the W.P.A., the National Youth Administration and the Merchant Service at a time when the Seaman's Act was introduced.

Memories of Clifton

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For sumary, see report in 1987-35's file.

Logan Bohannon discusses his life as a child in Eastern Kentucky in the 1920s and his later life in a children's home in Anchorage, Kentucky.

Mary Boklage discusses her family history and her interests in the arts and folk recreation.

Mary Boklage discusses her family history and her interests in the arts and folk recreation.

Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1935.

Veterans History Project

Bowers discusses his many years as a photographer with Caufield and Shook. He talks about early aerial photography and some well known people he photographed. He also discusses the personality of Mr. Caufield.

Veterans History Project

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

A memorial ceremony. Interview is on side 1.

The narrator discusses her childhood in Scotland and her life since coming to America.

The narrator discusses her childhood in Scotland and her life since coming to America.

An interview with a Green Beret about his experiences in and feelings about the Vietnam War.

Mary Lizzie Boyd talks about her life experiences growing up near Okolona, an neighborhood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The interview focuses on the lives of African Americans in the first quarter of the twentieth century in this rural neighborhood. The narrator talks specifically about her role as a single, African American woman head of household and her work as a domestic for white families.

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Only Summary and index available. This audio file was accidentally permanently deleted.

Transcript available. Interview with president of the Kentucky Alliance for the Advancement of Midwifery (KAAM).

Relating to Native Americans (interviewees were associated with a gallery: Indian Images and Particulars of the Past.

Family History

Kosmosdale

Veterans History Project

Family History.

Family History.

Trudy Briner discusses her life in Austria during the 1920s and 1930s until her departure after Kristallnacht, November 1938. There are numerous descriptions of family life, Vienna society after World War I, and a self-portrait. Information relating to the change in political climate from 1933 to 1938 with the rise of Hitler in Germany and its impact on her and her family is detailed. Subsequently, she discusses her circuitous route to America and ultimately to Louisville. Early occupations in Louisvlle and first impressions of America and Louisville are noted. Finally she mentions her feelings upon returning to Vienna for the first time since 1938. Partial transcript available.

Larry Bringing Good discusses his Cheyenne Arapaho upbringing in Oklahoma and his childhood, military, and work career in California. He describes meeting Jun-san Yasuda and Dennis Banks and his subsequent involvement in long-distance peace pilgrimages and sacred runs. Bringing Good discusses his reasons for and experiences with participating in Footprints For Peace’s “Walk for a Sustainable Future,” walking from the coalfields region of East Kentucky to the state capitol in Frankfort during the legislative session.

Broaddus discusses the genealogy of the Hancock family; her memories of the 1918 influenza epidemic; the first World War; the introduction of the Model T Ford and silent movies; the Lindbergh flight; and the Depression.

Broaddus discusses the genealogy of the Hancock family; her memories of the 1918 influenza epidemic; the first World War; the introduction of the Model T Ford and silent movies; the Lindbergh flight; and the Depression.

An interview about the narrator's experience in and feelings about the Vietnam war. Tape is missing. Five page transcript available.

Brooks Family History.

An interview with an attorney at law about surrogate parenting. A transcript is available.

Memories of Clifton

Vietnam.

FDR and the New Deal. Brown, who was a United States Congressman in 1933, discusses his personal recollections of FDR and the New Deal.

Brown is the widow of Bart A. Brown, a VP & trust officer of Citizens Fidelity Bank. Mr. Brown administered the Green Farms account from about 1945-1965 & visited and corresponded with Jennie & Robert Green in Falls of Rough, KY. Mrs. Brown recalls visits to Green Farms and her personal acquaintance with Miss Jennie Green.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Brown discusses his recollections of World War II, concentrating on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Brown discusses the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary see report in 1987-35's file.

Narrator, a former lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division, talks about his experiences in WWII.

Veterans History Project

Interview with bluegrass musician Berk Bryant.

Interview with bluegrass musician Berk Bryant.

Interview with bluegrass musician Berk Bryant.

Interview with bluegrass musician Berk Bryant.

Veterans History Project

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Veterans History Project

Brian Buford was a student at the University of Louisville in the 1990s and earned a master’s degree from that institution. Mr. Buford took a leading role in establishing the University of Louisville’s LGBT center and in establishing the university as a welcoming place for LGBT students. Brian Buford discusses his life growing up in a military family and his early days in university. Mr. Buford goes on to discuss his experiences as a gay student at the University of Louisville in the 1990s as well as the establishment of an LGBT center at the university and his role as an LGBT leader at the university and in the community.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Mr. Burch was principal of Southern High School when Jefferson County Public Schools initiated busing for integration in 1975. He was a long-time resident of Okolona, and a graduate of Southern High School. While stating that within the school, he was isolated from the community, he indicates that the pulse of the community had been quickened by media reports. He indicates that they never had any direct problems with protestors prior to the riots of September 6, 1975, and that rioters never tried to inerefere with the running of the school. He characterizes the internal workings of the school as remaining normal during this period, and indicates that the teachers kept their opinions to themselves. Similarly, he describes the students as having coped well under duress, with few discipline problems. He states that though the student body was obviously uncomfortable in the position it was in, the students did not fight amongst themslves. Burch recalls the night of a football game with Moore High School, another south end school which before the segregation order had been primarily black. He describes the issue as slowly dying down over the course of the school year - protestors eventually stopped coming around the schools, attendance gradually improved, and life returned to normal by the end of the school year.

Senior House Project. Burke is a past mayor of Louisville and served on the Board of Directors of Senior House at the time of this interview. He discusses his involvement and his opinions about the growth of concern for the elderly in the Louisville area.

Family History.

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Burmer is landscape architect for the National Forest Service in Winchester, Kentucky. These tapes concern the Red Bird fire camp in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1945.

Veterans History Project

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

The narrator discusses her teaching career which began in 1931 and ended in 1971.

Frank Callan describes events leading up to the April 4, 1974, tornado in Louisville, Kentucky. The Callan family and home were involved in this event and this personal experience deals with the tornado itself and its aftermath.

Family history.

Calvert, who was quite familiar with the Camp Taylor area, discusses his memories of that area with a particular emphasis on early transportation.

The narrator visited the Camp Taylor neighborhood often as a child and is very knowledgeable about the transportation that served that area and Louisville.

An interview with a Vietnam veteran on his experiences and feelings.

Veterans History Project

Kosmosdale

UofL student Nathan Jones interviews his fellow National Guardsmen about their deployment to Ferguson, Missouri during the public unrest after the murder of Michael Brown in August 2014. Index available.

A Nashville Musical Salute for the Louisville Cardinals Basketball Team; songs written during the 1980 basketball season.

Ruth Cassell lived in the Camp Zachary Taylor area and had family members stationed at the Camp. She would occasionally visit the Camp.

A video interview with Marie (Catherine Dietrich) Cassidy who at the time of the interview was 100 years old. She recounts her family's experience opening a restaurant in Camp Taylor in 1917, her schooling at the Louisville Girls School, UofL, entertainment spots such as Rose Island Park and Turner's Society, and a long-distance biking trip in Southern Indiana in the early 1940's with three other Louisville women. Cassidy studied and taught international folk dancing.

Veterans History Project

Personal history of Doris Chapman. Relates to Louisville, Kentucky childhood; the Great Depression; the 1937 flood; living in Camp Taylor; World War II; German POWs in Louisville; Okolona; bussing; working at GE; and the 1974 tornado. (Interview index available)

Jean Chapman is a retired pediatrician living off the grid in North Carolina. She discusses her reasons for and experiences with participating in Footprints For Peace’s “Walk for a Sustainable Future” walking from the coalfields region of East Kentucky to the state capitol in Frankfort. The walk focuses on raising awareness on the effects of mountaintop removal coal mining on health, communities, and the economy in Kentucky.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

The first executive director of the newly emerged Family and Children's Agency discusses his efforts to unify the two staffs and boards and changes in the agency's program during his tenure, 1959-1965.

Veterans History Project

A tape of a civil rights rally that took place in Louisville, KY in Spring 1967. The speaker is allegedly Rev. A.D. Williams King, brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Then narrator has been Chairman of the Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee for ten years. This tape deals with the 1980 legislative session and its relation to the state budget.

This interview was the basis for an article in the July 1976 Louisville Magazine (p. 78). The interview gives an overview of early Kentucky history, trends, and challenges for the future.

Clark, the well known historian, discusses his formative years as a boy in Mississippi; educational background; life as a teaching historian; life as a writing historian; work as an administrator; and final evaluations of his life, family and country.

History of Kentucky Lectures, Fall 1975.

Gen. Clarke (Ret.) discusses the Battle of St. Vith during WWII and his participation in it; also the subjects of commandership vs. leadership.

Mr. Clay discusses growing up in segregated Louisville and the influence his mother, a teacher, and his father, who held several jobs, had on his life. He discusses the heyday of the black business district on Walnut Street and the activities he would engage in there as a child. Mr. Clay then discusses his education in Ohio and Louisville, where he attended Bellarmine College. He explains his involvement with the Poverty Project and other community based improvement programs in Louisville. Mr. Clay describes the shop he opened in 1967 called The Corner of Jazz which became an important local center for African American gatherings and discussions. He discusses the events leading up to the civil disturbance on May 29th 1968 and his personal experiences during that event. Summary available.

Clement discusses fluorospar mining in Kentucky.

Joe Patrick's accusation (4/27/1953) that Clement (former dean of LMC) was affiliated with 10 subversive groups, and Clement's response (4/28/1953). Patrick was affiliated with WBGE radio, Atlanta, GA

About First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

Narrator, a former sergeant of a rifle platoon, talks about his experiences in WWII.

The narrator is the daughter of the first teacher and principal of Camp Taylor neighborhood in 1921. She has continued to live almost her whole life in Camp Taylor.

Techniques in swim competition.

Art Therapy Association. Personal history and the growth of the art therapy movement.

From his childhood until its closing in 1951, Lattimore Cole, a Louisville native, worked intermittently at the “Louisville Leader,” an African-American weekly, founded in 1917 by his father, I. Willis Cole. Mr. Cole served in World War II, attended Louisville Municipal College, and retired from the U. S. Postal Service. Much of the interview involves comments and identifications provided by Lattimore Cole when shown family photographs and items from the “Louisville Leader” newspaper/printing company. Publishing company operations and staff are recounted. Mr. Cole also comments on his father’s friendships with national African-American business and political leaders as well as local figures like newspaper rival William Warley. I. Willis Cole’s personality and business instincts are discussed along with descriptions of Louisville’s segregated Old Walnut Business District. The interview concludes with Lattimore’s discussion of his siblings and their home-life together. NOTE: The recorder was inadvertently not started until about thirty minutes into the interview. When taping commenced the interviewer incorrectly stated the date as “October 19, 2013.” The error was corrected at the conclusion of the interview. Mr. Cole’s daughter, Nora, is heard commenting in the background. Earlier interviews conducted on November 26, 1977 and June 23, 2004 (video) are also available.

Family History

Collection of unidentified songs

Eunice Brashear Collins describes her family’s long-standing ownership of land at Scuddy (subsequently a coal mining community), Perry County, Kentucky as well as her childhood and youth there in the 1920s and 1930s. Ms. Collins touches on her high school and early employment at nearby Vicco, as well as an early teaching job at Scuddy. In the later recollection, she briefly discusses race conditions in Perry County, including one particularly violent episode. Collins vividly recalls her two years at Alice Lloyd College at Pippa Passes, Kentucky, and the forces that eventually persuaded her to migrate to Louisville as a single woman, where she sought further education and held a series of World War II jobs. That work included employment at the Jeffersonville, Indiana U. S. Army Quartermaster Depot, the Charlestown, Indiana powder plant where she worked on the bagging production line, and finally as a business teacher at a Bowman Field recuperation facility for wounded soldiers. Collins describes how she met Bill Collins, whom she married just before he was shipped out for three years of military service, and the early difficulty he faced in the immediate postwar period when he settled in Louisville. Finally, Eunice describes her educational preparation and career advancement to principal of Chenoweth Elementary School in the old Jefferson County Public Schools and the special role she played in the mid-1970s in a merged system responding to a court-ordered desegregation plan.

