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
La Rue, Alvin	3/7/2005	2005-30-4	Veterans History Project	No	Van Daalen, Cheryl	videotape; unknown
Laemmle, Sister Mary Xavier	9/22/1979	907	The narrator (born 1908) discusses her life as a nun.	No	Thorp, Margaret	60 min.
Laganosky, Dorothy Jean (Nee Brown)	5/26/2005	2006-45-7	Veterans History Project	No	Durso, Joan Combs	videotape; unknown length
Laird, Annie Ruth	10/9/1980	994	Annie Ruth Laird is retired from the South Louisville shops and was one of hundreds of women hired by the L&N to work 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.
Laird, Helen	12/1/1981	1982-76	Board member of Family Service Organization and Children's Agency (CA), social worker for CA, and first woman president of the board of Family & Children's Agency (F&CA) 1964-1966, recalls Chevlin era, merger, tensions, advocacy function of F&CA since 1970s, beginning of client fees, changes in program, relations with the United Way.	Yes	Redmon, Sherrill	60 min.
Lampe, Stuart E.	11/15/1978	667	Lampe (LLB 1929) discusses the School of Law during the 1920s. Mentioned prominently: his work on the student magazine Satyr (advertising editor 1926-1927, business manager 1927-1928, and managing director editor 1928-1929) and changes in the Kentucky bar examination since 1929. He discusses the Jefferson School of Law, which operated in Louisville from 1905 to 1950; the case method of legal education and social life at the University of Louisville during the 1920s.	No	Cox, Dwayne	60 min.
Lampton, Nana	02/15/2007	2007-117-2	Daughter and granddaughter of the founders of American Life Insurance Company, recalls the history of the company on Main Street and her father's involvement in the revitalization of Main Street.	No	Foley, Susan	57 min.
Landau, Herman	12/20/1990	1991-129-18	Discusses his family; World War I, World War II, corked newsroom Courier Journal World War II; Pearl Harbor. Early memories include growing up at Jackson and Market, schooling at the MOrris School, which was almost all Jewish. Discusses the YMHA, newspapers: the Spokesman, Chronicler, Kentucky Jewish Post, B'nai Brith Brief, Center Bulletin, The Community. Discusses the German Jewish community, which was philanthropic and started Jewish Hospital. In 1920s the Eastern European and German Jewish communities began to mix at the YMHA, began to intermarry. Discusses the WWI moral program, Alvin Younger and Arthur Kling, which led to the USO; Morris Simon's starting the YMHA Orchestra; newspaper publishing during the 1937 flood.	No	Lipetz, Zera	60 min.
Landau, Herman	4/15/1981	1981-102, 1981-103	Herman Landau is a retired Makeup Editor of the Louisville Times. His career in journalism began as an office boy. Born and raised in Louisville, Landau has a broad knowledge of his hometown and the newspapers that have been so much a part of his life.	No	Bobo, Mary	120 min.
Landau, Herman with Grossman, Maurice	6/8/1977	485-487	Landau and Grossman discuss the Boy Scouts of America, B'nai Brith, Adath Jeshurun congregation, Louisville politics, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the USO, the Louisville Orchestra, family history, the Jewish Community Federation, Louisville neighborhoods, and the Courier-Journal and Times, for which Landua works.	No	Friedman, Helen	180 min.
Landau, Jacob	4/6/1977, 4/8/1977	467-468	The son of Jewish immigrants from Austria-Hungary discusses childhood recollections of Louisville, prior to 1922 when he left the city. Topics include the Jewish neighborhood east of downtown Louisville, the Orthodox Jewish community, Jewish businesses, and Jewish families.	Yes	Lipetz, Zera	90 min.
Landau, Sara	7/18/1977	501	Sara Landau discusses various Louisville neighborhoods, her education and teaching career at the University of Louisville and other schools, the Dembitz and Brandeis families, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and Adath Jeshurun congregation.	No	Goldstein, Sylvia	60 min.
Landau, Sara	9/28/1978	639, 640	Landau discusses her days as a student and faculty member in the Dept. of Economics of the University of Louisville from 1918 until 1928. The interview includes her account of the administration of President George Colvin (1926-1928), who dismissed her from the faculty.	No	Cox, Dwayne	120 min.
Landgarten, Helen	11/12/1975	96	American Art Therapy Association. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.	No	Bruggman, Marsha	60 min.
Landrum, Baylor Jr.	Nov. 15, 2007	2008-33-3	Retired insurance company exectuive discusses the history of Main Street, the development of downtown Louisville, and the importance of an involved citizenry.	No	Foley, Susan	56 min.
Lane, David A.	6/10/1976	171	Lane talks about his job as Dean of Louisville Municipal College from 1937 to 1942.	No	Morison, William J. and Dwayne Cox	90 min.
Lane, Fannie	11/5/1998	2002-2-9	Ms. Lane talks about working before and during the war. She describes working in a bag plant in Charlestown, Indiana that was initially segregated, but which intermixed the workforce over time. (She worked making bags for gunpowder.)	Yes	Harmon, Shirley
Langley, Billie Noah	4/29/1986	1987-25	Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1932.	No	Knaster, Charlotte	60 min.
