Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Isaac Wolfe Bernheim papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1981_042_B-UA
Scope and Contents
Louisville philanathropist Isaac Bernheim, a native of Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1867, followed within two years by his brother Bernard. Isaac and Bernard established the Bernheim Brothers Distillery in Paducah, Kentucky. In 1888 they moved the company to Louisville where Isaac became known as a civic leader in the local Jewish community and in the city of Louisville. His philanthropic works included the establishment of Bernheim Forest, a vast nature preserve south of...
Dates:
1852-1971
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
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
Jean Howerton Coady "Nostalgia" scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010_028-UA
Content Description
Scrapbooks containing clippings of and relating to Jean Howerton Coady's "Nostalgia" series in the Louisville Courier-Journal. This series highlighted different stories from Kentucky's past, most often focusing on the Louisville area.
Dates:
1977-1980
Collected Writings Relating to the History of Louisville
Accession — Box 1
Identifier: 1973_719-UA
Dates:
1935
James N. Cunningham papers
Collection
Identifier: 1987_042-UA
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Cunningham's personal correspondence, his Last Will and Testament, and personal and business tax records. The tax records include detailed monthly profit and loss statements from Cunningham's Cafe dating from September 1943 to December 1967 when it was sold (possibly because it was no longer profitable). Also in this collection are a menu from Cunningham's, photographs - some by Potter - of the Cunningham family and the Louisville Police force, and a daybook of...
Dates:
1918-1968
Warren Kellar Frederick papers
Collection
Identifier: 1977_143-UA
Scope and Contents
The material includes an autobiography of Frederick; information on old homes in Jefferson County; cemeteries, marriages; land sales; family histories; historical topics including Old Louisville, floods and markets. Frederick's notes concern local history from 1780 to the 1950s. An additional scrapbook, covering Louisville churches, was received separately.
Dates:
1940-1955