Com. Community (Non-University) Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents These are copies of printed reports, studies, and surveys commissioned by the governments of the city of Louisville (Ky.) and Jefferson County, Ky. Subjects of these materials include government, education, housing, mental health care, and traffic. Additional items, including "identification material" (1948-1949) and another copy of the 1953 survey report, were added to the collection in September 2004. These materials were found on the shelf during an inventory made in December 2003...

Scope and Contents Ms. Clar's papers are informative concerning the period of her lifetime, especially her early years. Included are school notes from the 1890's and early 1900's, several of her early textbooks from this same period, postcards spanning the period from the early 1900's up into the early 1940's, some correspondence, photographs, articles, and books pertaining to Ms. Clar's life.

Scope and Contents This large (82.375 foot) collection documents the professional life of Louisville journalist Grady Clay. The vast majority (79.875 linear feet) of the collection consists of topical files of material that Clay collected relating to a large number of cities, states, and countries, as well as other topics of interest to him. Similar material is found in Series V - Projects and reference files (1.75 linear feet). There is a small amount of correspondence and Clay's own writings, as well as...

Content Description The scrapbook was compiled in a discarded guest register from the Mammoth Cave Hotel. It includes documentation on the commercial development of Mammoth Cave in the late nineteenth century, including news clippings and promotional materials. Some of the original pages from 1886 and 1887 were still visible, showing the guest register. Other materials added to the scrapbook include information about the Clements family, national politics, and Roman Catholicism. A sketch of Vanderbilt University...

Content Description Scrapbooks containing clippings of and relating to Jean Howerton Coady's "Nostalgia" series in the Louisville Courier-Journal. This series highlighted different stories from Kentucky's past, most often focusing on the Louisville area.

Content Description Consists of nine issues of the Free Press of Louisville; an April 1, 1969 issue of the University of Louisville Cardinal; and material relating to the preservation of homes on Fourth Street and Park Street in Old Louisville, including blueprints.