Lanier, Shelby, Jr.	9/29/1999	2002-1-83, 2002-1-84, 2002-1-85	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	150 min.
LaPin, Jane D.	7/22/1988	1990-88-15	Describes her activities in the League of Women Voters.	No	Owen, Tom	60 min.
Larkin, John E., Jr.	7/30/1980, 7/31/1980	964, 965	Larkin was a Hollerith clerk at beginning of his time with L&N. Discusses introduction of and reaction to computers. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page.	Yes	Bobo, Mary	120 min.
Larkin, Viola (Barwell?)	7/30/1980, 7/31/1980	961-963	Recollections of the East Louisville Yards during the 1920s. Ms. Larkin worked as a stenographer for 11 years and then as a rate clerk. Discusses accounting, computerization, and many other aspects of work with L&N. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page.	Yes	Bobo, Mary	180 min.
Laughlin, Clarence J.	no date	26A-C	Oral history interview with Clarence J. Laughlin on history of photography.	No	Bridwell, Ms. & Anderson, Donald	180 min.
Laughlin, Clarence J.	no date	8-12	Photography and major collections of photographic material	No	Anderson, Donald	300 min.
Lawrence, James Reed, Jr.	6/25/1983	1983-84, 1983-85, 1983-86	James Reed Lawrence, Jr. is the chief ranger at Bernheim Forest. He is also interested in the history of the Bernheim Forest area and Kentucky in general. As a result of this interest and research he has done, Lawrence has become knowledgeable of the history of the Bernheim Forest, Sherpherdsville, KY area.	No	Holmberg, James J.	120 min.
Lawrence, James Reed, Jr. with Perkins, Russell & Hubbuch, Clarence E., Jr.	12/16/1983	1983-90B	Lawrence, Perkins and Hubbuch, who were long-time employees of the Bernheim Forest, discuss their experiences related to the Bernheim Forest.	No	Holmberg, James J.	60 min.
Leake, John	9/22/1979	908	Personal and family history (early 1920's through 1945).	No	Williams, Cassandra	60 min.
Lear, Dorothy	11/15/2004	2005-30-5	Veterans History Project	No	Savastio, Rebecca	videotape; unknown
Lecian, Till	12/9/2003	2004-1-2	Veterans History Project	No	Ward, Joseph	videotape; unknown
Lee, Edna M.	10/27/1999	2002-1-66, 2002-1-67	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	90 min.
Lehmann, Pastor with Walker, Dr. A.W.; Englander, Rabbi and Boldrick, Msgr. Charles C.	3/4/1975, 3/6/1975, 3/13/1975, 3/14/1975	255	This tape consists of four separate interviews with church leaders who had congregations during the Depression. They discuss the economic situation of their congregations; F.D.R.; Father Coughlin; facilities provided by the church and their personal feeli	Yes	Harlan, Sandra	60 min.
Leight, Adele with Schaars, Harold	4/2/1982	1982-77	Executive Director (HS) and Director of Training (AL) discuss evolution of present program of Family & Children's Agency, primarily structural family therapy employing video taping techniques, and other developments since they joined the agency in 1965.	No	Redmon, Sherrill	60 min.
Lemley, Luther H.	2/2/1980-3/31/1980	909-914	Lemley discusses his railroad career which began in 1941 and ended with his retirement in 1976.	Yes	Lemley, Ruth	360 min.
Leon, Edwin P.	12/10/2004	2006-45-8	Veterans History Project	No	Azama, Stacy	videotape; unknown length
Lerman, Arthur	03/12/2006	2007-22-21	Son and nephew of the original owners and eventually a co-owner of Lerman's Wholesale Dry Goods at 522-524 W. Main St. recalls the history of his family and their presence there.	No	Foley, Susan	45 min.
Levick, Myra	11/13/1975	97	American Art Therapy Association and Art Therapy. Personal history and the growth of the American Art Therapy Association.	No	Ryant, Carl	60 min.
Levitch, Leon	3/4/1985	1986-94, 1985-95	Levitch, President of Crown Distributors/wholesalers discusses the wholesale liquor business as it is practiced in Kentucky, Kentucky's political system, fair trade legislation, and the production tax and its affect on the industry.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	90 min.
Levitch, Leon	6/3/1977	483	Levitch discusses Anshei Sfard Synagogue, Adath Israel Temple, the Max Nathan Orphanage, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the Brownstein family, and various local organizations. Levitch was president of the Southern Liquor Company at the time of this interview.	No	Goldman, Toni	60 min.
Levitow, Roberta	2/28/1989	1990-122-39, 1990-122-40	Director of "Tales of the Lost Formicans," shown in the thirteenth annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. At the time of the interview, she was a freelance director out of Los Angeles. Levitow's interview covers her artistic background, discussion of the play "Tales", and commentary on the national view of Actors Theatre of Louisville.	No	Ward, Teka	90 min.
