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
Kaelin, Ed	8/7/1985	1985-110, 1985-111	Worked in the stock yards. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	120 min.
Kaelin, Gilbert	10/25/1985	1985-115	The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Kaelin, Henry	12/5/1984	1985-46, 1985-47	The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	120 min.
Kaelin, Katie with Sauter, Catherine	9/14/1985	1985-109	Worked in the dairy business. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Kahn, Jewell	6/5/1985	1986-140	A sectional manager for Seagrams, Kahn talks about Seagrams Louisville, Kentucky operation, cost saving devices installed, the personalities involved, including Fred Wilkie and Sam Brofmann; and unionization of the Louisville plant.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	60 min.
Kain, Louise	4/30/1970	21	The Louisville Orchestra - its developments, the commissioning program, and its successes. Also covers Mrs. Kain's life & that of her husband, Richard Kain, an English Profesor at the University of Louisville.	No	Berry, Charles	75 min.
Kain, Richard	5/20/1981, 7/27/1981	1981-142 through 1981-144	Professor Richard Kain, who came to the Dept. of English of the University of Louisville in 1940, discusses his formal education, teaching and scholarly career, and community activities. Topics include his research in Irish literature, particularly the work of James Joyce.	Yes	Cox, Dwayne	180 min.
Kain, Richard	4/21/1982	1983-29	Exhibition Room dedication, 4/21/1982		n/a	60 min.
Kamin, Katie Miller	7/29/1988	1990-88-14	Describes her activities in the League of Women Voters.	No	Owen, Tom	60 min.
Kammerer, Florrine	2/1/1988	1989-29-61, 1989-29-62	Narrator, retired head of extension services, talks about Louisville public libraries.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Kane, James R.	2/16/2004	2004-67-5	Veterans History Project	No	Loomis, Ken	videotape; unknown
Kapfhammer, M. J. with Kapfhammer, M. J. (Mrs)	12/2/1979	900	The narrator discusses leaving Germany and coming to the United States following World War I; his experiences as an immigrant; and the Great Depression.	Yes	Hoskins, Kirk	60 min.
Kaplan, Joseph	11/3/1977	518	Kaplan discusses his family, the Louisville Hebrew School, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Community Center.	No	Landau, Herman	60 min.
Karem, Joseph with Karem, Camilla	3/31/1975	263	Lebanese immigration to Louisville, Kentucky.	No	Eversole, Douglas	60 min.
Karem, Mary Jane	2/10/1993	1993-51-13, 1993-51-14	Ms. Karem graduated from the Jefferson School of Law in 1948. She practiced with her husband. Ms. Karem attended law school while raising five children. She was interviewed at her home in Louisville, Kentucky.		Bean, Kathleen	120 min.
Karl, Anne	11/4/1990	1991-129-14	Louisville native, father Jacob Simons to USA (Louisville) in 1890, trained as shoemaker, became peddler (no other work). Parents from Kovno Guberniya. Early thoughts: Preston and Floyd (shoe store); school, Preston and Floyd; Jefferson St. Jewish butcher, Morris School, YMHA; Floyd and Chestnut School (became Adath Jeshurun). Bean and Minnie Isaacs (ardent Zionists). Politics, Jewish community, "helping funds" from school, Rabbi Zarchy, Mrs. Morris Salzman, U of L, Jewish Welfare Organization, World War II, Camp Taylor, UJA.	No	Pressma, Naomi	45 min.
Karl, Anne	6/20/1977	492		No	Goldstein, Sylvia	60 min.
Katz, Aimee Rosenfelder	5/11/1984	1984-1, 1984-2	Arts and Sciences student (1912-1921) and Woodcock medalist discusses Dean Patterson, effects of World War I, and student memories and Hattie Bishop Speed as philanthropist.	No	Redmon, Sherrill (McConnell)	90 min.
Kaufman, Esther W.	10/25/1980	1981-29, 1981-30, 1981-31	Kaufman relates her life experiences as a black professional woman including a tour as a Peace Corps Volunteer to Malawi, Africa.	No	Walts, Brenda L.	180 min.
