The following oral history interviews are available at the University of Louisville Oral History Center, in the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center (UARC). They may all be accessed on-site in the Archives. For information on visiting UARC, see our Planning a Visit page. If you would like to order a copy (CD, audiocassette tape, or, when available, a transcript), please contact Carrie Daniels, co-director of the Oral History Center by email, or by telephone (502-852-6674). For information on pricing, see our Obtaining Copies page. A few transcripts are available online; you may access those transcripts directly via a link in the entry for the interview.
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| Interviewee | Date | Interview Number(s) | Summary information | Transcript? | Interviewer | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlem, Bernard | 4/28/1989 | 1990-122-27, 1990-122-28 | Dahlem became involved with Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1966-1967 and served as ATL Board President in 1978-79. He was a longtime ATL board member. His construction company performed the renovation of the train station and the Main Street locations. Dahlem's interview covers the years of his involvement from 1966 through his participation in the 25 Years in Lights celebration. | No | Ward, Teka | 70 min. | |
| Dailey, Frank M. | 11/29/1984 | 1986-63, 1986-64, 1986-65 | Dailey is president of the Kentucky Distillers Association; he discusses the association, the Kentucky Fair Trade Law; Governor Chandler and the production tax; proposed legislation; and problems of the industry and their solutions. | Yes | Syvertsen, Thomas H. | 90 min. | |
| Daniels, Virginia | 11/15/1997 | 2000-6-11, 2000-6-12 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | Yes | Hart, Joy | 90 min. | |
| Daniels, Virginia | 12/6/1997 | 2000-6-13 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 60 min. | |
| Dao, Kim C. | 3/17/1984 | 1984-40, 1984-41, 1984-42 | An interview about the personal experiences and impressions of the narrator a refugee from South Vietnam. | No | Duerr, Keith | 120 min. | |
| Daugherty, Alma | 7/2/1990 | 1990-135-1 | Ms. Daugherty discusses her life in Louisville during and after the World War I era. | No | Owen, Tom | 60 min. | |
| Daugherty, Robert L. with Willoughby, Mr. H.L.; Varailli, Mrs. Ruby. | 2/27/1975, 3/18/1975, 3/25/1975 | 244 | Louisville during WWII. The interviewer points out that both the transcript and the tape have been edited and shortened. This tape reflects three separate interviews with Louisville residents Robert L. Daugherty, his father-in-law, Mr. H.L. Will | Yes | Emory, Mary | 60 min. | |
| Daulton, H. Coleman | 7/8/1980 | 955, 956 | Coleman Daulton started working for the L&N in the passenger department. Stayed until cutback; returned to the L&N in the personnel department where he remained for several years. Served in the Vice-president's office as accident report clerk, and as secretary to Assistant Vice-President R.C. Parsons. Career experience with the L&N as Assistant and then Superintendent of safety began about 1950. Daulton was then given duties of head of freight loss and damage prevention. Discussion of safety equipment, procedures, issues, and information. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page. | Yes | Bobo, Mary | 120 min. | |
| Daunhauer, John L. | 8/21/1987 | 1987-67, 1987-68 | The narrator lived on a farm that bordered on Camp Zachary Taylor. He remembers the Camp and soldiers and the early Camp Taylor neighborhood. | No | Holmberg, James J. | 90 min. | |
| David, Nadia | 3/13/1975, 3/21/1975, 3/25/1975, 3/26/1975 | 261 | Lebanese immigration to Louisville. | No | Stratton, Lynda G. | 60 min. | |
| Davidson, Luckett | 6/6/1989 | 1990-122-26 | Manager of the restaurant Downstairs at Actors. As of summer 1990, restaurant was called Luckett's. Davidson's interview covers her management of the restaurant from the late 1970s to the time of the interview. | No | Ward, Teka | 30 min. | |
| Davis, Barbara | 7/18/1989, 7/19/1989 | 1989-130-4, 1989-130-5 | Buechel Woman's Club history. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 120 min. | |
