Summary

Hassett's papers include personal papers and correspondence; speech files; topical and reference clipping files related mostly to historic preservation as well as other topics of interest including travel; Historic Home's board working papers and printed material related to city planning.

Content Description The Preservation Alliance of Louisville Records span the period from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. The files were assembled by Edith S. Bingham, an early promoter of the organization and long-time Alliance board member. Ms. Bingham is a member of the family that once owned the Louisville Courier-Journal, the city's major daily newspaper. The records document staff and board activities, fund raising, and several campaigns by the Alliance to prevent demolition of certain historic...

Content Description The collection contains materials from Patricia Updegraff related to preservation of historic buildings in Old Louisville. The bulk concern preservation efforts in the 1970s to save two homes on Fourth Street in Louisville from demolition. The major players in this controversy included Updegraff; Marjorie C. Gott, the president of the Woman’s Club; W. Scott Miller Jr, the lawyer for the Woman’s Club; Frank Rankin, the chairman of the Landmarks Commission; and Harvey Sloane, the...