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1997 flood materials

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1997_122-UA
Content Description

Newsclippings and miscellaneous items relating to the flood of 1997 in the Louisville area, including a county map of recorded rainfall measurements.

Dates: 1997

Courier-Journal 125th anniversary issue

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1994_033-UA
Content Description

Special edition, celebrating 125 years of publication, is dated September 19, 1993. This issue tells the publishing history of the paper, profiles some of the people associated with it, and recounts events since its beginning.

Dates: 1993

Green Farms records

 Collection
Identifier: 1977_183-UA
Scope and Contents The family and history records of Green Farms in Grayson County, Kentucky, document how a small farm developed into a major mercantile enterprise. Green Farms developed major holdings not only in agriculture, but also lumbering, milling, banking, and stockbreeding. Its records are a microcosm of marketing and distribution methods and other developments in Kentucky agriculture in the late 19th and early 20th century. The records include chiefly business correspondence, account books and other...
Dates: 1831-1965; Majority of material found within 1890-1965

John Mallon papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1994_054-UA
Content Description

Includes two taped interviews with John Mallon, author of the 1956 city/county merger plan as well as personal papers related to the merger, including minutes, reports, news clippings, brochures, and correspondence. Tom Owen interviewed Mallon.

Dates: 1955-1994; Majority of material found within 1955-1960

Newton P. Owen postcard collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2006_003-UA
Content Description The Newton Owen Postcard Collection represents nearly a century in the life and travels of an extended Kentucky family. The earliest cards date to the late 19th century, and while the bulk of the collection dates to the period 1900-1940, there are postcards dating to the 1980s as well. It consists of 781 cards, including travel postcards and greeting cards of many different kinds.The Newton Owen Postcard Collection consists of postcards collected by the Bayne, Foell, and Owen...
Dates: circa 1890-1980