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Louisville city
directories 1832-1990 (PAPER)
Louisville suburban directories 1957-1991 (PAPER)
Ekstrom - Louisville city directories 1871-present (PAPER)
Louisville suburban directories, 1957-present (PAPER)
Institutional
Archives
Official records of the
University of Louisville, 1798-present, bulk dates, 1838-present
(PAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS, and FILM) including correspondence,
documents, minutes of the University Board of Trustees, official
catalogs, photographs, and other materials. Finding aids and
information on records management available on U of L gopher at
gopher.louisville.edu.
Manuscripts
(other than literary)
Urban History Collections, nineteenth and twentieth century
records of important businesses, cultural organizations, social
service agencies, and churches, and personal papers of political
figures, scholars, and members of the Jewish and
African-American communities. Included are major collections
such as the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Collection, which
contains records, photographs, and maps and drawings; the
Hillerich and Bradsby Collection, documenting the famous
manufacturer of the "Louisville Slugger" baseball bat; papers of
Frank Stanley, publisher of the LOUISVILLE DEFENDER; and
collections of many faculty and staff members of the University of
Louisville. (PAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS, and FILM)
Finding aids
available on U of L gopher, gopher.louisville.edu, U of L Archives
menu choice.
Newspapers
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LOUISVILLE
CARDINAL, 1926-present (PAPER and FILM)
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KENTUCKY IRISH
AMERICAN, 1898-1968 (FILM)
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Louisville Free
Public Library Index to the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL,
1917-1977 (FILM)
Oral History
Home of the
University of Louisville's Oral History Center, preserving over
1,000 taped recollections of university personnel and students,
community leaders, members of ethnic communities, workers, and
business executives, collected since the late 1970s. Transcripts
are available for part of the collection. (AUDIOTAPES and PAPER)
Vital Records
U of L gopher
pointer to state government vital records made
available at UK - gopher.louisville.edu, UofL
Archives menu
choice includes deaths: 1911-1992, marriages,
1973-1993,
divorces 1973-1993 (records may not be inclusive
within those
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