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The song of the "contrabands;" "O let my people go," 1861
Printed sheet music of the spiritual "O Let My People Go," as recorded by Rev. L. C. Lockwood from his interactions with formerly enslaved people at Fortress Monroe in Virginia and arranged by Thomas Baker. -
Elmer Hammonds outside with dog, February 1966
Photograph of Elmer Hammonds, Sr., posing outside with his dog. Elmer Johnson Hammonds, Sr. (1903-1987) grew up in Bardstown, Kentucky, and moved to Louisville in the early 1930s. In 1931, he married Ophelia Doyle Guinn (1899-1964). The couple raised three children on West Chestnut Street. Elmer worked as a Pullman Porter for over 39 years, from 1929 to 1968. During the heyday of railroad travel, the Pullman Porters attended to the needs of train passengers. In the beginning, the Pullman Company hired only Black men for the job of porter. -
Lapdog, 1959-1964
Polaroid of Lucy C. Mickens (1895-1970) holding her pet dachshund on her lap. Lucy was born in Eastwood, Jefferson County, Kentucky, and resided in the same neighborhood her entire life. She was married to Robert Thomas, Sr., and the couple had three children, Miles, Robert, and Estella. Lucy and Robert, Sr., separated in the 1920s, and Lucy remarried twice: first to Filmore Colemand and later to John Clark. In 1927, she bought property on Gilliland Road and worked as a laundress. -
Women with dog, circa 1930
Real photograph postcard of two women posed on a chair by photographer John Pichler (1877-1961). The woman on the left, Fronie Juanita Shawler, is holding her dog. Shawler was born in 1914 in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and eventually moved to Louisville. She joined the Stoner Memorial Church, where she was a member for 83 years and served as the first female trustee. Juanita worked as a healthcare provider at the Baxter Community Center Clinic in Beecher Terrace and retired as a nurse assistant for the Louisville-Jefferson County Health Department. She was married to her husband Clark for 56 years and the couple had no children. In addition to being active in church, Juanita was an avid bowler in a church league and the Senior Citizens Bowling League. She continued bowling—and driving her car—until she was 103 years old. Juanita died in May 2022 at the age of 108.
John Pichler was an Austrian immigrant who came to America in 1898. He took this photograph from his home studio in the rear of 1753 St. Louis Avenue in the Park Hill Neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. His son John O. Pichler learned from his father and was an engraver for The Louisville-Courier Journal and Standard Gravure for over 50 years. -
Boys on the sidewalk with dog, June 10, 1959
Reproduction of a negative by Ivey Watksins Cousins (1898-1973). It captures the joy of young Black boys playing with a pet dog in a northwestern view of East Broadway and South Jackson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A native of Danville, Virginia, Ivey Watkins Cousins moved to Louisville in 1944. He held numerous jobs over the years, working as a tobacco dealer, photographer, machine-shop instructor, manager of the USO Shop, and Curator of the Louisville Library Museum. In 1959, he began photographing houses and structures being demolished to make way for I-65. After viewing the images, the Filson Club Board of Directors gave Cousins $25 to buy film for his project. This is one of the few images in which Cousins photographs people. -
Ethel and William Clemons oral history, April 17, 2004
Oral history interview with Ethel Clemons and William Clemons, conducted by Teresa C. Klasen at the Clemons's home in Bedford, Indiana. The couple describes their relationship, families, and lives in Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky; and Fort Wayne and Bedford, Indiana. The interview duration is 2 hours, 44 minutes. -
Ethel and William Clemons oral history, March 8, 2004
Oral history interview with Ethel Clemons and William Clemons, conducted by Teresa C. Klasen at the Clemons's home in Bedford, Indiana. The couple describes their relationship, families, and lives in Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky; and Fort Wayne and Bedford, Indiana. Ethel describes traveling from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis to attend the Madam C. J. Walker Beauty School and owning a beauty shop on Hanna Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The interview duration is 1 hour, 35 minutes, and 21 seconds. -
Plymouth Settlement House Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1967-1971