Reflections of Governor Combs' administration. Judge Combs, who was the Governor of Kentucky from 1959-1963, discusses politics, civil rights and his assessment of President Kennedy.

Coones' experience and thoughts on Vietnam.

Pioneer days in the Yakima Valley.

Manpower Training, WWII.

Mary Ann Cooper relates growing up on the Ohio/Kentucky racing circuit in the 1940s and 1950s. Racetrack superstitions and anecdotes are told; a glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included.

Oscar Copeland's family and life.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Memories of Clifton

Interview related to the context and background of Dr. Courm's Lakota research papers donated to the Archives and Special Collections.

History of Jackson Junior High School, Louisville, Kentucky.

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary see report in 1987-35's file.

Tape discusses youth in the mountains and single women.

Recent American history. Coushon discusses his personal history with an emphasis on economics and business.

Dario Covi was born in a coal mining town and grew up in a working class family. Early on in his life he showed an aptitude for art. Dario served in the Army during World War 2 as a typist. After leaving the army he earned his PhD in Art History from NYU. He taught Art History at the University of Louisville from 1956-1969 and again from 1975-into the 1980s. Dr. Dario Covi discusses growing up in a coal mining town and life in an Italian immigrant family. Dr. Covi relates his experiences as a soldier in World War 2 and his subsequent attainment of a PhD in Art History from NYU. Dr. Covi then goes on to talk about his experiences teaching at the University of Louisville from the 1950s to the 1980s, as well as experiences during the Civil Rights movement.

Interview with artist Madeline Covi.

Era covering the First World War. Covington discusses her memories and impressions of the early 1900's.

Ten press releases from Vietnam Trip Nov.-Dec. 1967.

Ten press releases from Vietnam, Israel, etc. June 1970.

See folder 1983-49/50 for details.

"Just around the corner," a narrative that goes with a slide/tape presentation prepared by the University Archives staff and the ICC; 1979.

Widow of Rev. Charles Ewell Craik, Jr. transmits family traditions about Dr. James Craik, Rector of Christ Church Cathedral 1844-1881 & recalls the career and home life of his son, Charles Ewell Craik, Dean of the same church, 1881-1917. This interview supplements Craik-Lord family papers.

Veterans History Project

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Crawford has been a groom since the 1920s and he discusses life on the backstretch including superstitions, old times remedies, and memories of his working life.

Thomas W. Crider, a resident of the South Louisville neighborhood, was interviewed in his early 90s. Crider, born to a hardscrabble farm family in Crittenden County, KY describes the tragic death of his father in the Curlew Coal Mine and subsequent struggling childhood in Marion, Kentucky, Evansville, Indiana and finally Louisville, Kentucky. Crider, a natural storyteller using vivid and peppery language, tells of his failed first marriage, a series of blue-collar work experiences, and finally his enlistment in WWII in the Seabees, a construction unit of the U. S. Navy. Hopping from one South Pacific island after another, the narrator colorfully tells of manipulation of his role as a company barber to secure special favors and his relationships with the islanders and their families. On return to the states, he describes his extensive training as a beautician in several states, how permanent waves damaged his hands forcing him to leave his upscale clientele, his longtime marriage to Eleanor Mattingly, his wanderlust, and his later work on the maintenance crew at the University of Louisville.

Thomas W. Crider, a resident of the South Louisville neighborhood, was interviewed in his early 90s. Crider, born to a hardscrabble farm family in Crittenden County, KY describes the tragic death of his father in the Curlew Coal Mine and subsequent struggling childhood in Marion, Kentucky, Evansville, Indiana and finally Louisville, Kentucky. Crider, a natural storyteller using vivid and peppery language, tells of his failed first marriage, a series of blue-collar work experiences, and finally his enlistment in WWII in the Seabees, a construction unit of the U. S. Navy. Hopping from one South Pacific island after another, the narrator colorfully tells of manipulation of his role as a company barber to secure special favors and his relationships with the islanders and their families. On return to the states, he describes his extensive training as a beautician in several states, how permanent waves damaged his hands forcing him to leave his upscale clientele, his longtime marriage to Eleanor Mattingly, his wanderlust, and his later work on the maintenance crew at the University of Louisville.

About Southern Baptists in Kentucky.

About Southern Baptists in Kentucky.

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Ms. Crutcher recalls her home flooding and being evacuated to St. James Court. She also tried to get her money out of the bank but it didn't do any good because the city confiscated all of the groceries. She remembers the cold, the books in the library.

Culpepper discusses her husband's and her experiences as Japanese prisoners of war during WW II.

Veterans History Project

Highland Presbyterian Church

Summary available. Interview regarding the environmental movement in Kentucky.

Interview with artist Mary Ann Currier.

Interview with a farmer.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Translated into English during the interview.

Steve Dalton's insights and overviews of the home building industry in Louisville.

School desegregation in Louisville.

Seventy-nine year old Ursula Parrish Daniels, who had returned to Louisville for the dedication of a historical marker at the Seelbach-Parrish Home at 926 South Sixth Street in the Limerick neighborhood, speaks of spending her entire life there until she left for college. With her parents, Charles Henry Parrish Jr. and Frances Murrell Parrish working out of the home, Louisville Municipal College student boarders from her father’s place of employment helped with child care and household chores. Dr. Daniels recalls frequent civic, educational and social leaders in the African American community (both local and out-of-town) visiting her home for meals and social events. In addition, her maternal grandmother, Mary Virginia Cook Parrish, came for Sunday dinner and the house was the center for many visits and overnight sleep-overs by Ursula’s friends. The white family next door consistently expressed animosity to the Parrishes, the only Black family on the block. As an aside, she mentions her father’s “adopted” brother Frank Parrish. She remembers walking to Duvalle Junior High at Eighth and Chestnut Streets and happy days at Central High—including Saturday night sports—through her Junior year. Then, to manifest her parent’s pro-integration views, she spent an unhappy year with one other Black senior at Male High School. Similarly, she describes attending Ohio Wesleyan University where, again as one of the very few Black students, she lived in a group house of “revolutionary” outsiders. (She believes her race denied her the opportunity to be the yearbook queen.) After a time in Chicago, she moved to New York City where ultimately--aided by a generous fellowship--she earned a doctorate in educational psychology at City University of New York, which launched her career as a professor of early childhood education and administrator at Bergen (New Jersey) Community College from 1979 to 2018. Dr. Daniels discusses her summer visits to her maternal grandparents’ (the Murrells) comfortable home in Glasgow, Ky., recalling how her grandmother’s male siblings (the Martins), who had good jobs as railroad porters in Chicago, returned annually sporting fine cars and pocket watches. Ursula notes that despite the weight of racism, her Glasgow family achieved success as contractors, farmers, entrepreneurs, and professionals. She further notes that this family wing included Native American ancestors, which explains why her Mother, Frances, was so light-skinned. (Ironically, her father’s doctoral research focused on color as a mark of privilege in the Black community.) Ursula explains how her mother came to Louisville to complete high school, boarding with the Clark family, and ultimately attending Louisville Municipal College to study sociology and statistics, where she married her professor Charles Henry Parrish Jr. She discusses her mother’s role as a public parks administrator and, after securing advanced degrees, as a long-time professor of sociology and research methods at Spalding University. She calls both parents as “board room” racial activists for equality and inclusion, indicating that her mother temperamentally was more outspoken and her father more stubbornly reflective. Dr. Daniels notes her father’s affection for the University of Louisville—especially President Philip Davidson—and the difficulty within the African-American community when her father was selected as the only LMC professor to be invited to join the racially-integrated faculty at UofL’s Belknap Campus. Ms. Daniels, on reflection, points to several values that shaped her life and profession. First, as a child of educational, economic and cultural advantage, she believes much was demanded of her, including a career commitment to create opportunity for marginalized people. In addition, despite her family’s struggle for integration, she talks of the need for Historically Black Colleges and Universities for certain African-Americans. Noting the Louisville-area achievements of both her parents and paternal grandparents, she insists that it was important for her to make her mark out-of-town, free of that family connection. Finally, when asked about the role of religion in her life, she credits being brought up in the Black Protestant Church for fundamental values but observes that her current spiritually is both broader and more ecumenical. At the closing of the interview, Ursula Parrish Daniels thanks the interviewer for his part in the successful 1978 effort to secure the donation of the Parrish Family Papers to UofL’s Archives and Special Collection

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Louisville during WWII. The interviewer points out that both the transcript and the tape have been edited and shortened. This tape reflects three separate interviews with Louisville residents Robert L. Daugherty, his father-in-law, Mr. H.L. Willoughby.

The narrator lived on a farm that bordered on Camp Zachary Taylor. He remembers the Camp and soldiers and the early Camp Taylor neighborhood.

Lebanese immigration to Louisville.

Rosenwald schools.

Mrs. Davis briefly described growing up in Louisville. The major part of the interview concerned her years at UofL. She described her relationship with other, primarily white, students, and with faculty. She discussed her two mentors, Charles Parrish and Harvey C. Webster at length. She told the story of how she and her friends picketed restaurants in the neighborhood surrounding the university and succeeded in getting them open to African Americans. She also discussed meeting with Dr. Philip Davidson, president of the university, and getting his support to accomplish other changes to equalize treatment for black students. At the end of the interview she briefly described her post-UofL career.

Coal mining in western Kentucky during the 1920s.

Neighborhood Interviews - Bonnycastle

Family history of John Keller.

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Narrator, a former sergeant in a heavy weapons company, talks about his experiences in WWII.

Mr. Denning discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 1.

Veterans History Project

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Family history.

Sean and Ashley Deskins discuss their education, Kentucky life, and regional stereotypes. They talk about why they decided to host visitors for the World Affairs Council and what it is like accepting strangers into their home. Difficulties in language barrier, dietary concerns, and cultural differences are all topics of conversation. Sean and Ashley Deskins live in Louisville, Kentucky. Sean is an attorney, and Ashley is a real estate agent. Sean graduated from the University of Louisville while Ashley graduated form Eastern Kentucky University. They decided to host for the World Affairs Council after Sean received an award for his service to the community by the Council.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Mr. Detrick was an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, and was stationed in Burma from 1944-46. His job was to air drop supplies to those soldiers who were building the Ledo Road.

Henry Deyen's life in Germany and his early years in the United States are the subjects of this tape. He returned to Germany as an American soldier during World War II.

Veterans History Project

Mr. Distler was an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II from 1944- 45. He airlifted supplies over the Himalayas from American bases in India to American bases in China.

Kosmosdale

An interview with a native Vietnamese about his experiences in Vietnam and his feelings on the war.

Doherty discusses the inception of the Photo Archives at the Univ. of Louisville and his role in acquiring such prestigious photo collections as the Stryker Collection (Farm Security Administration photos from the Depression) and the Clarence Laughlin

Doolan discusses his father's recollections (Clarence J. Doolan) of being a student at the Louisville Industrial School of Reform during the 1890s and his own boyhood in the Portland area.

Homesteading in Yakima Valley, Washington.

Brooksie Dortch discusses her childhood spent with grandparents in Tennessee; work as a domestic servant in Louisville; and her life at Dosker Manor. Part of a pilot study on oral history and gerontology.

