Com. Community (Non-University) Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents During the early 1960s, Charles Castner produced a public affairs series called "Kentucky Profiles" for WHAS radio. Later, Castner, a longtime railroad history enthusiast, worked as a public relations and information officer for the L & N Railroad Company, subsequently the Seaboard Systems Railroad.

Content Description Letter copy books created by Parrish during the time he was president of Eckstein Norton Institute; one reel microfilm.

Content Description Register of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, funerals, and communicants of this Episcopal parish. The records date from 1829 to 1941. Microform. Louisville, Ky.: University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center, 1975

Content Description Annual reports from Churchill Downs, 1960-1997. History: Churchill Downs opened in 1875 and is the home of the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs, Inc. owns several other race tracks, off-track betting establishments, and related companies, primarily in Kentucky and Indiana.

Scope and Contents Includes minutes, newsletters, financial information, membership lists, and other documentation. Accessions 1979-104, 1979-156, and 1979-157 are represented in this collection.

Scope and Contents This .25 linear feet of records include organizational and strategy files, media and campaign materials, finance reports, clippings, and some research material on earlier governmental reorganization efforts. There is also a sampling of items in support of the merger issue.

Summary Directories for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, surrounding suburbs, and New Albany, Indiana. The Louisville city directories begin in 1832 and run through 1989. There are several years prior to 1868 that are not covered in this collection, although the gaps do not exceed four years and seldom exceed two years. This collection includes a complete run of Caron's suburban directories from 1957 through 1977. One Louisville telephone directory is also included (the 1916 edition). In addition,...

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.