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Floods -- Kentucky -- Louisville

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Flood of 1937 memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 2004_116-UA
Content Description

Consists of newspapers, booklets and maps relating to the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Flood of 1937 memorabilia

Flood of 1937 newsreel

 Collection — Reel 1
Identifier: 2014_168-UA
Content Description

35mm newsreel of the 1937 flood in Louisville, Kentucky, as shown in movie theaters.

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Flood of 1937 newsreel

Hammer family flood and tornado memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2007_099-UA
Content Description Two folders of material relating primarily to the Flood of 1937 and the tornadoes that swept through the region in April 1974. Includes letters and a "newsletter" from the "Life Savers Hotel," apparently created by young people during the flood.Folder 1: Letters to George from Christena and Bill (February 1937) Louisville Flood – 1937 – Report from Life Savers Hotel Southern Telephone News, March 1937 Presentation of the Theodore N....
Dates: 1937-1974
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Hammer family flood and tornado memorabilia

Ralph A. Loring papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1991_082-UA
Scope and Contents

Loring's papers include published works, photographs, a resume, graduate material, and newspaper clippings. His study of the Zeeman Effect is documented. There is one file relating to his association with the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Also included are photographs documenting experiments and experimental results, and the Ohio River flood of 1937.

Dates: circa 1925-1933
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Ralph A. Loring papers

Louis Seelbach III negatives

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2015_002-PA
Dates: 1936 - 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

Louisville and 1937 flood photographs

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1979_047-PA
Dates: 1915-1940
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

Louisville maps

 Collection
Identifier: 1973_439-UA
Content Description

Consists of maps of the Louisville area, including maps of the 1937 Flood.

Dates: pre-1900-2000
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Louisville maps

Mrs. A.R. Love letter about flood of 1937

 Collection — Box Small collections box 4
Identifier: 2019_014
Content Description

A letter from Mrs. A.R. Love (signed "Love") to Joy C. Porter of Baltimore, Maryland, detailing Love's experiences in during the Great Flood of 1937 in Louisville.

Dates: February 20, 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Mrs. A.R. Love letter about flood of 1937

Office of Information Technology films and audiotapes

 Unprocessed Material — Box Single item DVDs, CDs and audiocassettes, Item: 2006_021
Identifier: 2006_021-UA
Dates: circa 1929-1980
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

Ohio River flood scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 2000_047-UA
Content Description

The scrapbook contains clippings documenting the flooding of the Ohio River at Louisville in 1937. It contains the inscription "From Ernest Harris to Caroline Permabaker."

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Ohio River flood scrapbook