History of St. Matthews, KY.

Veterans History Project

Kosmosdale

Experiences as a teacher and principal at Waggener High School.

Mayor Arthur Draut discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Drye discusses his personal history, including his school days at the University of Louisville and his service as a physician in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Reverend Duerr was superintendent of Catholic Schools. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side one.

Ms. Duerson discusses her life and career as a Latin teacher in the Louisville Public School system.

Mr. Duffy recalls his family and childhood years, his education, and his legal and political careers.

Cynthia Dumas was an Air Force nurse stationed at Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969. She speaks of this experience and her current involvement in Veterans' affairs.

Cynthia Dumas was an Air Force nurse stationed at Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969. She speaks of this experience and her current involvement in Veterans' affairs.

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Kosmosdale

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Joseph H. Eckert's history of families.

Veterans History Project

Paris Town - Louisville, KY. Includes individual interview with Father Eifler & interviews with community members. Father Eifler of St. Therese Church in Louisville talks with various persons who relate their remembrances of the area in the early 1900s.

The narrator visited Camp Zachary Taylor and following the Camp's sale, his family built a house in Camp Taylor neighborhood.

An oral history of St. Matthews, KY.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview is on side 2.

Veterans History Project

School desegregation in Louisville.

Family history.

Margaret Emmons discusses her life in Louisville during the 1920s and 1930s.

A retired A. B. Dick salesman. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Albert Entwhistle discusses the flood in connection with his job as assistant to the President of the Mengel Company. This company manufactured mahogany veneers, plywood, woodworking, furniture.

Veterans History Project

Interview with the well-known Jamaican artist on location in Brown's Town, Jamaica.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky.

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary, see report in 1987-35's file.

Veterans History Project

This interview includes discussions on the Sons of the American Revolution and the 1980 NSSAR National Congress.

Bobbie Faust, the editor of the weekly newspaper in Benton, Kentucky (The Tribune-Courier), has covered Big Singing Day for the last eight years. Photograph included.

Two lectures given at the Militant Bookstore and sponsored by the Socialist Party. The speaker outlines the history of the women's suffrage movement.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Senior House Project. An attorney in Louisville, Ferguson served on the Board of Directors of Senior House since 1963. He recalls his years on the Board and the development of Senior House during that time.

Lincoln Perry, known professionally as Stepin Fetchit, discusses his family life, the personal tragedy of his son, Donald, religion and changes in show business.

Veterans History Project

Bruce Tyler interviews

An Attorney. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Isabel Board Foshee was interviewed in her home on September 17, 2002 by Tom Owen. Foshee, a native Louisvillian, was born in 1909 and spent her entire girlhood in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Her father, Milton Board, was a psychiatrist who, for several years, ran a private mental sanatorium in the "slate house" on South Sixth Street. Isabel describes the hospital, patient care, and the African-American neighborhood called Black Hills to the rear. She also describes neighborhood life in the Belgravia - St. James Court area and attendance at Cochran Elementary and Louisville Girls High. She provides significant insight into the life of a comfortable, profession-class family living in a city in the 1910s to the 1930s. Ms. Foshee describes her college years at Vassar and her subsequent employment as a substitute teacher in the Louisville Public Schools. Her description of the policy that prohibited marriage for public school teachers is especially interesting. She also recalled employment in her cousin's folk-craft store, The Withers, at Third and Broadway. Finally the narrator describes her marriage to Dr. Clyde H. Foshee and the raising of several children.

Family history.

The narrators discuss their life on a farm in Washington County, Kentucky from the depression to the present.

The narrator discusses the history of both the Fowler family and the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Fowler recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Jefferson County School System since the merger and busing.

LGHS graduate of 1950.

Eutiva "Tiva" Frank, APH Development Assistant, talks about the processing of fund raising mailings and donations in the company's Development Department and about hcanges tha occurred with computerized data management in the 1980s. She mentions changes in management personnel of the department and describes helping out in the APH Tape Duplication Department during the union strike of 1988.

Migration.

Linda Freeman is a retired registered nurse and Professor Emerita from the University of Louisville. While there, she developed the study abroad program for nursing students and traveled with students to England, Germany, France, and Russia. She was hired for a few months in 1975 to help open the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh. Harold Freeman is a retired newspaper editor from the Courier-Journal, where he covered global issues and politics. Harold also served in the Peace Corps in Eritrea and last year, traveled to Ethiopia to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Peace Corps. The Freeman's have had considerable international experience which sparked their interest in hosting for the World Affairs Council. Both have been influential in Louisville and have become reliable World Affairs Council hosts. This interview contains a brief history of their experiences hosting international professionals and shows how the digital age and the fall of the Soviet Union affected their experiences as hosts.

Martha Freeman says that she and her husband lived on South First Street at the time of the flood. Her husband was on of the first to build a boat for rescue operations but in his diary he expresses his feelings of prejudice.

Sister Lucy is a Sister of Charity of Nazareth and a university professor. She is a feminist activist and was instrumental in the founding of women's studies at the University of Louisville. Summary available.

Sister Lucy is a Sister of Charity of Nazareth and a university professor. She is a feminist activist and was instrumental in the founding of women's studies at the University of Louisville. Summary available.

Sister Lucy is a Sister of Charity of Nazareth and a university professor. She is a feminist activist and was instrumental in the founding of women's studies at the University of Louisville. Summary available.

A City councilman. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Ms. Frost discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 1.

Interview with Rus Funk for History 324: History of Women, 1700-present, concerning MensWork, a local organization that seeks to engage men in ending men's violence toward women and others.

Fuqua discusses his experiences as a cameraman for D.W. Griffith. This includes his memories of such famous people as Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford.

Veterans History Project

Mrs. Gadberry was born and raised in Adair County, Kentucky. This interview contains her memories from the 1910s to post WW II.

Mrs. Gadberry discusses rural Kentucky crafts and life in Southeastern Kentucky.

Russell Gailor and his son, Tommy, are realtors in Louisville's South End. They discussed the history of Oakdale; the housing patterns over the last fifty years; the industries in the area; and its decline.

Renee Gambrel was born in France. She came to the United States after World War I with her American husband. Unable to adjust to life in Bell County, Kentucky, she and her husband returned to France where they lived for nineteen years.

Veterans History Project

Relating to Native Americans (Ya-Te-Hey Gallery, American Indian Resource Center, Louisville, KY)

Marriage, children, opportunities for young couples, and some thoughts on the state of the economy.

Veterans History Project

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary, see report in 1987-35's file.

Narrator describes his experiences in Vietnam, especially his dealings with the Vietnamese.

Being a college student during the Depression. The transcript consists of excerpts from interviews that were designed to reflect student life during the Depression. Financial, domestic and international issues of the time are also touched upon.

One could refer to Bill Gatton as "Mr. Highland Park." Mr. Gatton was born in 1921 in the "City of Highland Park," as were his eight brothers, and lived in the neighborhood all his life. His father was employed by the L&N Railroad and walked to and from work everyday. He was president of the Highland Park Neighborhood Association and led the airport expansion protest. Mr. Gatton is very knowledgeable about Highland Park history and was writing a book on the subject at the time of the interview.

Swim competition

Veterans History Project

Gear, from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., discusses problems of storing and preserving negatives. He also talks about the role of the National Archives as a repository for historical data.

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Gibson discusses his recollections of the Depression, F.D.R., early train travel, WW II and the atomic bomb, among other topics.

James Gibson relates his recollections of the 1920s in the United States. He deals with economic and social factors in these important years before World War I.

About the First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Veterans History Project

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

The narrator has been a resident of the Camp Taylor area since 1937. She still lives in the house she and her husband had built on Union Avenue.

Glass discusses his 44 years as a photographer with the Caulfield and Shook Photography Company. He talks about his partnership with Caulfield and Shook, which started in 1903. Glass discusses his work, including legal photography, commercial photography, and photographing the Kentucky Derby for many years. He also mentions some challenging assignments and technological advancements in photography. The conversation also touches on other photographers like Bowers and Caulfield, their roles, and their work. Glass also shares an incident where he got burned by a flash.

Korean War veteran from Metcalf County, Kentucky discusses his service in the U.S. Army. Mr. Glass enlisted in the Army and served from 1950 to 1953.

The narrator discusses her personal and family history.

Dr. Goldberg recalls his father, a Louisville tailor who immigrated to the United States from Russia in the late nineteenth century; his schooling at Louisville Male High School and the University of Louisville; and his career as an orthopedic surgeon.

Goldstein discusses his position prior to and immediately after the 1973 election for Louisville alderman, in which he was an unsuccessful candidate. Restrictions: none.

Goode discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary see report in 1987-35's file.

Growing up in Appalachia.

An interview with Judge James Gordon about the beginning of busing in the early 1970s.

James Gordon, judge in the 1970s Louisville desegregation case, dictates his recollections.

"Louisville & the Labor Movement" - Speech made before the Ohio River Valley Labor History Conference.

The secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher- Workmen of North America leadership. Gorman resided in Louisville for his formative years and later. See folder for introduction and abstract.

The secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher- Workmen of North America leadership. Gorman resided in Louisville for his formative years and later. See folder for introduction and abstract.

At the age of 85, Gorman discusses his involvement with the Butcher-Workmen Union of North America.

Gorman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butchers Workmen of North America, talks of his life after graduation from the University of Louisville Law School in 1917.

A speech by Marjoe Gortner, the evangelist-turned-actor, delivered in Louisville on April 4, 1974.

Family history and recollections.

Family history relating to the Harpley and Berkelbeck families.

Family history relating to the Harpley and Berkelbeck families.

Old Louisville neighborhood interview series. Gossman, a neighborhood activist and leader, discusses moving to Old Louisville in the 1980s, and changes he has seen in the neighborhood since then. He discusses the Old Louisville Neighborhood Council and various people who have been involved with it along with him. He also talks about the role of the University of Louisville, and how its presence stabilizes the neighborhood.

An interview with a design engineer about his life. Summary available in interview folder.

Transcript of interview about Graham's life. The tape was lost before given to the Center.

Transcript of interview about Graham's early life. The tape was lost before given to the Center.

An interview with a Vietnam veteran on his experiences and feelings of the Vietnam War.

Michael Graves is an architect

Interview of H. Charles Grawemeyer conducted by Ethel White for the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. LPTS has been contacted for permission to make available onsite. No response as of 12/22/2011.

Interview of H. Charles Grawemeyer conducted by Ethel White for the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. LPTS has been contacted for permission to make available onsite. No response as of 12/22/2011.

Interview of H. Charles Grawemeyer conducted by Ethel White for the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. LPTS has been contacted for permission to make available onsite. No response as of 12/22/2011.

Gray discusses his experiences with the 100th Division during World War II and the Korean War.

Neighborhood Interviews - Old Louisville

Interview covers combat experiences in the Vietnam War.

Sister Mary Clement Greenwell discusses her childhood on a farm in Daviess County, Kentucky; her education; her decision to enter religious order; her years as an elementary school teacher; and her present work with the elderly at St. Boniface Church.

History of Jackson Junior High School, Louisville, Kentucky. Jackson Junior High formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Griffee and Cain recall the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Gruneisen both grew up in the area of Camp Zachary Taylor. In addition to remembering the Camp they were also early residents of the Camp Taylor neighborhood.

The Depression years 1929-1945.

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

About Southern Baptists in Kentucky.

Born in 1907 in Coal Creek, Tennessee, Leon C. Guy discusses his early life in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina; farming, hunting, trapping, and fishing; mining and working in a factory; prohibition and the racial situation before World War II.

George Haarman was owner and proprietor of a popular Highland Park neighborhood store, Ducky's Ice Cream Parlor, located on Park Boulevard, the main street in Highland Park, from December 1947 until March 1968.

