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"A Word to Farmers on the Weevils," broadside, ca. 1800
Broadside explaining how to keep weevils from infesting harvested wheat crops. -
"Analysis of Love"
Essay discussing women and love, and the institution of marriage. "The women are degraded to a level with the inferior animals, are expected to perform all the most tiresome, offensive and laborious services and unless when the instinct of nature prompts their savage lords to embrace them are treated with no sort of sympathy or equality." -
"Clay and Liberty!!! Kickapoo War Songs" Broadside, 1884
Broadside with campaign songs in support of Henry Clay for president -
"Employee Holiday Party," Micro Scoop, April 1970
Article featuring a Jewish Hospital employee holiday party from the periodical Micro Scoop. -
"Helen Humes - Still Tops" newspaper clipping, n.d.
An unidentified newspaper clipping covering the resurgence of Helen Humes after a several year hiatus in her singing career. -
"Kentucky's Welcome to Kentucky's Troops" Program
The Louisville Liederkranz was a singing society organized in 1848 by the city's German immigrants. One program documents the performance of the Liederkranz Orchestra at a welcome home ceremony for Louisville Legion troops returning from the Spanish-American War. The program is illustrated with an image of the unit's commander, Col. John Breckinridge Castleman, as well as a drawing of a soldier in uniform. The program contains a list of songs performed and speeches given by various dignitaries.
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"On Suicide as Justifiable"
Essay contemplating suicide as a justifiable act. -
"On Suicide as Not Justifiable"
Essay contemplating suicide as not-justifiable. -
"Votes for Women" streamer, Melville Otter Briney papers, c. 1915
Page from the papers of Ms. Melville Otter Briney of Louisville, Kentucky. On this page is pasted a streamer that reads "Votes for Women," accompanied by a note: "I was a page at Mrs. Snowden's lecture." Otter is referring to the November 1915 lecture given by British feminist Ethel Snowden at the Masonic Theater in Louisville. -
“The Future Is in Your Hands” Pamphlet, ca. 1957
This graphic and text are from a Jewish Hospital expansion fund pamphlet. Provides examples of the amount of labor needed to run a hospital. -
“Why Is A City Club” by Eleanor Mercein Kelly, 12 December 1917
“Why Is A City Club” by Eleanor Mercein Kelly, 12 December 1917, Louisville Women’s City Club, Vol 1., No. 8. Louisville Women’s City Club Records. -
Candy Stripers, Micro Scoop, July 1967
Clipping from the Jewish Hospital periodical Micro Scoop featuring a photo of a group of women hospital volunteers, also called candy stripers. -
105-Year-Old Recipient of a Pacemaker, Service, February 1970
Clipping from the Jewish Hospital Publication Service featuring a recipient, Rev. James Purvis, of a cardiac pacemaker at 105 years old. -
1972 Donation from Women's Guild, Service, March-April 1972
Clipping from Service about the Women's Guild raising funds for the coronary care unit. -
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. -
1st Kentucky Regiment, National Guard.
Photographs of the 1st Kentucky Regiment, National Guard featuring men that served with Pershing's Mexican Boarder Expedition. -
66th Kentucky Derby Official Program, 1940
Cover of the 1940 Kentucky Derby Program. Jockey Carroll Bierman won the 66th Kentucky Derby on Gallahadion in an upset over heavily favored Bimelech. -
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. -
A lease agreement for a house and four lots to farm to Armistead Fant, 1816
A lease agreement for a house and four lots to farm to Armistead Fant in the town of Washington, for a year from March 1816-1817. -
A map of the British American plantations, 1754
A map of the British American plantations, extending from Boston in New England to Georgia, including all the back settlements in the respective provinces, as far as the Mississippi. From "Gentleman's Magazine" 4 July 1754. Shows rivers, mountains, creeks, Indian villages, French and English forts, and "Walkers settlement 1750" on the Cumberland River.