Kazanjian, Albert Joseph	12/16/2005	2006-45-6	Veterans History Project	No	Durso, Joan Combs	videotape; unknown length
Keabler, M. Jane (Martha Jane)	3/20/2004	2004-49-9	Veterans History Project	No	Robin Eiden	videotape; unknown
Keeling, Mrs. Bessie	6/14/1985	1986-28	The narrator was first family-owned slaughter house.	No	Mandlebaum, Helen	30 min.
Keene, Ann	6/3/1985	1986-138	Keene is office manager of Barton Brands Distillery and discusses women in the distilling industry and the duties of her own position.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	30 min.
Keith, Mrs. J.P., Jr.	11/28/1984	1985-43	The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Kell, Eunice Webb	8/4/2004	2004-88-10	Veterans History Project	No	Hansen, Charles	videotape; unknown
Keller, William K.	10/12/1978, 10/14/1978	653-656	Keller discusses his father's medical practice in Louisville's Portland neighborhood; his student days in the College of Arts & Sciences (BA 1930) and the School of Medicine of the University of Louisville (MD 1931); his internship at the Louisville City Hospital; Dr. John Walker Moore, Dean of the School of Medicine from 1929-1949; his residency in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and in New York City; and his career as a faculty member in the Dept. of Psychiatry of the University of Louisville.	partial	Cox, Dwayne	240 min.
Kelley, James D.	1/26/2004	2004-88-9	Veterans History Project	No	Morris, William	videotape; unknown
Kelly, William P., Jr.	06/14/2007	2007-117-11	Descendent of the original owners of Office Equipment Company and retired officer of the company, relates the history of the company and what it was like to do business at 4th and Main Street from the 1920s until the 1970s.	No	Foley, Susan	72 min.
Kempf, Earl J.	1/15/2004	2004-88-11	Veterans History Project	No	Morris, William	videotape; unknown
Kennedy, James	11/18/1988	1989-27-2	Narrator, the Great Titan of Jefferson County, talks about racism and Klan in Kentucky.	No	Samson, Emil	60 min.
Kenzer, Sally	7/6/1977	365	Mrs. Kenzer is the daughter of William Jones, the first licensed black electrician in Kentucky. She discusses her father's business, family memories and her own life.	No	Bruggman, Marsha	30 min.
Kernen, Frank	7/3/1987	1987-52	The Kernen family owned and operated a store at the corner of Preston and Clarks Lane, on the northern edge of Camp Zachary Taylor. Frank Kernen worked at the store and made deliveries in the area.	No	Holmberg, James J.	35 min.
Key, June	8/9/1988	1991-73-22, 1991-73-23	Staff member of the Jefferson County School System of 1975 remembers her position as president of the state PTA board and member of the Community and Human Relations department during school integration.	No	White, Ethel S.	90 min.
Key, Robert	10/25/1977	416, 417	Mr. Key discusses his life as a singer, including his experiences singing with a church choir, RKO Singing Troop, Special Services in the Army and local clubs. He talks of the opportunities for a black entertainer in Louisville and Louisville clubs and theaters in the downtown areas from approximately 1929 until the 1940s. He laments the waste of local black talent since there was no place for them to perform in Louisville.	Yes	Friedman, Robert	66 min.
Kidd, Mae Street	10/30/1978	683-686	Kentucky Representative Mae Street Kidd discusses growing up in Millersburg, Kentucky; her early education at the Lincoln Institute; her parents and their background, her work with Mammoth Life Insurance Company; the Red Cross in England during World War II and the condition of black soldiers there; early political involvement in Detroit; running for Democratic representative from the 41st Kentucky Legislative District in 1968; and views on blacks in politics.	Yes	Chumbley, Kenneth	240 min.
Kille, Anna Marie	11/4/1970	905	The narrator discusses her personal history, genealogy, and memories of the Great Depression.	No	Diggess, Beverly Lynn	60 min.
Kim, Tran Huu	3/21/1984	1984-34, 1984-35	An interview with a native North Vietnamese's experiences growing up and fighting in Vietnam.	No	Morgeson, Julie A.	90 min.
