Old Louisville (Louisville, Ky.)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Neighborhood Interviews - Old Louisville

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

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