The Plymouth Settlement House Board of Directors Minutes is a 66 page document that details proceedings of the Board of Directors' meetings and Executive Board's meetings that occurred from January 26, 1967 to January 28, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky. The document also includes two letters from the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ to the ministers of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference. -
Plymouth Settlement House Relevance for the 70's
The "Plymouth Settlement House Relevance for the 70's" is a 61-page booklet that details the policies and objectives of a settlement house operated by Plymouth Congregational Church in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The booklet also describes the services, programs and organizations for children and their families and senior citizens, summer camps, financial and governmental aid, sports and recreation, and education. The estimated budget for many of the programs and church are documented. -
Proposed Program, 1971
The proposed program is a two-page typescript, themed "A Thrust That's New for '72!" for Plymouth Congregational Church in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The program intends to reactivate all inactive members, add 50 or more new members, develop a broad program for the church youth, establish a system of visitation for inactive members, organize a year-round stewardship program, build a community outreach program, and appoint a Task Force to help coordinate the program. -
Annals of Plymouth Congregational December 1969- November 1970
The annals of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Louisville, Kentucky, is a six-page typescript recording the events of the church and its members from December 1969 to November 30th, 1970. -
Sermon on the Occasion of Jonathan N. Robinson's Installation, 1969
The "Sermon on the Occasion of Jonathan N. Robinson's Installation at Plymouth Church" is a four-paged typescript by D. R. Buckthal. The sermon is titled "The Pastor- A Prophet, Shephard and an Example" based on Ephesians 4: 1-16 and was delivered on May 11, 1969 at Plymouth Congregational Church, Louisville, Kentucky. Topics include challenges for clergy and interpretations of what a pastor should be based on scripture. -
Operation Breakthrough, 1967
"Operation Breakthrough: The Servant Church Facing the 20th Century" is a five-page document that details Plymouth Congregational Church's plan to break the separation between people, God, and neighbors. The plan is a two-year program during which the church aims to touch on the needs, wants, and dreams of mankind on five (5) levels: the immediate community, the members of the church, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, the world, and wherever an individual may be. -
Minutes and financial records ledger, 1923-1936
The Plymouth Congregational Church's minutes and financial records ledger is a 56-page volume that documents the meetings of the members from January 28, 1923 to January 24, 1934 in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The volume also contains Financial records kept from 1924 to 1936, including budgets, expenses, incomes, checks, receipts, and salaries. -
1973 Proposed Slate, November-December 1972
The 1973 Proposed Slate of the Plymouth Congregational Church is a list of the proposed candidates for election from the annual meeting held on December 13, 1972, in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Summary of suggestions made by members, March 27, 1971
The "Summary of Suggestions made by members of Plymouth Church at a workshop on March 27, 1971" is a three-page typescript depicting the wants of the members under the following topics: stimulating greater involvement of current members, reactivating inactive members, and bringing in new members. -
Letter from Benjamin D. Berry, Jr. to Brothers and Sisters in Christ, June 7, 1967
The letter written from Benjamin D. Berry Jr. to his Brothers and Sisters in Christ is a one-page typescript asking the members of Plymouth Congregational Church (Louisville, Kentucky) to begin a type of service where members meet in rotating homes to discuss non-religious topics. -
July 7, 1968 bulletin
Plymouth Congregational Church's bulletin for July 7, 1968 is a three-page typescript that outlines the schedule of service. There is a note written in pen, noting this the "Final Sunday of Ministry." -
90th anniversary bulletin, 1967
The 90th Anniversary bulletin from Plymouth Congregational Church is a three-page typescript depicting the monumental service and the history behind the church and the settlement house in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. -
To Move Mountains, July 10, 1966
"To Move Mountains" is a two-page typescript of Rev. Benjamin D. Berry's sermon on the Civil Rights Movement delivered on July 10, 1966 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Louisville, Kentucky.