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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farah, Lee | 3/7/1975 | 258 | Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky. | No | Eversole, Douglas | 60 min. |
| Farley, Edna J. | 8/15/1986 | 1987-43 | Tape discusses growing up in Appalachia. For summary, see report in 1987-35's file. | No | Todd, M. Loraine | 60 min. |
| Farmer, Thelma | 2/27/1989 | 1989-69-12 | Meadow Heights Woman's Club. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 30 min. |
| Farnsley, Charles P. (1907-1990) | 2/25/1975 | 245-246 | The life, times and mood of the Louisville area between 1948 and 1953. Farnsley, a former mayor of Louisville, discusses problems during his administration and his numerous insights regarding the city. A transcript of this interview is available online via the Kentuckiana Digital Library. | Yes | Harbison, Charles F. | 120 min. |
| Farnsley, Charles P. (1907-1990) | 1970 | 616 | Side B: "In Retrospect: Program VIII", a former conductor of the Louisville Orchestra and Dean of the School of Music at the University of Louisville interviews Charles P. Farnsley regarding the history of Louisville Orchestra. A WUOL radio program. | No | Whitney, Robert | 30 min. |
| Farnsley, Charles P. (1907-1990) | 1970 | 617 | Side A: "In Retrospect: Program IX", a former conductor of the Louisville Orchestra and Dean of the School of Music at the University of Louisville interviews Charles P. Farnsley regarding the history of Louisville Orchestra. A WUOL radio program. | No | Whitney, Robert | 30 min. |
| Farnsley, Nancy | 11/14/1984 | 1986-52 | Discusses the distilling industry in general and Rebel Yell whisky in particular; Rebel Yell was a brand owned by her husband; mentions HF Wilkie and Seagrams corporation; gives the Farnsley julep recipe at the end. Nancy Farnsley was the wife of Charles P. Farnsley. | No | Syvertsen, Thomas H. | 60 min. |
| Farnsley, Nancy | 4/21/1988 | 1989-29-66, 1989-29-67 | Narrator, wife of former Mayor Farnsley, talks about Louisville public libraries. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. |
| Farr, Thomas | 8/10/2004 | 2004-88-7 | Veterans History Project: World War II, US Army, Military Intelligence | No | Ward, Joseph | videotape; unknown |
| Farris, Foster W. | 7/31/1984 | 1988-84-1 | Deals with the incorporation of Lyndon into a city. | No | Burke, Jane | 60 min. |
| Farris, June | 12/13/1980 | 1981-75 | This interview includes discussions on the Sons of the American Revolution and the 1980 NSSAR National Congress. | No | Schultz, Christine | 60 min. |
| Faust, Bobbie | 10/30/1981 | 1982-46 | The editor of the weekly newspaper in Benton, Kentucky (The Tribune-Courier), has covered Big Singing Day for the last eight years. Photograph included. | No | Loftis, Deborah | 60 min. |
| Feldbaum, Gertrude Karp | 2/6/1992 | 1991-129-7 | A Boston native; moved in 1909 to New Albany then to Louisville. Family from Grodna, Russia; married in Boston in 1908. Louisville grocery owners 'till 1924. Jewish life and geographical distribution; Jewish merchants; synagogues; cemetery; Herman Straus Department store. Depression years; YMHA; Blanche Mitchell; YMHA reps; dances; building the Jewish Community Center; the "Snack Bar" begins; swim teams, beauty contests, center clubs; Jerry Abramson; AZA conventions. | No | Bronner, Betty | 45 min. |
| Fentress, Yvonne | 8/29/1997 | 2000-6-23 through 2000-6-25 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | Hart, Joy | 180 min. | |
| Fentress, Yvonne | 9/10/1997 | 2000-6-26, 2000-6-27 | Deindustrialization in Louisville | K'Meyer, Tracy | 120 min. | |
| Ferguson, Jo M. | 6/17/1995 | 82 | Senior House Project. An attorney in Louisville, Ferguson served on the Board of Directors of Senior House since 1963. He recalls his years on the Board and the development of Senior House during that time. | No | Bruggman, Marsha | 60 min. |
| Filiatreau, John | 3/19/2001 | No tape available | Civil Rights Movement in Louisville interview | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | |
