Com. Community (Non-University) Manuscript Collections

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Includes three notebooks, one relating to the Louisville Commercial Club compiled in 1955-1959; one relating to Marcus Blakely Allmond (1851-1909), a faculty member at Male High School; and one relating to Allmond Avenue in the Beechwood area, correspondence, photographs.

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These papers document Alluisi's tenure as chair and executive committee member of the Kentucky chapter of "Scientists and Engineers for Johnson-Humphrey."

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Small collection of photographs includes a man identified as J.L. West, a panoramic group photograph of the 1982 Scottish Rite class in front of their temple on Gray Street, and four photoraphs where dignitaries witness a demonstration of a Louisville fire pump truck.

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Lectures given by Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass) in the Library lecture lounge, in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Title = "Richard Alpert: on consciousness and then some."

Content Description Consists of correspondence and other records of the Louisville chapter of Altrusa International, a business and professional women's civic service organization. Altrusa International originated in 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee as the Altrusa Institute. The Louisville chapter was one of the first organized, although it is not clear that the relationship between that early group and the group represented in these materials is a linear one. These materials relate to the activities of the...

Scope and Contents The Yancey Altsheler papers span the years from 1911 to 1975. The papers are contained in 21 boxes and each series is arranged chronologically. The last 8 boxes are comprised of newspaper clippings. The material consists mainly of income tax records, minutes, and correspondence with various professional and social organizations. Some folders contain handwritten research notes spanning decades and covering a wide range of topics pertaining to his interests at that time....