Lydia Haas discusses family and town life in Heibrun, Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. The ramifications of her marriage to a Jewish man are noted at length. Her interaction with members of the Nazi party are detailed as well. Her family's reaction to Hitler are mentioned. Early experiences in Lousiville, including an episode in which the FBI are brought forth. A reunion of Heilbrun emigres is also discussed, and her views on neo-Nazis and the folly of the war are enumerated.

This contains a conversations about the late William Habich, his role in Louisville cultural life in the 1940s-1970s, especially in the Louisville Ballet and the Louisville Theatrical Association, which he served as executive director, 1963- 1980.

Personal History. Haddad, a well known "Republican Stalwart" in the Louisville area, discusses his life with particular emphasis on politics.

The narrator (born in 1889) describes her father, William Erwin Caldwell, founder of Caldwell Tank, Inc.; her childhood in Old Louisville; the Caldwell, Ray, and Hall genealogies; her travels; and a lifetime of deafness. Additional information in the file

The narrator (born in 1889) describes her father, William Erwin Caldwell, founder of Caldwell Tank, Inc.; her childhood in Old Louisville; the Caldwell, Ray, and Hall genealogies; her travels; and a lifetime of deafness. Additional information in the file

"Portrait of a City: Louisville." This tape consists of ten three minute essays on Louisville and some of its major institutions. The were originally broadcast on the Helen Hall Radio Show.

Dr. Hall discusses his early life, schooling, and various experiences; Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in the early life 1920's and practiced medicine in Paintsville, Kentucky.

Hamburg, a cabinet maker in Owensboro, Kentucky, who emigrated from Sweden in 1923 discusses his new life in the United States.

Kosmosdale

Interview with artist Ed Hamilton.

A hardware store owner since 1921. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He talks about being a small business owner, the impact of urban renewal on the black business district, Small Business Administration loans, and his belief in the potential of young people in his community. He describes the opportunities of black real estate agents, talks about busing, gives his views on affordable housing for low-income families and concludes the interview with a discussion of his desire for greater participation by African Americans in community development.

Veterans History Project

About the First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Kosmosdale

K&I Terminal Railroad Co.

A secretary. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

No summary available.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses the Inter-Urban, a system of seven electric railway lines which fanned out to the borders of Jefferson County. The system was built between 1905 and 1911, but was discontinued by the late 1930s.

The narrator discusses the Inter-Urban, a system of seven electric railway lines which fanned out to the borders of Jefferson County. The system was built between 1905 and 1911, but was discontinued by the late 1930s.

The narrators discuss the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Remembrances of college life during the Depression.

Veterans History Project

Mr. Hedges talks about Shelbyville.

Tony Heitzman tells of his childhood and youth in the Belknap neighborhood of the Highlands area of Louisville, Kentucky in the 1930s and 1940s, where his father operated a bakery at the Douglass Loop. He vividly recalls the Roman Catholic ethos of his devout, socially conscious parents as well as student life at St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School. Heitzman tells an interesting anecdote about Kentucky Fried Chicken founder and bakery customer Harland Sanders and explains his lifelong interest in the Von Trapp family singers, refugees from Nazi occupied Austria. He describes his life as a teenager and young adult preparing for the priesthood at St. Meinrad Seminary in the 1940s; as a mathematics teacher and priest at the new Trinity High School; as a coordinator of an anti-poverty program in west Louisville in the 1960s; his decade as a priest at Immaculate Heart of Mary, an all-Black Catholic church in the Little Africa (Parkland) neighborhood; and finally as a priest in the 1980s at St. Barnabas Parish where he left the ministry to marry Judy Cooper, a former church member. He speaks of the impact of Vatican II on his vision of ministry and his earnest struggle to be faithful to his vow of celibacy. Finally, Heitzman describes his later role as a lay Hosparus counselor, he and his wife’s participation in the liberal St. William Parish, and his several retirement interests.

Memories of Clifton

Veterans History Project

Helms' experience and thoughts on Vietnam.

The narrator worked for local express offices. In that capacity he traveled to both Camp Zachary Taylor and the Camp Taylor neighborhood. He also recalls life in turn of the century Louisville and the German Catholic Community.

A personal history of Howard Henn. The main emphasis of the interview is on the Depression and Henn's work history.

Life in the 1920's. Hensfeld comments on the KKK, the Red Scare, Prohibition and his personal observations.

Werner Herz details his early childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood in Dusseldorf, Germany. He provides a portrait of his family and a life of culture and the arts. His career aspirations were crushed in 1933, and he notes his turn toward business. He discusses his immigration to the United States with his brothers. One of his brothers was a noted jurist, and the other was Gerhard Herz of the University of Louisville School of Music. His first recollections of America and Louisville are mentioned with much care. An FBI encounter is also noted. He discusses at length his painful return to Germany for a visit and the attitude of the German people to the war. Index available.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Relating to Native Americans (Flying Feathers, specializing in "contemporary and traditional Native American supplies and crafts")

Veterans History Project

School desegregation in Louisville.

Dr. Hicks describes her experience being the first African American woman to attend Dental School at the University of Louisville. She reflects on starting her own practice and working in a dental clinic on Dixie Highway during the beginning of busing in Louisville.

Veterans History Project

At age ninety-four, Catherine Higgins recalls childhood years in Crescent Hill and Beechmont neighborhoods. She commuted via ferryboat from Jeffersonville to attend Louisville Girls High. She recalls her played basketball and excelled in music and French.

Views on the death penalty in Kentucky and the Braden trial in the 1950s.

A real estate agent. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

School desegregation and merger during the first two years.

Growing up in New York 1900 - 1929. Hill discusses WWII among other things.

Hill, the director and secretary of the Filson Club in Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his personal history with a strong emphasis on Kentucky politics in the early 20th century.

Veterans History Project

Bruce Tyler interviews

Bruce Tyler interviews

Mrs. Holbert discusses her life during the Great Depression in rural Owen County, Kentucky.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

John Hook's son talks of memorable geological trips with his father.

Hook, a geologist, talks of his work from 1954 to 1974.

The Depression years.

Kosmosdale

A Louisville clergyman discusses the effect of Vatican II on the Catholic Church.

Summary available. Interview regarding the anti-Vietnam War movement.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

This is a multi-interview series with artist and writer Harlan Hubbard, discussing his life and work.

Civil Rights Movement in Louisville

Bruce Tyler interviews (civil rights)

Robert Hujo was born and raised in the Camp Zachary Taylor area. His family owned and operated a truck farm adjacent to the Camp.

See folder 1983-49/50 for details.

Interview one of several with people active in distilling whiskey during Prohibition.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Ms. Iglesias is from Cuba. In Spanish.

Group interview with retired garment workers from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).

Current President of Metro Louisville Council. Spoke about the difficulties in regard to social isolation and the community. Spoke at length about the racial unrest. Feels the pandemic has been politiczed. Says Mayor Fischer has done a good job in Louisville with covid restrictions and policies.

Jewell talks about the Western Recorder and prominent Baptists in the South

Memories of Clifton

Dianne Johnson was a teacher at Norton Elementary School at the time of the interview. She answered questions regarding her younger influences, teaching experiences, and thouhts about KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act) and the teaching profession in general.

Summary available in interview folder.

Bruce Tyler interviews

Interview index available. Interview with the direct entry midwife and member of the Kentucky Alliance for the Advancement of Midwifery (KAAM).

American Art Therapy Association, Art Therapy. Personal history and the growth of the art therapy movement.

Senior House Project. Jones was director of Senior House and discusses her arrival in 1972 and developments since that time.

Jones recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Summary available. Interview regarding the narrators experience with social justice movements since the 1970s.

This interview is a test only.

Rosenwald schools.

Veterans History Project

Rosenwald schools.

Family history.

Mrs. Joyce reminisces about Big Singing Day, held the fourth Sunday in May of each year, in Benton, Kentucky. This type of singing uses the shape note tunebook, The Southern Harmony, published in 1854. This type of singing is very rare. Photo included.

Worked in the stock yards. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Worked in the dairy business. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

The narrator discusses leaving Germany and coming to the United States following World War I; his experiences as an immigrant; and the Great Depression.

Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Kendrick relates her experiences during the 1937 flood in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kosmosdale

The Kernen family owned and operated a store at the corner of Preston and Clarks Lane, on the northern edge of Camp Zachary Taylor. Frank Kernen worked at the store and made deliveries in the area.

The narrator discusses her personal history, genealogy, and memories of the Great Depression.

An interview with a native North Vietnamese's experiences growing up and fighting in Vietnam.

Summary available. Regards the narrartor's role in environmental movements from 1980-2004.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2 of 1985-58.

LGHS graduate of 1942.

Memories of Clifton

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Works with Nanz-Kraft. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Narrator talks about her autobiography.

Art Therapy Association. Personal history and the growth of the art therapy movement are the subjects of this interview.

Veterans History Project - Integration of US armed forces

Veterans History Project

Board member of FSO and CA, social worker for CA, and first woman president of the board of F&CA 1964- 1966, recalls Chevlin era, merger, tensions, advocacy function of F&CA since 1970's, beginning of client fees, changes in program, relations with the Un

About the First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

American Art Therapy Association. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.

Memories of Clifton

Tape has not been found. An interview about becoming an American citizen. Summary available.

Narrator describes experiences in the Kentucky Air National Guard from 1939 - 1945. Discusses the coal strikes as well as involvement in World War II.

LGHS graduate of 1932.

An interview conducted while walking around the Brennan House. Interviewer Carl Ryant, with Walter Langsam and Thelma Dolan. This interview provides a look at one of Louisville's finely-preserved houses as seen through its architecture.

Clarence J. Laughlin talks about the history of photography.

Photography and major collections of photographic material

Personal and family history (early 1920's through 1945).

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

This tape consists of four separate interviews with church leaders who had congregations during the Depression. They discuss the economic situation of their congregations; F.D.R.; Father Coughlin; facilities provided by the church and their personal feeli

Executive Director (HS) and Director of Training (AL) discuss evolution of present program of F&CA, primarily structural family therapy employing video taping techniques, and other developments since they joined the agency in 1965. Additional information

Veterans History Project

American Art Therapy Association and Art Therapy. Pesonal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.

Levy recalls his recollections of more than twenty years on the board of the Family and Children's Agency in Louisville, KY

Narrator, a dentist, talks about his experiences in WWII. He was in the 101st Airborne Division and was a prisoner of war.

John W. Lewis, 1933 alumnus of U of L sings the fight song in September 1986

Ms. Light describes how her love for Old Louisville began in 1965 quite by accident; notes key roles of Bob Smith and Malcom Bird in redesigning and renovating homes; describes colorful residents like Clotilda Brokaw, Winnie Chamberlain, and George & Marge Yater – all advocates of liberal social causes. Discusses early years of St. James Art fair. Talks of perception of crime and what makes the neighborhood attractive; relates divorce, marriage, children, and early 1980s car accident that left her paralyzed. Biographical summary available.

Lucile Lilly reminisces about Big Sing Day. Part of Deborah Loftis' series on shape-note singing.

Father Emmet Linden, a Louisville Roman Catholic clergyman, discusses the effects of Vatican II.

The "Turret House" at 225 Kennedy Avenue. Locklear discusses the history of the house and the attempt by local residents to save it from demolition after the tornado of 1974.

LGHS graduate of 1927.