| Fineman, Joseph E. | 1/27/1991 | 1991-129-8 | A native of Chester, West Virginia. 1954-1956: in Army Ft. Knox. 1957: to Louisville - attracted by active Jewish community. Personal involvement in community. 1956-57: JCC "Couples Club." Joe Kaplan, Norbert Friedman, Arthur Kling, Sam Steinfeld, Aaron Schreiber. Jewish Community 1957: Center Clubs, Schreiber retired. Ben Rothstein succeeded Schreiber, then, hired Al Cheistwer, board revitalized. Centennial. | No | Lipetz, Irv | 45 min. |
| Fischer, June H. | 7/2/1985 | 1986-36 | The narrator is the Director of Wesley Community House from 1979 to present (1985). Gives history of the social service agency in Butchertown. | No | Mandlebaum, Helen | 30 min. |
| Fitch, Howard | 8/30/1985 | 1985-113 | An Attorney. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. |
| Flarsheim, Louise | 7/29/1977 | 502 | The narrator discusses local Jewish organizations, individuals, and neighborhoods. Topics include the Jewish Hospital, the Byck family, Adath Israel congregation, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, recollections of World War I and II, the Standard Club, the Council of Jewish Women, anti-Semitism, Jewish assimilation, and the Jewish Debutantes' Ball. | No | Canter, Carol | 60 min. |
| Fleck, Hanna | 1/2/1991 | 1991-129-9 | Louisville native discusses family coming to Louisville; Father from Kovna Guberniya to Baltimore to Portsmouth, Va., to Louisville. First peddled in country then opened store Shelby and Market. 1937 flood, anti-Semitism, associated families - Mary Cohen, Bernard Berman, Levine, Lilly Meyers, Rabbi Gittleman, Lillian Goldberg Berman, Stella Levine. Prices, YMHA, Girls High in the 1920s, old Louisville landmarks. | No | Weinberg, Elizabeth | 45 min. |
| Fleischaker, Arthur | 4/12/2004 | 2004-67-4 | Veterans History Project: World War II, European Theatre | No | Ziclinski, Bob | videotape; unknown |
| Fleischer, Jerome V. | 3/2/2004 | 2004-49-7 | Veterans History Project: Vietnam | No | Joseph Ward | videotape; unknown |
| Fleming, Gerald | 9/1/2004 | 2004-106-5 | Veterans History Project: Persian Gulf War, US Army | No | Rink, Richard | videotape; unknown |
| Flusberg, Bob M. | 11/23/2005 | 2006-45-4 | Veterans History Project: WWII, US Army; Jews in the Armed Forces in WWII | No | Ward, Joseph | videotape; unknown length |
| Foote, Edwin S. with Hawes, Roy | 5/10/1985 | 1986-119 | Foote, a master distiller with Old Fitzgerald Distillery, discusses his own career development, the route to becoming a master distiller; also discusses yeast as used in the distilling process. | No | Syvertsen, Thomas H. | 30 min. |
| Foreman, Eleanor | 4/13/2000 | 2002-1-48, 2002-1-49 | Civil Rights Movement in Louisville | Yes | K'Meyer, Tracy | 90 min. |
| Foshee, Isabel Board | 9/17/2001 | 2003-1 | No | Owen, Thomas | 45 min. | |
| Foster, Joyce | 12/4/1979 | 882 | Family History. | No | Ritter, Nola Foster | 60 min. |
| Fowler, Joseph D. with Mrs. Fowler | 4/3/1980 | 883 | The narrators discuss their life on a farm in Washington County, Kentucky from the depression to the present. | No | Mudd, Peggy | 60 min. |
| Fowler, Mrs. William W. | 2/5/1980 | 884, 885 | The narrator discusses the history of both the Fowler family and the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville. | No | Olympia, Marilyn | 120 min. |
| Fowler, Steward | 10/14/1972 | 43 | Fowler recalls the history of Doe Run in Meade County, Kentucky. | No | Scott, Alice | 90 min. |
| Fowley, Harper | 1970 | 616 | Side A: "In Retrospect: Program VII", a former conductor of the Louisville Orchestra and Dean of the School of Music at the University of Louisville interviews Harper Fowley regarding the history of Louisville Orchestra. A WUOL radio program. | No | Whitney, Robert | 30 min. |
| Fox, Charles | 3/9/1977 | 283 | Jefferson County School System since the merger and busing. | No | Bobo, Bruce | 60 min. |
| Fox, Joan Stone | undated | 1987-21 | Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1950. | No | Knaster, Charlotte | 60 min. |
| Frank, Frances | 11/25/1980 | 1981-72 | Mrs. Frank, a medical librarian, discusses the University Hospital Library and the hospital since 1934. | No | Leightty, Virginia | 60 min. |
