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Floods -- Ohio River

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

1937 Flood photograph

 Accession
Identifier: 2017_065
Dates: February 2, 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

1937 flood photographs from LIFE magazine

 Accession — Folder 1
Identifier: 1979_034-PA
Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / 1997 flood materials

Albert (Abby) Tschopp 1937 flood photographs and tribute

 Accession — Folder 1
Identifier: 2015_031
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

C.H. Burkholder papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1989_087-UA
Scope and Contents These papers contain manuscript material relating to the 1937 flood in Louisville, as documented in newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous sources.
Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / C.H. Burkholder papers

Charles Castner regional history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG_251-UA
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.
Dates: 1889-1980; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Charles Castner regional history collection

Courier-Journal and Louisville Times issues from the flood of 1937

 Accession — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016_160
Dates: January 20, 1937 - February 8, 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

Flood and tornado news clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 1992_021-UA
Content Description Pictorial accounts of Louisville's 1937 flood and 1974 tornado from the Courier-Journal.
Dates: 1937, 1974
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Flood and tornado news clippings

Flood broadcast

 Collection
Identifier: 2009_010-UA
Content Description Audiotape of broadcast made during the 1937 flood of the Ohio River. Portions were made under the call letters WFBR (Baltimore), WSM (Nashville) and WHAS (Louisville). The broadcast consists primarily of emergency communications, directing emergency crews and supplies to various locations during the 1937 flood.
Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Flood broadcast

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

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