King, George Sr.	6/2/1977	336	King is President of Mr. Klean's Janitorial and Maintenance Company. King discusses his family history and the founding of Mr. Klean's, a black-owned company which employed the largest percentage of black workers in the State of Kentucky at the time of the interview. He also was acquainted with Muhammad Ali during his youth.	No	Staiger, Charles	60 min.
Kiphart, James	9/29/1999	2002-1-80, 2002-1-81	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	120 min.
Klapheke, Mrs. Gene	1/15/1985	1985-63, 1985-64	The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2 of 1985-58.	No	Olympia, Lynn	90 min.
Kleier, Henry A.	5/17/1985	1986-123, 1986-124	Discusses Schenley Industries, cooperage issues, and the distilling industry in general; Kleier was the former Cooperage Manager/Superintendent for Schenley and Ancient Age Distillers.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	120 min.
Klein, Harry Jackson	8/2/1978	596, 597	Harry Jackson Klein discusses his father, a Latvian rabbi; his early education under his father; growing up around the corner of First and Walnut Street; high school education at Louisville Male; going to work at eighteen as a salesman; various business enterprises; World War II when he directed Louisville's Office of Price Administration; and wartime work in gas rationing and scrap metal drives. Klein concludes with recollections of his work in the Jewish community, including the building of Jewish Hospital and reflections on how the community has changed during this lifetime.	No	Chumbley, Kenneth	90 min.
Klein, Marilyn Posnansky	4/30/1986	1987-26	Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1942.	No	Knaster, Charlotte	60 min.
Klein, Murrel D.	12/11/1990	1991-129-15	Father: Frank Leon Klein, parents from Russia 1880s; Mother: Ida Natofsky Klein; was Louisville native (her parents arrived 1859 and joined Adath Jeshurun, then called Green Street School). Murrel born 1905. Father in business, Indianola, Mississippi. Bar mitzvah in Louisville (Rabbi Zarchy). Discusses: YMHA, Taustine Deli, Jewish life of times, bakery meat market summers, Dr. Leon Solomon. Associated names: Charles Morris, Frank Garlove, Harry Kelin, Meyer Kelin, Sol Natofsky, Oertmer, Rosenberg's Mose and Pearl Marks, Oscar Leibson, Joe Garfein, Poachy Marks, O'Mara White. Went to Washington and Lee in 1921. Discusses YMHA bsaeball league, 1926-31, Boy Scouts, YMHA camp; Market St. Jews, mostly from Russia, mostly Orthodox; World Wars I and II; YMHA dances and brunches, 1937 flood.	No	Abramson, Bettye	60 min.
Klein, Sam	8/9/1977	509, 510	Klein (born 1906) discusses his life and work in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics include growing up in the neighborhood of First and Green area, Klein's work in the used car business beginning in the 1920s, the Great Depression in Louisville, the ultimate success of Klein's car business (National Auto Sales) and his entrance in banking (Bank of Louisville). The interview also includes Klein's impression of the Jewish community in Louisville and local civic leaders generally.	No	Cox, Dwayne	90 min.
Kleinman, Morris	10/2/1977	515		No	Naamani, Aviv	120 min.
Klinberg, Naum	6/1/2000	2000-1-27, 2000-1-28	Refugee interview series (Ukraine)	Yes	Cummins, Peggy	120 min.
Kling, Arthur	6/29/1977	496-498	Kling discusses his life beginning with growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1890s and 1900s through his work with local organizations concerned with the welfare of senior citizens. Important topics, episodes, and individuals mentioned include Kling's experiences at Male High School, his period of study for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and eventual decision to abandon that pursuit, work with the National Jewish Welfare Board during World War I, especially at Camp Taylor near Louisville during the Spanish Influenza epidemic, his brief period of living in Chicago during the late 1910s, return to Louisville in 1919 and work with the Kling Stationery Company, his participation in the Socialist Party in Louisville and Kentucky during the 1930s. The interview also covers Kling's work with various Jewish, civic, and civil rights organizations in Louisville from the 1930s to the 1970s, his recollections of Charles Morris, and his views on the nature of Judaism.	Yes	Cox, Dwayne	180 min.