Logan, a well-known local banker and owner of the Whitehall Estate, takes a walking tour through the house and discusses the history of the building and its furnishings.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Bookkeeper and Controller of Family Service Organization and Family and Children's Agency (1922-1969) describes four directors she served, business aspects of the agencies, the merger, relief-giving in the 1930's. Additional information in the file

Bookkeeper and Controller of Family Service Organization and Family and Children's Agency (1922-1969) describes four directors she served, business aspects of the agencies, the merger, relief-giving in the 1930's. Additional information in the file

Bookkeeper and Controller of Family Service Organization and Family and Children's Agency (1922-1969) describes four directors she served, business aspects of the agencies, the merger, relief-giving in the 1930's. Additional information in the file

Mr. Clay discusses growing up in segregated Louisville and the influence his mother, a teacher, and his father, who held several jobs, had on his life. He discusses the heyday of the black business district on Walnut Street and the activities he would engage in there as a child. Mr. Clay then discusses his education in Ohio and Louisville, where he attended Bellarmine College. He explains his involvement with the Poverty Project and other community based improvement programs in Louisville. Mr. Clay describes the shop he opened in 1967 called The Corner of Jazz which became an important local center for African American gatherings and discussions. He discusses the events leading up to the civil disturbance on May 29th 1968 and his personal experiences during that event. Summary available.

Lyvers discusses his experiences in Vietnam.

The life of Mrs. Minne Lois Blackwell.

Evelyn Maier discusses her childhood and young adulthood in Zurich, Switzerland. A description of middle class family life follows in the 1920s and 1930s and the effect of Hitler's rise to power in Germany. Her school years are elaborated upon and a lengthy discussion of her work in the diamond and precious stones business in Zurich are detailed. Her lack of political awareness despite hints of her parents' astute sense of the historic is discussed. Life in Hamburg, Germany 1972-1973 is mentioned. She relates her impressions of New York City in the late 1940s and her life in Louisville. She also goes on to speak about Swiss social and political conservativeness and problems within the EC and ECC. Index available.

Veterans History Project

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Kosmosdale

Marjoe, an evangelist turned actor, discusses his childhood, his beliefs and his career.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Nuremberg Trials. Martin was in the Army, assigned to Nuremberg. He discusses the courtroom, the city, and specific personalities and events. Index available.

Nuremberg Trials. Martin was in the Army, assigned to Nuremberg. He discusses the courtroom, the city, and specific personalities and events. Index available.

Nuremberg Trials. Martin was in the Army, assigned to Nuremberg. He discusses the courtroom, the city, and specific personalities and events. Index available.

Nuremberg Trials. Martin was in the Army, assigned to Nuremberg. He discusses the courtroom, the city, and specific personalities and events. Index available.

"Sex, Science, and Social Stability" (Masters & Johnson Lecture, 11/21/1978)

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discuses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Caseworker for Children's Agency and FSO, who was Casework Supervisor when she retired in 1973, discusses evolution of social work since the 1930's, both agencies and the difficulties of the merger in 1959, as well as the styles and personalities of sever

Bruce Tyler interviews

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Veterans History Project

McCoy recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Mrs. McCullough is Director of the Council on Peacemaking and Religion and deals with the concerns of this organization in this tape.

An interview about the experience and feelings of a nurse in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

McFalls' experience and thoughts on Vietnam.

The World War II combat experiences of a Louisville native.

McGlothlin discusses his career with the Tennessee Valley Authority

McGlothlin discusses his career with the Tennessee Valley Authority

McGlothlin discusses his career with the Tennessee Valley Authority

Founders Day address, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1978

Mr. McQuady and his family were long time residents of Highland Park. He owned and operated a grocery store on Park Boulevard (Boulevard Market) for 37 years. Mr. McQuady's parents purchased the original store in the 1930s, McQuady's Grocery, for $200. His grandfather, Claude D. McQuady, was mayor of Highland Park in the 1920s. About a year and a half after Mr. McQuady sold Boulevard Market, the airport expansion project began purchasing the land.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Veterans History Project

"Margaret Meade in Middleton Auditorium"

"A Conversation with Margaret Meade & Dr. James G. Miller" and "A Conversation with CP Snow"

Meatyard discusses his family's history and then his own. However, the bulk of the interview is dedicated to his career as a photographer. He touches on exhibits, style, technique, imagery and influences.

Meier discusses his recollections of the Korean War.

Hunting in India in 1961.

Veterans History Project

Narrator describes mental stress he was under during the conflict.

Veterans History Project

Memories of Clifton

Miles recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Ms. Miles discusses her career as a missionary to Japan in these tape.

Kosmosdale

"Options" on System Science from NPR, aired 3/1/1979 on WUOL

Interview with James "Jim" King, long-time leader of the Thoroughbred Chorus.

Interview with James "Jim" King, World War II veteran and long-time leader of the Thoroughbred Chorus.

An interview about the anti-Vietnam War movement .

These tapes concern Mr. Miller's experiences in the United States Marine Corps.

UofL student Nathan Jones interviews his fellow National Guardsmen about their deployment to Ferguson, Missouri during the public unrest after the murder of Michael Brown in August 2014.

An interview about a Vietnamese's adaptation to American society and his views on the Vietnam War.

LGHS graduate of 1918.

In addition to speaking about Big Sing Day, Dr. Mofield speaks about early radio in Kentucky (briefly). Photograph included.

Voices of Courage

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

An interview about the living conditions in and around Saigon during the Vietnam War.

Anti-abortion movement in Kentucky. Montgomery is executive director of Kentucky Right To Life Association in Louisville.

Irene Moore, retired APH press operator, talks about her work at the American Printing House for the Blind. From 1966 until her retirement in 1992, Moore worked primarily with large type presses. She also describes using a clamshell press in braille production. Mention is also made of the APH bowling league and of the Teamsters Union strike in 1988.

Worked for the Courier-Journal. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Martin Moore worked for the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. During the flood he lived in Crescent Hill and he relates the conditions in his area. He tells about going to Lexington and staying for a period of time to print the newspaper there.

Mr. Moore discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 1.

LGHS graduate of 1926.

Moreman discusses her life in Kentucky. This includes political memories from the first half of the 20th century.

Moreman recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Veterans History Project

An interview with Louisville politician Lois Morris.

The narrator, born in 1898 in Warren County, Kentucky, discusses her family and personal history.

Institutional history of River Region Hospital (formerly Central State Hospital). Morrison was administrator of the hospital in 1975.

Morrison discussed growing up in Old Louisville, attending segregated primary school, being the first Black student in a Louisville Catholic School, and her activism at the University of Louisville.

The narrator discusses his successful career as a small businessman after World War II. Clippings in file.

Narrator talks about her life in Cambodia.

Voices of Courage

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

LGHS graduate of 1936.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Translated into English during the interview.

Tapes from NABJ conference, "Affirmative Action: Bucking the Tide," held April 4-6, 1986

National Conference on the Black Family in America: Black Youth. These are recordings of panels presented during the conference. A full listing is available in the program found in the donor file. The organizational committee was Yvonne Jones, Hubert Papailler, Susan H. Broadhead, Robert Douglas and Gloria Bivins. Program committee was Thomas L. Green, M. Catherine Rosebud, Wendell P. Robinson, Yvonne Jones, Isaac Njuguna, Robert Neal and James Massey. Conference sponsored by the Pan-African Studies Department at the University of Louisville, March 4-6, 1976.

Experiences and impressions of the African and Italian campaigns of World War II and the Korean War.

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Mr. Neil is a trainer and he relates experiences of life on the backside, superstitions, and old remedies.

An interview with a career Navy officer about his experience and feelings of Vietnam.

The Louisville Flood of 1937. Newton relates his first-hand experience of the flood.

The advantages and the disadvantages of a one-room school house.

Narrator talks about her life in Vietnam.

Narrator talks about her life experiences in Vietnam.

Narrator talks about her life in Vietnam.

Nguyen was born in Vietnam and she discusses her family, childhood, and life in Vietnam. She discusses various aspects of Vietnam's culture in comparison to the United States. She also discusses why she came to Louisville and her various experiences as an immigrant.

Nguyen was born in Vietnam and she discusses her family, childhood, and life in Vietnam. She discusses various aspects of Vietnam's culture in comparison to the United States. She also discusses why she came to Louisville and her various experiences as an immigrant.

An interview about the experiences and feelings of a Vietnamese refugee from the Vietnam War, on the communist re-education camps and his life in the U. S.

Nichols is a leader of shape-note singing. Photograph included.

Tula Nichols reminisces about Big Sing Day in Benton, KY (photo in file).

Berta Nielson discusses life in Germany in the post-World War I period and the impact of economic factors upon her life and that of her family. She describes her parents in detail and pays special attention to her father's reputation as a woodcarver. She notes in detail wartime experiences in Germany, the loss of her aviator husband in Russia, confrontations with SS officers and conquering American soldiers. The frustration of her career aspirations as a veterinarian also comes through. She mentions how Germans felt about Hitler and the aftermath of the war. Her experiences in America and particualrly in Fort Knox are discussed in detail. She also relates her feelings upon visiting Dachau after the war. Partial transcript available.

Mr. Niman discusses his early schooling; early career as a teacher; tenure at Fern Creek High School as a teacher and the principal; and desegregation of the Louisville schools in 1954.

First President of the new Family and Children's Agency and former member of board of Children's Agency describes the merger and relocation of the agency during his term, especially the financing of the new building and relations with the Community Chest

Ermie Norris describes her childhood in Louisville; her marriage; the difficulties involved in raising a child as a single parent; her experiences in the 1937 flood; and performances she saw at Macauley's Theatre as a youth.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Art Therapy Association. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.

Voices of Courage

Kosmosdale

Kosmosdale

A Plumber. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Green Farms at Falls of Rough, KY

O'Sullivan's impressions of Vietnam. O'Sullivan is the chairperson of the political science department of the University of Louisville.

Canal Zone experiences, 1918-1950s.

Russell Oliver is an Appalachian and has lived in Hazard, Kentucky his entire life. Oliver describes his firsthand experience of the impact of mountaintop removal coal mining on the health, economy and politics of his community. Oliver discusses his reasons for and experiences with participating in Footprints For Peace’s “Walk for a Sustainable Future.” walking from the coalfields region of East Kentucky to the state capitol in Frankfort during the legislative session.

Olson discusses his memories of the Depression, F.D.R. and F.D.R.'s recovery policies. A second interview with Norman Reiss covers the same topics.

Jules Orkin is a Veteran for Peace and retired bookstore owner from New Jersey. Orkin describes his background and discusses his reasons for and experiences with participating in Footprints For Peace’s “Walk for a Sustainable Future.” Orkin, in his 70’s, walked from the coalfields region of East Kentucky to the state capitol in Frankfort, a distance of over 150 miles. The walk focused on raising awareness on the effects of mountaintop removal coal mining on health, communities, and the economy in Kentucky.

Veterans History Project

About the First Unitarian Church in Louisville.

See folder 1983-49/50 for details.

Dr. Owen practiced dentistry for 48 years at 4400 Park Boulevard in the Highland Park neighborhood, beginning in 1936. Mrs. Owen was also his nurse for a period of time in the early years before the war. World War II interrupted and the office closed down for three years. When he returned from the war he opened again at a different location, but still on Park Boulevard, and practiced until 1984. He was one of only three dentists in the neighborhood.

The narrator's father was part owner in a store on Preston St. across from the entrance to Camp Zachary Taylor. Mr. Owen worked at the store.

Voices of Courage

Donald L. Pace was interviewed on September 15, 2011 at his home on Lower River Road in Louisville. Pace recalls the old City of Louisville Alms House and surrounding businesses in Shively where he visited his Father’s service station in the late 1930s. Soon thereafter, the Pace family moved to Orell on south Dixie Highway where for many decades his father and later Don and his brother ran a well-known garage and service station. Don attended Medora Elementary School, was graduated in 1951 from Valley High School, and in the early 1950s was a U. S. Army soldier in Korea just after the cessation of conflict. His recollections focus on those seven decades in the Orell community where he attended school, worked in the family business and was involved with his family in the formation of the South Dixie volunteer fire service. Stimulated by the growth of Fort Knox and suburbanization, he describes the transformation of southwest county from small truck farms to an urbanized residential and commercial center. Pace recalls industrial work at Kosmos Cement and an area distillery, relations with African-Americans in the area, saloons and bars, and community life during World War II.

