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
Ice, Joe	11/6/1982	1983-51	Interview one of several with people active in distilling whiskey during Prohibition.	Yes	Graves, George	60 min.
Imhoff, Steve	10/01/2004	2005-87-4	Board member of the Peterson-Dumesnil House at 301 S. Peterson.	No	unknown	13 min.
Irvin, Jessye	6/28/1978	461	Irvin discusses her childhood in Hopkinsville, Kentucky; her primary and secondary education there; her move to Louisville in 1950, which city she found "friendly to blacks, but very segregated;" involvement in open housing demonstrations in Louisville's South End, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and work in Democratic politics as a precinct co-captain, captain, and committee woman.	Yes	Chumbley, Kenneth	60 min.

Interviewee	Date	Interview Number(s)	Summary information	Transcript?	Interviewer	Length
Jackson, Abbie Clement	5/16/1977	313-315	Mrs. Jackson has been very active in the Louisville Community especially involved with the AME Zion Church in Louisville. She discusses her church activities, both local and national; her own lifetime, her family's role in desegregation and her family history.	Yes	Staiger, Charles	134 min.
Jackson, Evelyn	12/3/1999	2002-1-74, 2002-1-75	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	90 min.
Jacob, Selma	6/10/1977	488	The narrator discusses her grandfather's (Jacob Greenberg) career. Greenberg owned the second Louisville Galt House, located at First and Main Street. She also includes recollections of the hotel, ca. 1914.	No	Brick, Barbara	30 min.
Jaegers, Patricia Bales	11/8/1988	1989-26-16, 1989-26-17	Narrator talks about her autobiography.	No	White, Ethel	120 min.
James, Karen	3/23/1988	1989-29-23	Narrator, children's department librarian, talks about Louisville public libraries.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Janensch, Paul	7/8/1981	1981-125, 1981-126	Janensch is a Vice-President of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company and Executive Editor of both Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. He succeeded Robert P. Clark in this position.	No	Bobo, Mary	75 min.
Janes, Alene	9/11/1980	985	Mrs. Janes was among hundreds of women employed by the L&N Railroad during World War II. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page.	Yes	Bobo, Mary	60 min.
Jarboe, Stacy E.	11/2/1989	1989-131-1	Discusses the National Organization for Women and herself.	No	Cline, Vivian J. M.	60 min.
Jelsma, Sherry	5/16/1988	1991-73-20, 1991-73-21	A parent involved in school desegregation plan describes her experience as a member of the Human Relations Network coordinated during the merger of school systems in Louisville.	No	White, Ethel S.	90 min.
Johnson, Bettie	9/20/1999	2002-1-76, 2002-1-77	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	120 min.
Johnson, Jack L.	9/29/1988	1990-122-38	Member of Actors, Inc.'s original resident company. Regular performer in regional theaters. Interview consists of recollections about the plays performed during the summer of 1964 through the 1965-1966 season; his theory behind the Actors, Inc. formation; his professional background; his interpretation of the merger; the "Cornett Ultimatum" (which he believes the actors instigated); his getting to know, like and enjoy working with Block; his time at the Long Wharf Theatre when Jory was there; his personal analyses of directing techniques; his attendance at the Actors Theatre of Louisville 25 year revue; and his thoughts on the late actor Pamela Brown.	No	Ward, Teka	40 min.
Johnson, Jaspar Offutt	3/14/1978	448, 449	Johnson, who was over 100 years old at the time of the interview, discusses his personal history, including his experiences as a soldier in the Spanish-American War. He also talks about his experience as a black man in America.	No	Williams, Cassandra	68 min.
Johnson, Julius Spencer	11/30/1982	1984-26	Summary available in interview folder.	No	O'Neill, Dee Dee	60 min.
Johnson, Lyman	5/27/1988	1989-29-34	Narrator, former board member and civil rights activist, talks about Louisville public libraries.	No	Miller, Barbara	60 min.
Johnson, Lyman	5/6/1976	167	The integration of the University of Louisville.	No	Cox, Dwayne D.	60 min.
Johnson, Lyman	3/24/1982	1983-42, 1983-43	Mr. Johnson discusses his experiences as a school board member in Jefferson County.	Yes	Cox, Dwayne	120 min.
Johnson, Lyman	3/15/1977	211-214	These interviews concern Mr. Johnson's memories of integration at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, his family and personal his family and personal history, as well as his opinions of black history in Louisville. He also discussed his teaching career and his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and in politics. Restriction: Not to be used for pecuniary gain.	Yes	Monsour, Regina	240 min.