Kling, David	4/23/1973	1991-129-16	A Louisville native; Kling's grandparents went from Germany to Aurora, Indiana, to Louisville. Started Kling Stationery Co. Grew up east end, Highlands; few Jewish merchants; Model Drugs, Bonnycastle Drugs; Spencerian School; Army, College, Spped School, Hi-Fi Society; Louisville Photographic Society; stamp collecting; Civil Air Patrol. Parents very civically involved: Club 60, mother with refugee settlement, father with scouting, politics, senior citizens. Temple Shalom - deep involvement started in his kitchen. YMHA, River Camp, Jewish community; Federation board; 1937 flood.	No	Bronner, Betty	60 min.
Kling, Margot	2/11/1992	1991-129-17	Born, Frankfort, Germany, father decided it was time to leave early in Hitler's regime. Kling was 10 years of age when they came over on the Queen Mary. Worked in Kentucky Dairies in the summer. Family: Weiss, Eichhorn, Mann, Wolff, Marcus. Discusses subjets such as volunteer work, Hadassah, Jewish Community Center, fundraising to build the JCC, JSSA Board, and Temple Shalom, and individuals including Laurence Koch, Ronetta Mayer, Sylvia Pardnes, Clara Drowe, Annette Russman, Gita Comer, Betty Ades. Met her husband at Camp Tall Trees, married in Switow Chapel.	No	Bronner, Betty	60 min.
Knight, Elsie	3/17/1980	906	The narrator discusses the history of the Crescent Hill neighborhood in Louisville.	No	Olympia, Marilyn	60 min.
Kohn, Mollie with Goldstein, Rebecca	3/8/1978, 9/28/1978	521, 522, 731	Two sisters discuss their childhood on Green (now Liberty) Street and in Stanford, Kentucky; their parents and grandparents who came to the United States from Russia; their grandfather, a soldier in the Russian Army during the Crimean War; and their recollections of the Jewish community in Louisville.	No	Naamani, Aviv	120 min.
Koppel, Eula	5/31/1989	1989-130-7	Pleasure Ridge Park Woman's Club history.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Koster, Fred C.	11/22/1978	680, 681	Koster (LLB 1931) discusses the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Law of the University of Louisville during the 1920s and 1930s; athletics at the University during the same period (he won 16 varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball and track); coach Tom King; president George Calvin; playing professional baseball in Akron, Ohio; Little Rock, Arkansas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and St. Paul, Minnesota, the 1930s; and the origins of his business Koster-Swope Buick automobile dealership in Louisvlle, Kentucky.	No	Cox, Dwayne	120 min.
Kotheimer, Joseph M.	11/16/1976	181	Mr. Kotheimer was the 6th Ward Alderman from 1973 to 1975. This interview covers the reorganization of Louisville's city government.	Yes	Staiger, Charles	60 min.
Kraesig, Leo	5/14/1991	1991-74-1	Local minor league baseball	No	Butler, Bill	60 min.
Kraft, Ramsey	1/15/1985	1985-65	Works with Nanz-Kraft. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Kroeckel, Edith	1/24/1989	1989-69-13	Middletown Woman's Club.	No	Olympia, Lynn	30 min.
Krupp, Rebecca	7/20/1978	591	Rebecca Krupp discusses her childhood, spent on Madison Street (now Abraham Flexner Place) in a largely Jewish neighborhood; her education at George W. Morris elementary school, attended by many Jewish children in her neighborhood; undergraduate education the University of Louisville and graduate training at the Kent School of Social Work; social work experience at Neighborhood House and with the state of Kentucky; and reflections on changes in social work, the nation of Israel, and current events in the Middle East.	No	Chumbley, Kenneth	60 min.
Kuhns, Joan Lawson	9/29/1988	1989-26-7, 1989-26-8, 1989-26-9	Narrator talks about her autobiography.	Yes	White, Ethel	180 min.
Kurbasic, Jesenko	9/17/1999	2000-1-29, 2000-1-30	Refugee interview series (Bosnia)	Yes	Cummins, Peggy	120 min.

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