| Davis, Billy (William Mitchel, Jr.) | 5/11/1981 | 1981-114, 1989-115 | Davis has earned a national reputation as an aerial photographer. He was director of the Photography Department for 35 years until 1974. Davis still works for the Courier-Journal and accompanies other on their aerial assignments. | No | Bobo, Mary | 105 min. | |
| Davis, Matthew | 6/27/1977 | 359 | Mr. Davis is a local president of the International Aluminum Worker's Union and worked for a number of years at the Reynolds Aluminum Plant in the Parkland Area. He discusses the development of Reynolds Aluminum Company in the Parkland Area and changes within the company over the years. | No | Bruggman, Marsha | 30 min. | |
| Davis, Maudie | 1/9/1985 | 1986-18 | The narrator was born and raised in Butchertown. She is 79 years old now and lives in home she and her husband bought after the 1937 flood. | No | Mandlebaum, Helen | 30 min. | |
| Davis, Wilford with Ladd, Roy W. & Ladd, Mary. | 10/12/1974 | 316 | Coal mining in western Kentucky during the 1920s. | Yes | Cox, Dwayne | 60 min. | |
| Day, Dorothy | 4/21/1988 | 1989-29-68 | Narrator, former Coordinator, Audio-Visual Services, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Miller, Barbara | 60 min. | |
| Dayen, Leonid & Anna | 7/1/1999 | 2000-1-11, 2000-1-12 | Refugee interview series (Ukraine) | Cummins, Peggy | 120 min. | ||
| Dearing, John K. | 11/1/1980 | 1981-38, 1981-39 | Family history of John Keller. | No | Dearing, Victoria A. | 120 min. | |
| Dearing, Mary | 8/2/1988 | 1989-29-35 | Narrator, member of Friends of the Library, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Miller, Barbara | 30 min. | |
| Deats, Alice with Murrell, Esther L. | 3/19/1982 | 1989-45-1 | Describes life in the Tyler Park area. Summary available | No | McElderry, Andrea | 60 min. | |
| Debusman, Amelia | 8/10/1988 | 1989-29-20 | Narrator, Manager, Jeffersontown Branch, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Miller, Barbara | 60 min. | |
| Deckson, Roberta Moberley | 11/3/1988 | 1989-26-14, 1989-26-15 | Narrator talks about her autobiography. | No | White, Ethel | 120 min. | |
| Delahanty, Dolores | 4/14/2000 | 2002-1-38, 2002-1-39 | Civil Rights movement in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 90 min. | |
| Delahanty, Pat | 9/3/1999 | 2002-1-36, 2002-1-37 | Civil Rights movement in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 120 min. | |
| Denning, Tom | 3/15/1982 | 1983-48 | Mr. Denning discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 1. | No | Green, Gary | 30 min. | |
| Denoux, Henry | 2/13/2004 | 2004-88-5 | Veterans History Project | No | Rink, Richard | videotape; unknown | |
| Denzik, Cheryl | 11/29/1997 | 2000-6-14, 2000-6-15 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | Hart, Joy | 90 min. | ||
| Denzik, Cheryl | 12/6/1997 | 2000-6-16, 2000-6-17 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | K'Meyer, Tracy | 90 min. | ||
| Detherage, Larry | 11/10/1997 | 2000-6-18 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | K'Meyer, Tracy | 60 min. | ||
| Detrick, Edward | 5/18/1989 | 1989-80-1 | Mr. Detrick was an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, and was stationed in Burma from 1944-46. His job was to air drop supplies to those soldiers who were building the Ledo Road. | No | Steele, Kelly M. | 45 min. | |
| Deutsch, Burt J. | 12/8/1976 | 192 | Mr. Deutsch was the Law Director for the City of Louisville in 1976-77 and previously had been the Special Assistant to Mayor Sloane. This interview covers the reorganization of Louisville's city government. | Yes | Staiger, Charles | 60 min. | |
| Devine, Leonard | 1/24/1991 | 1991-129-5 | Rabbi Devine lived in a Jewish Philadelphia neighborhood and describes early life - Dr. Dembitz's (Gratz Colleger) influence. Yeshiva College, NYC; HDC. Early pulpits, ordained 1940 - first congregation Hamilton, Ohio - Chicago 13 years; to Louisville; Brith Sholom: leaders: Zach Oppenheimer, Sam Fishman, Milton Berman, Joe Wolf, Irv Lipetz. Louisville, 1969 - the togetherness of Rabbis and community in Louisville; Rabbi Roodman; consolidation and changes since 1940; schools, Day School, Russian families. | No | Lipetz, Irv | 45 min. | |
