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Julia M. Jackson Woods scrapbook, 1942-1947
This scrapbook was created by Julia M. Jackson Woods (1911-2000), an African American woman from Louisville, Kentucky, who enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in November 1942. The scrapbook contains greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from Woods' service, as well as more than 20 insignia and patches collected from various units, including her own sergeant stripes. The scrapbook documents the social side of military base life - cards from USO groups and friends, marriages, dances, and other interracial interactions between otherwise segregated regiments stationed at the same bases. A few items at the end of the volume relate to Woods' postwar life in Louisville.
Woods served in the all-Black 32nd Post Headquarters Company of the WAAC. She did much of her training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, near the Mexican border; she also served stints in Des Moines, Iowa and Midland, Texas. A clipping on one of the initial pages of the scrapbook notes that Jackson was one of Louisville's first volunteers to join the WAAC. She was discharged on August 14, 1943. After the United States Congress authorized the creation of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), she enlisted in the WAC on May 1, 1944. She ultimately reached the rank of sergeant and served in the military police force. The Army discharged her on December 24, 1945. After her service, she married Thomas Harry Woods (1914-1961) and was hired as the head of the all-Black Western Kentucky Vocational Training School Department of Cosmetology in Paducah, Kentucky, by 1946.
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"The Levy Building: A Bright Spot in Downtown Revitalization" article, 1984
This is an article from a local preservation publication, Preservation Press -
"Help! Save these buildings" article, Sept. 1980
This is an article from a local preservation publication, Preservation Press -
Scrapbook page with memorailia from 1923 Derby
Scrapbook page featuring souvenirs and memorabilia from the 1923 Kentucky Derby. Items on the page include the Derby Dinner menu at the Brown Hotel; a Club House return check from 1925; a ticket to the Ladies Clubhouse, and two photographs of the horse race. -
Frank Russell on top of stave mill, circa1911
Frank Russell atop a heading at a stave mill-- possibly Clay City. -
Toska Russell and "Sis," 1902
"Sis" and Toska play outside at the family's first home in Clay City. "Sis" is assumed to be the daughter of the hired help. -
The Clay City Baseball Team, 1903
Photograph of members of the Clay City Baseball team. -
Coney Island, 1899
Image taken of two unidentified boys on the beaches of Coney Island. -
Five faces of Hobart Russell
Five undated images of Hobart Russell with various props and poses. -
Russell Home in Louisville, Kentucky
Image of the Russell Residence, located at 205 South Peterson Avenue. -
Enid Yandell's Studio Card, circa 1891
Page of Enid Bland Yandell's early career scrapbook. Enid actively documented her career by clipping articles that related to her and other sculptors works. This page shows a business card Enid created for a private viewing at her studio at 315 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY. -
Page from early career scrapbook from Enid Yandell, circa 1891
Page of Enid Bland Yandell's early career scrapbook. Enid actively documented her career by clipping articles that related to her our other women sculptors. This page shows a Louisville Times article, "Miss Enid Yandell and her work" (Tuesday Evening, October 20, 1891). -
Page from Early Career Scrapbook of Enid Yandell, 1891-1899
A page from Enid Bland Yandell's early career scrapbook. Enid actively documented her career by clipping articles that related to her and other women sculptors. This page shows a Courier-Journal article, "Miss Yandell's Work in Paris" (1896). The article also includes an image of a statuette of Miss Elsie Yandell, and an image of Enid at work in her Paris studio