135 black and white, 8 x 10 inch gelatin silver print photographs of the destruction from the April 4, 1974 tornado. Most photographs were taken in the Crescent Hill neighborhood of Louisville but there are also about fifteen of Cherokee Park and five of the Exposition Fairgrounds. Photographs were taken by John Clements (aka Industrial Photographic Service).
This collection contains photocopies and/or photostats of the transcript of the court-martial of Joseph W. Benson of Louisville for fraud and negligence for supplying bad feed for military animals during the Civil War.
"A special interest publication promoting downtown Louisville published by LEO Publishing" -- Boom Louisville webpage (http://www.boomlouisville.com).
These papers contain manuscript material relating to the 1937 flood in Louisville, as documented in newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous sources.
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.