| Deyen, Henry G. | 11/3/1980 | 1981-40 | Henry Deyen's life in Germany and his early years in the United States are the subjects of this tape. He returned to Germany as an American soldier during World War II. | No | Holmberg, James J. | 60 min. | |
| Diamond, Chester | 4/28/1992 | 1992-102-5 | Jewish community interviews | No | Abramson, Bettye | 60 min. | |
| Diamond, Roy with Diamond, Mrs. Roy | 8/16/1978 | 611, 612 | The Diamonds discuss their parents who came to the United States from Latvia; Mrs. Diamond's education at the Louisville Normal School, a two-year teacher's college run by the city; Dr. Diamond's education at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville School of Medicine; recollections of World War II and its impact on the local Jewish community; anti-Semitism in Louisville; and impressions of the nation of Israel, Zionism, and involvement in the local Zionist movement. | No | Chumbley, Kenneth | 120 min. | |
| Dienes, Betsy | 2/15/1988 | 1989-29-59, 1989-29-60 | Narrator, Head Librarian at Highland Branch Library, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. | |
| Dietrick, Dave | 11/2/1988 | 1989-27-7 | Narrator talks about racism and Klan in Kentucky. The Marshall firebombing in 1985 and the subsequent trial. | No | Samson, Emil | 60 min. | |
| Diggs, Clarence | 5/23/2005 | 2006-45-3 | Veterans History Project: WWII; African Americans in the Armed Forces; US Army | No | Van Daalen, Cheryl | videotape; approximately 60 min. | |
| Dikerman, Lev | 6/18/2000 | 2000-1-13, 2000-1-14, 2000-1-15 | Refugee interview series (Moldova) | Yes | Cummins, Peggy | 180 min. | |
| Distler, Jack | 1/3/1989 | 1989-80-2 | Mr. Distler was an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II from 1944- 45. He airlifted supplies over the Himalayas from American bases in India to American bases in China. | No | Steele, Kelly M. | 30 min. | |
| Do, Duc Minh | 4/20/1984 | 1984-46 | An interview with a native Vietnamese about his experiences in Vietnam and his feelings on the war. | No | Ratliff, Tommie | 60 min. | |
| Dockery, Bobby | 9/12/1999 | 2002-1-40 | Civil Rights movement in Louisville | K'Meyer, Tracy | 30 min. | ||
| Doenges, Robbie | 8/20/1989 | 1990-122-25 | Shop foreman, Actors Theatre of Louisville scene shop. Doenges' interview covers the late 1980s, his work as master foreman. | No | Ward, Teka | 40 min. | |
| Doherty, Robert J. | 11/15/1967 | 28A | Doherty discusses the inception of the Photo Archives at the Univ. of Louisville and his role in acquiring such prestigious photo collections as the Stryker Collection (Farm Security Administration photos from the Depression) and the Clarence Laughlin | Yes | Anderson, Donald | 60 min. | |
| Dolbow, Frances Brown Marie | 8/5/1985 | 1985-103, 1985-104 | The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. | yes - 103 only | Olympia, Lynn | 120 min. | |
| Dolghier, Adrian & Olga | 4/24/2000 | 2000-1-16 | Refugee interview series (Moldova) | unknown | 60 min. | ||
| Doninger, Eric | 10/01/2004 | 2005-87-11 | Architect at Brown-Foreman, on the history of the buildings at 626-634 West Main St. | No | n/a | 22 min. | |
| Dorsey, Earle | 11/19/1984 | 1986-53, 1986-54 | Dorsey was Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Finance and Management Information Service for Brown-Forman, beginning in 1935. He is now retired. Discussion centers on financing of company, stock issues; Kentucky's state production tax on whiskey; advertising rates, pensions; and the 1956 Jack Daniel's acquisition. | Yes | Syvertsen, Thomas H. | 90 min. | |
| Dortch, Brooksie | 8/29/1979 | 790 | Brooksie Dortch discusses her childhood spent with grandparents in Tennessee; work as a domestic servant in Louisville ; and her life at Dosker Manor. Part of a pilot study on oral history and gerontology. | No | Frederick, Olivia | 60 min. | |
| Dosker, Henry E. | 3/8/1977 | 198 | Mr. Dosker was an Administrative Assistant to Mayor Sloane and is presently serving as Assistant Director for the Community Development Cabinet. The interview deals with the reorganization of Louisville's city government. | No | Staiger, Charles | 60 min. | |
| Dosker, Sallie Ewing with Newton, Linelle. | 4/17/1986 | 1986-205, 1986-206 | History of St. Matthews, Kentucky. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 120 min. | |