Personal recollections of Bullitt County, Kentucky, history.

Personal recollections of Bullitt County, Kentucky, history.

Veterans History Project

Growing up in Yakima Valley.

Depression days in Seattle.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Translated into English during the interview.

Veterans History Project

The narrator discusses her life on a Kentucky farm.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Mr. Pena is from Cuba. In Spanish.

Interview summary and transcript available. Interview regarding Benny Perry's life history and his work as a tenant farmer in Owen County, KY. No audio for the interview survives but there is a full transcript.

Lillian G. Perry's life and family history.

Louis R. Perry's life and family history. Perry also discusses the Depression, the 1937 flood (in Louisville) and WWII.

The events in the lives of Louis and Lillian Perry from 1942 through 1945.

Veterans History Project

Pfieffer was a commissioned officer during the Vietnam War. He discusses Vietnam and his experiences there.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Another in the series by Starr. Pinkston has been an exercise rider since the 1930's. He, like the other subjects, relates backstretch life, superstitions, and remedies.

The narrator discusses his personal and family history.

Veterans History Project

Ms. Bonniebell Porter was 85 at the time of this interview. She was widowed at an early age. She recounts her experiences growing up in the area around 4th Street and Armour Place, and her later businesses as a landlady and a restaurant proprietor. She enjoyed growing up in Old Louisville. She describes the time period following world War II, after many of the Victorian buildings in Old Louisville had been converted to rooming houses and apartment buildings. At one point, she believes she owned a dozen properties; she stresses that at that time, one could buy properties in Old Louisville at low prices. She also discusses crime in Old Louisville, then and now. While she generally believes crime in Old Louisville is worse now, she does recount a number of stories about prostitution. While drugs are more of a problem now, alcohol was a problem in an earlier era. She bought her first property before she turned 18, and continued in this entrepreneurial vein for the rest of her career. As she was a single woman, this was rather unusual at that time.

Tape has not been found. An interview about the personal life of the narrator. Summary available.

School desegregation in Louisville.

Bruce Tyler interviews (civil rights)

Bruce Tyler interviews (civil rights)

Mrs. Betty Potter was the interviewer's neighbor and was in her 80s at the time of the interview. A native of England, she traveled to the United States by ship with her parents at age seven. She started school at age 3-1/2 in England, and was allowed to skip grades in school, causing her to "graduate" from eighth grade at the age of 13. She won prizes for her work in geography and art in school. Her parents did not think it necessary for her to continue her education, so she enrolled in a correspondence course and obtained her high school diploma while she worekd full time in factories. She practices piano faithfully every day and plays for her church. When she was a child she practiced five hours each day, rising at 5:30 am to begin practice, and continuing after school each day. She was also a member of a national choral group that performed frequently in the community. The second part of the interview deals with her life on Ridgeway Avenue. She moved to Ridgeway in 1950, from Ithaca, New York. She and her husband raised three children there.

Mrs. Betty Potter was the interviewer's neighbor and was in her 80s at the time of the interview. A native of England, she traveled to the United States by ship with her parents at age seven. She started school at age 3-1/2 in England, and was allowed to skip grades in school, causing her to "graduate" from eighth grade at the age of 13. She won prizes for her work in geography and art in school. Her parents did not think it necessary for her to continue her education, so she enrolled in a correspondence course and obtained her high school diploma while she worekd full time in factories. She practices piano faithfully every day and plays for her church. When she was a child she practiced five hours each day, rising at 5:30 am to begin practice, and continuing after school each day. She was also a member of a national choral group that performed frequently in the community. The second part of the interview deals with her life on Ridgeway Avenue. She moved to Ridgeway in 1950, from Ithaca, New York. She and her husband raised three children there.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

This tape includes the material covered by Mary D. Bobo in a telephone interview with Mr. Boyles of the Kentucky News Press for radio news release on Dec. 31, 1980. Restrictions: none

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Veterans History Project

Mr. Pyle discusses the subject of gentrification and displacement in the Old Louisville neighborhood area.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Quisenberry answers questions about his personal life and his recollections of various topics such as; WWI, the KKK, the Red Scare and politics.

The narrator discusses his personal history.

The narrator discusses his personal history.

History of St. Matthews, KY.

A Funeral director. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Veterans History Project

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

K. M. I. secretary. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Kosmosdale

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Narrator describes his experiences in Vietnam with emphasis on personal dealings with the Vietnamese.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Art Therapy. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.

Mrs. Richardson discusses her early life on a farm in Kentucky and Illinois and her life during the Depression. Interview encompasses the years 1900-WW II.

Senior House Project. Dr Richey discusses his term on the Board of Directors of Senior House, beginning in 1970.

The narrator discusses his personal history, including his experiences in the military during World War II.

The narrator discusses his personal history, including his experiences in the military during World War II.

Personal history of J.C. Rieger and his daughter Virginia.

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Mr. Rieser is a trainer. He discusses life on the backside; including superstitions, remedies and training methods.

Louisville during the Depression. Riester, who was a jeweller, discusses his recollections of the Depression. Note: a brief transcript is available, which may cover the entire interview. The original tape is no longer available.

Veterans History Project

Narrator, a former lieutenant, talks about his experiences in WWII.

Narrator, a former lieutenant, talks about his experiences in WWII.

Veterans History Project

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Mrs. Roulston talks about Mr. John L. Gruber and the history of the Louisville Conservatory of Music. Gruber was the business manager for the conservatory from 1920 and its president from 1925 until its closing.

Kosmosdale

This tape concerns the Sons of the American Revolution. The time period covered is 1965-1980. Topics included activities, accomplishment, national committees and the headquarters of the SAR. Additional information in the file.

A retired surveyor. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Rust, a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville and a native of England, discusses his life and knowledge of the Baptist church.

Veterans History Project

Worked with the Cleaners. The narrator discusses the life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

Video oral history with John Sangalli and his wife Marjorie and daughter Paula Sangalli-Smith regarding the Sangalli family history and the history of the Bluegrass Mushroom business in Louisville, Ky. Summary available.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Refugee Elder interviews. Translated from Russian to English during the interview. Translated by Yuliya Pavlova.

History of St. Matthews, KY.

Veterans History Project

Ms. Sayler discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 2.

Editor of the Voice Newspaper. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Editor of the Voice Newspaper. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator was raised in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood near Camp Zachary Taylor. He remembers the Camp, soldiers and the area in general.

Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt discuss their personal history including life in Louisville in the early 1900s; what they remembered about WWI, the KKK, Prohibition and numerous other topics.

Retired interurban lineman. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator was born, raised , and still living in the family home on Poplar Level Road. The Schoening property bordered on the south of Camp Zachary Taylor.

William Scholl describes the electroplating process used at the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) to create masters for both rigid and flexible Talking Book records. He retired from APH in 1985, where he worked as the supervisor in the Plating Department.

School Desegregation Panel, November 1980. Speakers include Lyman Johnson and Judge James Gordon.

The topics on these tapes include several areas of involvement in World War II: Fort Knox, Kentucky; Ireland; North Africa; Italy; Tunis; Cassino; Anzio; and Rome .

Describes his work as a member of the Corp of Engineers.

Charles Schumann relates the concerns of the Corp of Engineers before the flood and the problems they were faced with after the flood. Some of the problems they faced were the damage to buildings, area involved and dollar value of destruction.

Lucile Schwein describes her childhood, spent in Central Kentucky; her move to Louisville after graduating from high school in Lexington; her work in various dime stores; her marriage; her life in Washington, D.C., and her retirement at Dosker Manor in Louisville.

Veterans History Project

Rev. Schweizer talks about Vatican II and the changing Catholic Church.

Mr. Scobee was co-owner of a hardware store, with his brother Charles, in the Oakdale area of Louisville. He discusses his entry into the business, the business community in Oakdale, and that area's decline after World War II.

Scott recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky.

Patricia Seale was a teacher at Norton Elementary School at the time of this interview. She answered questions regarding her younger influences, teaching experience, and thoughts about KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act) and the teaching profession in general.

Summary available. Interview regards the women's movement in Louisville, Kentucky from 1960 to 2004.

Summary available. Interview regards the women's movement in Louisville, Kentucky from 1960 to 2004.

Seifer reflects on her relationship with her brother Julius Friedman, their childhood, their family life and their working relationship as adults.

Seifer reflects on her relationship with her brother Julius Friedman, their childhood, their family life and their working relationship as adults.

Ms. Sexton discusses Louisville's 1974 Tornado and its aftermath in the Northfield subdivision.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

A narrated audio history of the Shapinsky family that first arrived from Lithuania in 1865 settling in Louisville, Kentucky and southern Indiana.

Kentuckiana Yacht Sales, Jeffersonville, Indiana; Kentucky Yacht Club; early houseboat builders and building, Ohio River.

American History 1900 -1930. Rev. Schedler relates his personal history and answers questions regarding politics, religion and his opinions.

Harry Sheets talks about how his family survived during the 1800s up until now.

Retired river pilot

UofL student Nathan Jones interviews his fellow National Guardsmen about their deployment to Ferguson, Missouri during the public unrest after the murder of Michael Brown in August 2014. Index available.

Interview one of several interviewing people active in distilling whiskey during Prohibition. Additional information in the file.

A radio and television executive discusses his personal history. Clippings in file.

A radio and television executive discusses his personal history. Clippings in file.

The interview covers the general history of the Caulfield and Shook Photography Company. Shook also discusses specific photography jobs, equipment and technical advancements.

Rev. Short (b. 1885) discusses the United Methodist Church history in Kentucky and his involvement in it.

Rev. Short (Bishop) discusses United Methodism in Kentucky.

Lebanese immigration to Louisville.

Silby discusses his experiences during the Vietnam war.

Interviews concerning the historic African American religious institution.

Neighborhood Interviews - Portland

The narrator discusses the Deer Park neighborhood. Tape withdrawn due to technical issues (sticky shed)

Siskind discusses the Photo League Organization, of which he was a member, as "a cultural organization of the Communist Party." He also discusses his work as a teacher and a photographer.

The narrator frequently visited the Camp Zachary Taylor and lived for many years in the Camp Zachary Taylor neighborhood.

Ms. Slaughter is a LGHS graduate (1913).

Louise Russell Sloan talks about her life experiences growing up near Okolona, a rural neighborhood in Jefferson County, Kentucky during the first quarter of the twentieth century. She talks about African American property owners in the Cooper Chapel Road area and how peoples lives centered around family, farm, neighbors, and church. Mrs. Sloan later had a seventeen-year career as a school bus driver.

politics

An interview with a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, comparing them.

An interview with a Vietnam veteran on his feelings and experiences of the War.

Harriet Smith discusses her childhood in Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Washington; work at Milwaukee Vocational School; and her retirement at Dosker Manor in Louisville. Part of a pilot study on oral history and gerontology.

Smith discusses her life and her memories of the city of Louisville and the Macauley Theater.

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

The narrator discusses his relationship to the YMCA Detached Worker Program

Kosmosdale

Kosmosdale

Clinton Smoot lived in Anchorage, Kentucky at the time of the flood and his family owned a drug store at 22nd and Broadway. A picture of the articles that were stolen from the drug store is included in the summary. He vividly describes the water and mud.