| Franklin, Charles Bruce | 8/28/1981 | 1981-127 | Franklin retired as Assistant Director of Circulation after 46 years with the paper. His association with the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times began as a newsboy on Armistice Day for World War I. | No | Bobo, Mary | 60 min. |
| Franz, Edwin F. | 11/16/1978 | 665, 666 | Franz discusses his student days at Manual Training High School (class of 1924), the Speed Scientific School of the University of Louisville (Class of 1929), and the Jefferson School of Law (Class of 1933). | No | Cox, Dwayne | 90 min. |
| Frasure, Tim | 6/20/1985 | 1986-176 | Talks about strikes at the plant. Summary available. | No | Ryant, Carl | 42 min. |
| Frazier, Owsley Brown | 9/13/1984 | 1986-44, 1986-45 | Frazier, senior vice president, corporation secretary and member of the executive board of Brown-Forman discusses the company and the Brown family. He talks about his own work with the company, the marketing of whisky and labor conditions at B-F. | No | Redmon, Sherrill (McConnell) and Thomas H. Syvertsen. | 90 min. |
| Frazier, Owsley Brown | Sept. 12, 2007 | 2007-148-1 | Majority stockholder of Bittner's on East Main and the founder of the Frazier International History Museum at 9th and West Main Streets, discusses the background of his ownership of Bittner's, Louisville's oldest continually-operating cabinetmaker and design firm and his founding of the Frazier International History Museum. | No | Foley, Susan | 58 min. |
| Frederick, Mia | 10/02/2004 | 2005-87-2 | Owner of the building at 121 West Main St. | No | Wilson, Jennifer | 25 min. |
| Freeman, Martha | 4/8/1987 | 1987-19 | Mrs. Freeman says that she and her husband lived South First Street at the time of the flood. Her husband was on of the first to build a boat for rescue operations but in his diary he expresses his feelings of prejudice. Mrs. Freeman also tells of the f | No | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. |
| Freibert, Sister Lucy | 4/19/1976 | 266 | Women in the religious community and the feminist movement. | Yes | Maddox, Stephanie | 60 min. |
| French, Millard | 5/8/1985 | 1985-85 | A city councilman. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. | No | Olympia, Lynn | 60 min. |
| Friedberg, Edward L. | 12/26/2006 | 2007-22-17 | Son of the founder of Friedberg Bros. and Falls City Tobacco at 1806 W. Main St. discusses the history and nature of the business from circa 1920 until the 1970s. | No | Foley, Susan | 70 min. |
| Friedlander, Mitzi with Friedlander, Bill | 10/7/1987 | 1990-122-32 | Mitzi was a cast member, Actors Theater of Louisville, 1965-1966 season. Louisville equity actor at time of interview. Bill was board member, Theatre Louisville; board member, merged Actors Theatre of Louisville. At time of interview, worked in the social services. Friedlanders' interview covers the years 1964-66. | No | Ward, Teka | 50 min. |
| Frost, Linda | 3/1/1982 | 1983-47 | Ms. Frost discusses problems in the Old Louisville area. Interview is on side 1. | No | Green, Gary | 30 min. |
| Fry, Ray | 5/11/1989 | 1990-122-31 | Resident actor, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1974-1989. Fry's interview covers his work as an actor, 1974-89 seasons. | No | Ward, Teka | 40 min. |
| Fulkerson, Katharine | 4/7/1987 | 1987-31 | Fulkerson discusses the status of women and her account of education, career and family choices in the 20th century. | No | Knaster, Charlotte | 60 min. |
| Furnish, William | 11/15/1976, 12/7/1976, 4/1/1976 | 215-219 | Professor Furnish discusses the present site of the Belknap Campus of the University of Louisville dating from 1910s and includes information on the ethnic, economic, and political make-up of the area before it was occupied by the university in 1925. He also discusses the growth of the university from the 1930s to the present. | No | Morison, William J., and Dwayne Cox | 300 min. |
| Futrell, Morris Earl | 7/7/2004 | 2004-106-6 | Veterans History Project: World War II, US Marine Corps | No | Ward, Joseph | videotape; unknown |