Johnson, Lyman	11/9/1977	437, 438	(Done shortly after Mr. Johnson had been elected to Jefferson County School Board from the First District.) This interview is a continuation of the series done by Ms. Monsour on Mr. Johnson's long Civil Rights career in Louisville. The discussion centers on riots and Civil Rights demonstrations in Louisville. Restriction: Not to be used for pecuniary gain.	Yes	Monsour, Regina	90 min.
Johnson, Marion J.	1/11/1985	1986-78, 1986-79, 1986-80	A former Brown-Forman account executive and credit manager, Johnson discusses financing a distillery, working with banks, self-insurance pools, pension plans, and labor-management relations.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	90 min.
Johnson, Waverly	8/30/1979	791	Johnson discusses his role as administrator of Red Cross or Community Hospital; the problems confronting him and the Hospital; and why the Hospital failed to survive.	Yes	Frederick, Olivia	60 min.
Jones, Dathon with Jones, Oma	6/22/1977	350, 351	They are a black couple, in their mid-fifties, who are long-time residents of Parkland Area. Mr. Jones is a 1935 graduate of Central High School. He discusses his schooling and career at the US Post Office in Louisville. Mrs. Jones discusses her family history, education, and her career as a public health nurse in Louisville. Together they discussed their remembrances and lives in Parkland.	No	Bruggman, Marsha	120 min.
Jones, David A.	Feb. 25, 2008	2008-28-4	Co-founder and retired CEO of Humana Corporation discusses the history of the company, its long presence on Main Street and the changes he has seen on Main Street in the last 35 years.	No	Foley, Susan	63:05 min.
Jones, Don	11/13/1975	94	American Art Therapy Association, Art Therapy. Personal history and the growth of the art therapy movement.	No	Ryant, Carl	60 min.
Jones, H. Wise	12/21/1977	426, 427	The eldest son of Reverend H. Wise Jones, who was the minister of the Green Street Baptist from 1912 until 1950, discusses the history of the church, the role that religion and the church played in his life and the lives of blacks in Louisville. He also discusses the role that the black Baptist church played in the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Louisville and the United States.	yes - Transcript and tape both poor quality due to tape problems	Staiger, Charles	66 min.
Jones, Julie	6/13/1975	80	Senior House Project. Jones was director of Senior House and discusses her arrival in 1972 and developments since that time.	No	Bruggman, Marsha	60 min.
Jones, Mathew F. (Mattie?)	10/21/1988	1989-27-1	Narrator talks about racism and the Klan in Kentucky.	No	Samson, Emil	60 min.
Jones, Mattie	3/3/2000	2002-1-78, 2002-1-79	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	120 min.
Jones, Ron	6/21/2004	2004-106-11	Veterans History Project	No	Keys, Kimberly	videotape; unknown
Jones, Rosemary	10/24/1988	2002-2-8		No	Harmon, Shirley
Jordan, Mary	11/13/1979	899	Family History.	No	Botton, Ron	60 min.
Joseph, Alfred (Fred), III	Feb. 4, 2008	2008-28-5	The grandson and great nephew of the founders of Joseph and Joseph, architects and engineers, discusses the history of the firm that was founded in 1908 and its significant projects in Louisville.	No	Foley, Susan	44:22 min.
Joyce, Nina	10/2/1981	1982-41	Mrs. Joyce reminisces about Big Singing Day, held the fourth Sunday in May of each year, in Benton, Kentucky. This type of singing uses the shape note tunebook, The Southern Harmony, published in 1854. Photo included.	No	Loftis, Deborah	60 min.
Judah, Clarence	8/25/1977	511, 512	Born in Louisville and a long-time associate of the Jewish Community Federation and its predecessor, Judah discusses a variety of Jewish families, organizations, and activities with which he has been involved. Topics include the Abraham, Judah, Klamber, Flexner, Popper and Greenebaum families; Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Blanche Ottengeimer, Charles Morris, Louis Cohen, Lewis W. Cole, Sidney Handmaker, Stuart Handmaker, Rabbi Gittleman, Dr. Joseph Rauch, Minna D. Cole, and Ruth Morris; the Conference of Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Community Federation, various Jewish neighborhoods, changes in the Jewish Community Federation's activities, and the Federation's endowment fund.	No	Kling, Margot	120 min.

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