Veterans History Project

Kosmosdale. Recorded at the wrong speed. The access copy is available on CD, rather than cassette tape.

An interview concerning the narrators involvement in the Vietnam Anti-war movement.

Professor Soule is the Southern Police Institute's Administrator of Degree Programs and Professors of Police Science and Administration. This interview deals with World War II reminiscences. He served in the Pacific theatre during the last years of the war.

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.

Raised in West Louisville, Richard Spalding discusses his life as a musician and musical educator. Spalding discusses childhood in family grocery stores in Louisville’s Russell and Portland neighborhoods; family’s interest in music; music education at St. Anthony School and St. Xavier High; industrial life and community among former residents of Marion county, KY; mother’s religious superstitions; excitement and discovery at UofL School of Music, 1941-1943; electronics technician in Army Air Corp during WWII led to assignments in Europe including France; meeting Cecile who became his wife. In the second interview, Spalding recounts meeting and courting his wife, Cecile, in Paris; his discharge from the Army Air Corp after assignment in Germany; return to UofL (piano) under GI Bill; UofL faculty in immediate post-WWII; difficult mail courtship with Cecile; return to France to study at American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleu and personal piano instruction in Paris; knew Bill Mootz, famous Courier-Journal music critic; marriage to Cecile in Paris; Cecile arrives in Louisville with little English; music teacher in Bardstown public schools (getting there by bus). In the third interview, Spalding talks about Cecile’s introduction to Louisville: Edmund Schlesinger takes her to UofL football game and she speaks to Alliance Francaise; success as choral director at Highland Junior High; part-time music grad student at UofL; job offer at UofL; learning to teach elementary music teachers; training abroad in Orff and similar methodologies; language coach for French operas; leader of Louisville Chorus; leader of summer teaching workshops in Canada; feelings about faculty role at UofL; French in-laws move to Louisville; leader in Sister Cities of Louisville; and his bi-lingual home.

Raised in West Louisville, Richard Spalding discusses his life as a musician and musical educator. Spalding discusses childhood in family grocery stores in Louisville’s Russell and Portland neighborhoods; family’s interest in music; music education at St. Anthony School and St. Xavier High; industrial life and community among former residents of Marion county, KY; mother’s religious superstitions; excitement and discovery at UofL School of Music, 1941-1943; electronics technician in Army Air Corp during WWII led to assignments in Europe including France; meeting Cecile who became his wife. In the second interview, Spalding recounts meeting and courting his wife, Cecile, in Paris; his discharge from the Army Air Corp after assignment in Germany; return to UofL (piano) under GI Bill; UofL faculty in immediate post-WWII; difficult mail courtship with Cecile; return to France to study at American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleu and personal piano instruction in Paris; knew Bill Mootz, famous Courier-Journal music critic; marriage to Cecile in Paris; Cecile arrives in Louisville with little English; music teacher in Bardstown public schools (getting there by bus). In the third interview, Spalding talks about Cecile’s introduction to Louisville: Edmund Schlesinger takes her to UofL football game and she speaks to Alliance Francaise; success as choral director at Highland Junior High; part-time music grad student at UofL; job offer at UofL; learning to teach elementary music teachers; training abroad in Orff and similar methodologies; language coach for French operas; leader of Louisville Chorus; leader of summer teaching workshops in Canada; feelings about faculty role at UofL; French in-laws move to Louisville; leader in Sister Cities of Louisville; and his bi-lingual home.

Raised in West Louisville, Richard Spalding discusses his life as a musician and musical educator. Spalding discusses childhood in family grocery stores in Louisville’s Russell and Portland neighborhoods; family’s interest in music; music education at St. Anthony School and St. Xavier High; industrial life and community among former residents of Marion county, KY; mother’s religious superstitions; excitement and discovery at UofL School of Music, 1941-1943; electronics technician in Army Air Corp during WWII led to assignments in Europe including France; meeting Cecile who became his wife. In the second interview, Spalding recounts meeting and courting his wife, Cecile, in Paris; his discharge from the Army Air Corp after assignment in Germany; return to UofL (piano) under GI Bill; UofL faculty in immediate post-WWII; difficult mail courtship with Cecile; return to France to study at American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleu and personal piano instruction in Paris; knew Bill Mootz, famous Courier-Journal music critic; marriage to Cecile in Paris; Cecile arrives in Louisville with little English; music teacher in Bardstown public schools (getting there by bus). In the third interview, Spalding talks about Cecile’s introduction to Louisville: Edmund Schlesinger takes her to UofL football game and she speaks to Alliance Francaise; success as choral director at Highland Junior High; part-time music grad student at UofL; job offer at UofL; learning to teach elementary music teachers; training abroad in Orff and similar methodologies; language coach for French operas; leader of Louisville Chorus; leader of summer teaching workshops in Canada; feelings about faculty role at UofL; French in-laws move to Louisville; leader in Sister Cities of Louisville; and his bi-lingual home.

Interview index available. Interview with Clifton Sparks about his profession as a tenant farmer in Kentucky.

Green Farms at Falls of Rough, KY

Veterans History Project

Green Farms at Falls of Rough, KY

Green Farms at Falls of Rough, KY

Deindustrialization in Louisville

Deindustrialization in Louisville

School desegregation in Louisville.

WWII Submarine Experiences.

Veterans History Project

Steiger discusses World War II and general observations on American life from the 1930s to the 1960s.

This is another in a series of interviews done by Holmberg on German natives now living in Louisville, Kentucky. Steinrock was in Germany during World War I and came to the United States in 1923.

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Cabbage Patch Settlement House

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

An interview with a Louisville woman who talks about her life and experiences. She recounts her work with the segregated Red Cross during WWII and her experiences with and views on race relations. Note: There is no audio component for this interview; a 567-page transcript is available.

An interview about the "Anti-War Generation". Transcript available.

Senior House Project. Stoll was the original group worker hired at Senior House in 1963. She relates the beginnings of Senior House and its growth since then.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

The narrator (b. 1892) discusses her family and personal history.

Stryker discusses his life; his memories of the Dustbowl, and the migration that it caused. He also discusses his work with the FSA during the Depression, and subsequently with Standard Oil of New Jersey. He also explains why he left his collection to the University of Louisville.

Memories of Clifton

History of Booker T. Washington Elementary and Jackson Junior High Schools, Louisville, Kentucky. These schools formerly operated on the campus that is now home to Meyzeek Middle School.

Veterans History Project

Senior House Project. In the 1950s, Tachau served on the original Health and Welfare Council that discussed the need for a recreational program for the elderly in Louisville. The idea grew into what is now Senior House.

Tachau discusses her work with Planned Parenthood and Child Welfare in Louisville and Kentucky. She also reflects on the life of her uncle, Justice Louis Brandeis. The focus of the interview is from 1900 -1929.

Interview on the West Louisville Project, Series V. (Interviewee also referred to as Lou Tate Bousman)

Rosenwald schools.

Longtime director of Family Service Organization (1929-1959) discussed role of agency as relief giver in the Great Depression, shift to family counseling in the 1940's, events leading to merger with Children's Agency in 1959. Also touches on FSO's role i

Rosenwald schools.

Retired gas station owner. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Retired gas station owner. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

One of several interviews done by Holmberg on Louisville residents who are natives of Germany. Thienel describes her life in Germany and reflects on her decision to come to America.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

A.J. Thomas describes life in the late 1940s until the early 2000s in Louisville, Kentucky’s Haymarket, a near-downtown retail and wholesale meat and produce sales and distribution center. He discusses the operation and growth of a family-owned meat market on East Jefferson Street between Floyd and Preston Streets founded by his father, a Lebanese immigrant. Thomas vividly describes the crowded covered sidewalk in front of the small business storefronts where produce vendors operated as well as the mostly “victimless” crime that occurred there. In addition, he recalls the relationship and entrepreneurial spirit among the several ethnic and religious groups who either owned or worked in the market. Finally, Thomas describes the changing retail and wholesale customer base that led his family business to ultimately develop into a regional institutional meat distributor. The backdrop for his recollections is the transformation in the early 1960s through the Urban Renewal of the “old” Haymarket into a “modern” form – subsequently demolished.

Entitled "The World War I Experiences of Shock Troop". Mr. Thomas relates his experiences serving with the United States Army in Belgium and France during World War I.

Bruce Tyler interviews

Bruce Tyler interviews

Kosmosdale

Rosenwald schools.

An interview with a camera repairman of his feelings and experience in Vietnam.

Toy store owner. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

An interview about the childhood experiences of a woman born in 1907, in Barren County. Summary available in interview folder.

Highland Presbyterian Church

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Carol Tonini was a teacher at Norton Elementary School at the time of this interview. She answered questions regarding her younger influences, teaching experience, and thoughts babout KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act) and the teaching profession in general.

Mr. Toohey was born in a shotgun house in Highland Park and lived ni the neighborhood most of his life. He knew at an early age what he wanted to do for a living and worked toward that goal diligently, gaining the education he needed to learn the auto parts business. He uses the most technologically advanced equipment to analyze problems with modern automobiles, and insists on training and education for his mechanics. His business, Toohey's Auto Supply, has been on Woodlawn Avenue for many years. In this interview, Toohey discusses the auto supply business, the airport expansion, and touches on his memories of the 1937 Flood.

Jim Toren is a founder and organizer of Footprints for Peace, an organization dedicated to creating change through peaceful action. Footprints for Peace organizes events throughout the world that bring together in solidarity a moving community to deepen understanding of spiritual, cultural, and environmental issues. Their aim is to educate, inspire, and empower individuals and communities in building a sustainable future. Toren describes how Footprints conducts and plans their long-distance walks as well as discusses the “Walk for a Sustainable Future” in Kentucky. This peace pilgrimage begins in the coalfields region of East Kentucky and walks over 150 miles to the state capitol in Frankfort during the legislative session. Toren is primarily responsible for organizing and transporting the walkers as well as representing the group to the public.

Louisville telephone history interview.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Senior House Project. Traub is a past president of the Council of Jewish Women and an original board member of the Senior House. She relates her experiences with Senior House.

Jack Trawick served as Director of the Louisville Community Design Center and later as head of the Center for Neighborhoods until his retirement in 2013. A Louisville native, Trawick was raised in the Indian Hills neighborhood and attended Louisville Country Day School for both his elementary and secondary education. In the late 1970s, he was an events coordinator for the Louisville Central Area, a downtown promotional organization. He is a graduate of Kenyon College (BA) and Bellarmine University (MBA). He is married to Patti Clare and has two grown children. Trawick, an Episcopalian, discusses his family roots especially on his paternal grandmother's side -- the Kendrick family-- reaching back two centuries in Louisville. Their Methodist faith led both his Grandfather Trawick--from a line of physicians from Nashville--and his Grandmother Kendrick to serve as Christian missionaries in China in the early 1900s. The narrator emphasizes the liberal social conscience that his mother, who was raised in Southern California in the WWII era, instilled in him. He spoke specifically of her strong distaste at the wartime detention of a close friend of Japanese descent and later of her personal friendship in Louisville with her African-American domestic servants. His mother involved him at an early age in support of Democratic political candidates. Trawick recalls neighborhood play in the woods near his childhood home, his relationship with his three siblings, preparation for college, and his college interest in biblical studies and utopian communities. Finally, he describes his role in downtown promotion at Louisville Central Area and chronicles the early days of Louisville's preservation movement focusing especially on the epic struggle to save the Will Sales Building from demolition for the Galleria Project. Trawick vividly describes his climbing among the ruins of the almost fully demolished building to salvage stoneware floor pavers. In the second interview, Trawick describes how he salvaged 19th century ceramic floor tiles from the ruins of the Will Sales Building which was demolished for the downtown Galleria complex after a bitter preservation fight. He follows with his discovery that the English tiles were likely used in both the U. S. Capitol and Louisville's City Hall. Trawick then discusses his discontent at the Louisville Central Area and how he was hired to direct the Louisville Community Design Center (LCDC), an agency rooted in architectural design that ultimately broadened its scope under Trawick to include neighborhood-based planning. He narrates the LCDC's funding over the decades mentioning various grants and funding sources that enabled work with the Louisville School of Art's move to the Cloister, housing revitalization in the Limerick neighborhood, and commercial development in the California area. The interviewee then describes the relationship after 1985 between city government's Department of Neighborhoods and LCDC/Center for Neighborhoods including strategies to "serve" both the executive and legislative branches. Specifically, he elaborates on projects involving affordable housing and safe neighborhoods. Finally, Trawick discusses his work on an Olmsted memorial that led to the establishment of the Louisville's Olmsted Conservancy and closes with a description of the financial hard times at the Center for Neighborhoods that prompted his retirement.