| Doughten, William L. | 3/24/2005 | 2005-30-3 | Veterans History Project: World War II, Korean War, US Navy | No | Van Daalen, Cheryl | videotape; unknown | |
| Douglas, Robert | 10/28/1996 | 2002-1-44 | Civil Rights movement in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 120 min. | |
| Douglas, Robert | 9/10/1999 | 2002-1-42, 2002-1-43 | Civil Rights movement in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 90 min. | |
| Douthitt, Rita | 9/26/1988 | 1989-29-31, 1989-29-32 | Narrator, former head, extension department, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Miller, Barbara | 105 min. | |
| Draut, Arthur | 5/14/1985 | 1985-97 | Mayor Arthur Draut discusses life in the St. Matthews area. | Yes | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. | |
| Driskell, Leon | 10/24/1987 | 1990-122-24 | Worked with Actors Theatre of Louisville's teacher/student grant program, 1967. Professor of English and Humanities at U of L at the time of the interview, which covers his 1967 involvement with the grant program, his recollections of plays performed under Bock and Jory. | No | Ward, Teka | 45 min. | |
| Dromo, John | 12/12/1981 | 1982-22, 1982-23 | Coach Dromo discusses his life and U of L Basketball, particularly recruiting. | No | Cushing, Richard W. | 90 min. | |
| Drye, James C. | 5/5/1977 | 389, 390 | Drye discusses his personal history, including his school days at the University of Louisville and his service as a physician in the US Army during World War II. | Yes | Owen, Thomas L. | 120 min. | |
| Dudley, William | 10/17/1980 | 997, 998 | William Dudley served as the last station master for the L&N Railroad at the Union Station in Louisville, Kentucky. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page. | Yes | Bobo, Mary | 120 min. | |
| Duerr, Thomas | 5/9/1985 | 1985-87, 1985-88 | Rev. Duerr was superintendent of Catholic schools. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side one. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 90 min. | |
| Duerson, Mary Stewart | 11/12/1981 | 1982-20, 1982-21 | Ms. Duerson discusses her life and career as a Latin teacher in the Louisville Public School system. | Yes | Cushing, Richard W. | 120 min. | |
| Duffy, Martin J. | 1983-34, 1983-35 | Mr. Duffy recalls his family and childhood years, his education, and his legal and political careers. | No | Deborah Skaggs | 120 min. | ||
| Dumas, Cindy | 9/21/1988 & 10/12/1988 | 1989-80-3, 1989-80-4 | Cynthia Dumas was an Air Force nurse stationed at Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969. She speaks of this experience and her current involvement in Veterans' affairs. | No | Steele, Kelly M. | 75 min. | |
| Duncan, Dan | 6/20/1985 | 1986-175 | Duncan, a barrel handler, Brown-Forman, talks about the duties of the positions he has held with B-F, the labor union at B-F and his duties as shop steward. Summary available. | No | Ryant, Carl | 23 min. | |
| Duncan, Jack | 3/9/2004 | 2004-49-5 | Veterans History Project (Vietnam) | No | William Morris | videotape; unknown | |
| Dunn, Claud | 2/28/2004 | 2004-49-6 | Veterans History Project (Vietnam) | No | William Morris | videotape; unknown | |
| Dunn, Georgia Mae Nelson | 2/20/1993 | 1993-51-8 | Ms. Dunn was born in 1908. At the time of the interview she was still practicing law in Paducah, Kentucky. She attended law school at the Jefferson School of Law in Louisville, Kentucky. Primarily, Ms. Dunn has been in private practice during her professional career. She was generally associated with a law firm in Paducah for the bulk of her practicing years. | Bean, Kathleen | 90 min.? | ||
| Dupps, Ralph | 5/24/1985 | 1986-130 | Dupps, an engineer with Schenley Distillers and with their Dickle plant in Tennessee, discusses Tennessee vs. Kentucky whiskeys, Brown-Forman's acquisition of Jack Daniel's, the Dickle "process" also mentions Lou Rosensteil. | No | Syvertsen, Thomas H. | 55 min. | |
| Durbin, Hayward | 2/27/2004 | 2004-88-6 | Veterans History Project: World War II, Pacific Theater, US Army Air Corps/Signal Corps | No | Eiden, Robin | videotape; unknown | |
| Durrett, James ("Jack") T. | 4/19/2004 | 2004-106-3 | Veterans History Project: World War II, US Navy | No | Ward, Joseph | videotape; unknown |