Jack Trawick served as Director of the Louisville Community Design Center and later as head of the Center for Neighborhoods until his retirement in 2013. A Louisville native, Trawick was raised in the Indian Hills neighborhood and attended Louisville Country Day School for both his elementary and secondary education. In the late 1970s, he was an events coordinator for the Louisville Central Area, a downtown promotional organization. He is a graduate of Kenyon College (BA) and Bellarmine University (MBA). He is married to Patti Clare and has two grown children. Trawick, an Episcopalian, discusses his family roots especially on his paternal grandmother's side -- the Kendrick family-- reaching back two centuries in Louisville. Their Methodist faith led both his Grandfather Trawick--from a line of physicians from Nashville--and his Grandmother Kendrick to serve as Christian missionaries in China in the early 1900s. The narrator emphasizes the liberal social conscience that his mother, who was raised in Southern California in the WWII era, instilled in him. He spoke specifically of her strong distaste at the wartime detention of a close friend of Japanese descent and later of her personal friendship in Louisville with her African-American domestic servants. His mother involved him at an early age in support of Democratic political candidates. Trawick recalls neighborhood play in the woods near his childhood home, his relationship with his three siblings, preparation for college, and his college interest in biblical studies and utopian communities. Finally, he describes his role in downtown promotion at Louisville Central Area and chronicles the early days of Louisville's preservation movement focusing especially on the epic struggle to save the Will Sales Building from demolition for the Galleria Project. Trawick vividly describes his climbing among the ruins of the almost fully demolished building to salvage stoneware floor pavers. In the second interview, Trawick describes how he salvaged 19th century ceramic floor tiles from the ruins of the Will Sales Building which was demolished for the downtown Galleria complex after a bitter preservation fight. He follows with his discovery that the English tiles were likely used in both the U. S. Capitol and Louisville's City Hall. Trawick then discusses his discontent at the Louisville Central Area and how he was hired to direct the Louisville Community Design Center (LCDC), an agency rooted in architectural design that ultimately broadened its scope under Trawick to include neighborhood-based planning. He narrates the LCDC's funding over the decades mentioning various grants and funding sources that enabled work with the Louisville School of Art's move to the Cloister, housing revitalization in the Limerick neighborhood, and commercial development in the California area. The interviewee then describes the relationship after 1985 between city government's Department of Neighborhoods and LCDC/Center for Neighborhoods including strategies to "serve" both the executive and legislative branches. Specifically, he elaborates on projects involving affordable housing and safe neighborhoods. Finally, Trawick discusses his work on an Olmsted memorial that led to the establishment of the Louisville's Olmsted Conservancy and closes with a description of the financial hard times at the Center for Neighborhoods that prompted his retirement.

Raymond Treece, a Louisville clergyman, discusses the influence of Vatican II on the Catholic Church.

Historian at St. Matthews Episcopal Church. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

Highland Presbyterian Church

Involved with B.P.W. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

This interview covers Colonel Truett's recollections from childhood until retirement, including graduate school at Vanderbilt University in 1920s, and his days as a teacher at the University of Louisville and Lincoln Institute in the 1930s. It also covers World War II and his work as an historian with the National Park Service beginning in the 1930s.

This interview covers Colonel Truett's recollections from childhood until retirement, including graduate school at Vanderbilt University in 1920s, and his days as a teacher at the University of Louisville and Lincoln Institute in the 1930s. It also covers World War II and his work as an historian with the National Park Service beginning in the 1930s.

This interview covers Colonel Truett's recollections from childhood until retirement, including graduate school at Vanderbilt University in 1920s, and his days as a teacher at the University of Louisville and Lincoln Institute in the 1930s. It also covers World War II and his work as an historian with the National Park Service beginning in the 1930s.

Voices of Courage

Life in Russia and the process of immigration.

The narrator discusses his relationship to the YMCA Detached Worker Program

Bruce Tyler interviews

Grace Turner discusses life on Crocus Creek, KY, rural Kentucky and the genealogy of her family.

Veterans History Project

Relating to Native Americans (Two Dogs Trading Post, Dayton, OH)

His life, and the different events that happened. Tyler was born in 1894.

Art Therapy. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.

Louisvillian Pat Updegraff recalls her family history, childhood and education in Louisville's Highlands, and her father, Frank Ropke, a local judge and Commonwealth Attorney. She also discusses an extended trip to visit relatives in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the blossoming of her love for modern languages at the University of Louisville (Class of 1942), her involvement in the formative years of the Louisville Youth Orchestra (1960s), her role in the fight to save the Women's Club houses in Old Louisville (1970s), and a family fire brick business in Grahn and Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisvillian Pat Updegraff recalls her family history, childhood and education in Louisville's Highlands, and her father, Frank Ropke, a local judge and Commonwealth Attorney. She also discusses an extended trip to visit relatives in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the blossoming of her love for modern languages at the University of Louisville (Class of 1942), her involvement in the formative years of the Louisville Youth Orchestra (1960s), her role in the fight to save the Women's Club houses in Old Louisville (1970s), and a family fire brick business in Grahn and Louisville, Kentucky.

An interview with a Vietnam veteran on his experiences and feelings of the war.

Recounts memories of living in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Summary and index available.

Veterans History Project

Denita tells of her scholastic background and her personal experiences resulting from busing.

The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project

Mr. Vogelsang discusses the subject of gentrification and displacement in the Old Louisville neighborhood area.

Allen Vogelsberg moved to the Camp Zachary Taylor are immediately following the closing of the Camp. He has lived in the Camp Taylor neighborhood ever since.

Worked in hardware business. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2.

Veterans History Project

Vowels discusses the attitudes of the American soldier in Vietnam and reasons for decline of support after the Tet Offensive.

Josephine Vowels describes growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York; New York City during World War II; her marriage and move to rural Kentucky; the hostility she encountered and how she overcame it; her two children and divorce.

Wall, the author of Henry Watterson: Reconstruction Rebel, presented this speech entitled "Marse Henry: Reconstruction Once Again" at the Ekstrom Library on the occasion of the celebration of the University Archives and the Courier-Journal.

The life histories of the narrators as heard on Gospel and Soul, a radio show, in 1971. (See 1984-60 for relative tapes) (side 1 has a child singing)

Mrs. Katie Walters was born in Highland Park in 1907 and lived there until the airport expansion bought up the land. She and her husband raised their only child there, and they all attended the same school, James Russell Lowell School. Their grandchildren also attended the school. Grandparents, aunts and uncles also lived close by. Alvin Walters came to Highland Park from elsewhere in Kentucky when he was 11 years old. He eventually worked for the L&N Railroad, as did his father and many other men in the neighborhood. This interview is about the Walters' life in Highland Park, and touches on the 1937 Flood.

Louisville during the Depression. Walton, who was a stock broker and then a banker, discusses his recollections of the Depression.

Mr. Wang, a native of China, discusses his life in Louisville, including the Chinese community, his leisure time activities, and his opinion of American television. He also talks about his wife's life in Louisville. He gives his opinion on China, and the relationship between China and the United States, and offers advice to Chinese students. Wang was a student and a computer center worker.

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Mr. Watkins is a trainer and he relates what life is like on the backstretch. Superstitions, remedies, and his views and memories are discussed.

The narrator was raised and has resided in the Camp Taylor area. He remembers the area prior to, during, and after the abandonment of Camp Zachary Taylor.

Kosmosdale. This interview was recorded at the wrong speed. Researchers should use the "speed-adjusted" CD rather than the tape copy.

Committee for Wyatt, sports

Committee for Wyatt, sports

Committee for Wyatt, sports

A personal history from 1906 - 1930. Wayne, who was raised on an Indiana farm, discusses education, farm life and his general recollections.

A personal history from 1906 - 1930. Wayne, who was raised on an Indiana farm, discusses education, farm life and his general recollections.

The narrators discuss their personal and family history, including experiences during the Great Depression.

The narrators discuss their personal and family history, including experiences during the Great Depression.

Veterans History Project

Louisville telephone history interview.

The narrator was born and raised in Schnitzelburg. He grew up near Camp Zachary Taylor and visited it. He returned in the late 1940's to the Camp Taylor area to found St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church.

History of the Wells and Gideon families.

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Veterans History Project

Narrator describes his experiences in Vietnam, especially his dealing with the Vietnamese.

Rachel White was a teacher at Norton Elementary School at the time of this interview. She answered questions regarding her younger influences, teaching experience, and thoughts about KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act) and teaching profession in general.

Theo White discusses the founding of a furrier business in Louisville by his grandfather and great uncles in 1837; the running of the business by his father; his experiences as a grader of pelts; his service as a first lieutenant in World War I.

Neil Whitehead was a student in high school at the time of the flood and recalls not being able to finish his paper route because of the flood. He remembers refugees in the warehouses around U of L, and unloading bags of grain at the Reynolds Building.

School desegregation in Louisville.

Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary, see report in 1987-35's file.

The narrator discusses recollections of World War II and the Korean War.

Summary available in interview folder.

Highland Presbyterian Church

Ms. Williams discusses her youth, and army during World War I. Focus is on her dealings with Savoy Theatre in Louisville.

Williams narrates her early memories of growing up in Kentucky.

Bruce Tyler interviews

Bruce Tyler interviews

Discusses the In-School Security Program under the Jefferson County Board of Education. Wilson was Superintendent of the Program, which consisted of security guards in the schools as well as investigators.

Veterans History Project

Pro-choice movement in Louisville.

Jacques (Denise) Wolff recounts a pleasant life in Alsace without prejudice. She was born into a middle class family who moved to western France (near Chartres) prior to the outbreak of World War II. Slowly, the entire family made its way to southern France before emigrating in 1941. She discusses Hitler, World War II, and her hsuband's adventures and brothers-in-law during that time. People in Louisville were open, warm, helpful, but the city was a "cultural desert." She cared for her ailing husband and survived two malignancies. She discusses the medieval origins of her town, Haguenau. She mentions many return visits to France and her only visit to Germany, which was a pleasant one. Index available.

Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Veterans History Project

Louisville telephone history interview.

Yang's life in Korea.

Jun Yasuda is a Buddhist nun in the Nipponzan Myohoji order. Yasuda describes her upbringing in Japan and her introduction to Nipponzan Myohoji. A main practice of this order to chant the Daimoku Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō while beating a hand drum and walking throughout the world promoting peace and non-violence. Yasuda discusses reasons for and experiences with participating in Footprints For Peace’s “Walk for a Sustainable Future” walking from the coalfields region of East Kentucky to the state capitol in Frankfort.

Subject - lecture "The History of the Highlands".

Veterans History Project

An interview with a machine-gunner in the Vietnam war on his feelings and experiences.

Veterans History Project

Memories of Clifton

Worked in dairy business. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

Veterans History Project