Levy, Delores Shaikun	10/30/1991	1991-129-19	Discusses father, from Trokai in Russia; mother's family from White Russia. Disscusses Depression; move back to Greenburg, with Adath Jeshurun, University of Kentucky, JCC.	No	Bronner, Betty	50 min.
Levy, Henry	8/20/1981	1982-75	Levy recalls his recollections of more than twenty years on the board of the Family and Children's Agency in Louisville, KY.	Yes	Redmon, Sherrill	60 min.
Levy, Raymond M.	10/30/1991	1991-129-20	Lexington, Ky. native tells of his paternal family's flight from Vilna, Russia, to US. Discusses religious affiliation, Adath Jeshurun.	No	Bronner, Betty	50 min.
Lewis, Arch	10/21/1988	1989-28-2	Narrator, a dentist, talks about his experiences in WWII. He was in the 101st Airborne Division and was a prisoner of war.	No	Milliner, Donald	30 min.
Liebknecht, Henrietta	2/15/1980	818, 819	Liebknecht was an employee in Louisville & Nashville's engineering department. She provides a description of the L&N in 1917, when she was one of two women in the building. Anecdotes on bridge construction experiences. Discussion of L&N publications; Ms. Liebknecht's wrote sections titled "Half-Fare" and "Of Feminine Interest" for Family Lines. Effects of Depression and World War II. Increased number of women in workforce and changes in technology over Liebknecht's working life. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page.	Yes	Bobo, Mary	120 min.
Lilly, Lucile	no date	1982-43	Mrs. Lilly reminisces about Big Singing Day. Part of Deborah Loftis' series on shape-note singing.	No	Loftis, Deborah	60 min.
Linker, Howard	1/28/1992	1992-102-7	Jewish Community interviews		Abramson, Bettye	60 min.
Lipetz, Irving	12/10/1990	1991-129-21	Parents from Grodna, Russia, immigrated in 1916. Discusses siblings, Preston Street Ghetto, Synder the Butcher, Kommor's dry cleaning plant, Gershunes, Talmud Torah, River Road football team, prices, YMHA; met first wife at the Center. With the Social Security Administration, 1941-1980.	No	Pressma, Boris	60 min.
Lipetz, Irving	7/26/1977	503		No	Lipetz, Zera	60 min.
Lipetz, Ray Eva	10/10/1990	1991-129-22	Louisville native, discusses mother's great grandparents; great grandfather a physician under Russian Government. Her parents came to the US in 1904 and 1905. Father's father wrote Torahs. Lived Preston and Walnut, heart of the Jewish area. Discusses schooling, Haymarket, 4th Street, Thompson's Restaurant. Summer's Park for summer picnics. People discussed include Brois Pressma, Komors, Eli Jaffe, Leon Shvinsky, Charlie Weisberg, Goody Goldberg, Jerry Castleman, Slyvia, Ruth Kleinman, Rabbi Mandelbaum, Rabbi Brilliant.	No	Lipetz, Zera	50 min.
Livingood, Agnes	8/3/1988	1990-88-17	Describes her work with the League.	No	Owen, Tom	60 min.
Locklear, Mary Lou	4/6/1977	291	The "Turret House" at 225 Kennedy Avenue. Locklear discusses the history of the house and the attempt by local residents to save it from demolition after the tornado of 1974.	Yes	Davis, Michael W.	60 min.
Lodewick, Nancy Shawler	1/17/1989	1989-69-14, 1989-69-15	Past President of Woman's Club of St. Matthews.	No	Olympia, Lynn	120 min.
Lodewick, Nancy Shawler	4/28/1986	1987-24	Louisville Girls High School graduate of 1927.	No	Knaster, Charlotte	60 min.
Logan, Hume	6/8/1977, 7/13/1977	349	Logan, a well-known local banker and owner of the Whitehall Estate, takes a walking tour through the house and discusses the history of the building and its furnishings.	No	Staiger, Charles	60 min.
Logsdon, John W.	2/26/2004	2004-49-10	Veterans History Project	No	William Morris	videotape; unknown
Logsdon, Norbert & Shirley	10/25/1999	2002-1-88, 2002-1-89	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	120 min.
Long, E. Irene Pigman	4/6/1993	1993-51-15	Ms. Long was in private practice in Bedford, Kentucky at the time of the interview. Ms. Long did not want any dates to be referred to during the course of the interview, however, the interview includes interesting comments concerning discrimination.		Bean, Kathleen	60 min.
Longley, Helen Kent	1/20/2004	2004-88-12	Veterans History Project	No	Rink, Richard	videotape; unknown
Longley, James B.	1/15/2004	2004-49-11	Veterans History Project	No	Richard Rink	videotape; unknown
Love, Carl Ardary	5/19/1980	838, 839	Love had early experience as roadman, then became a special apprentice in the South Louisville shops. Areas of interest included the dynamonica car and car equipment. Involvement in shipping material for war. Returned to Louisville in 1948 as assistant master mechanic and was promoted to general master mechanic. A more detailed summary of this interview is available on the L&N Oral History page.	Yes	Bobo, Mary	120 min.
Love, Eleanor Young	10/1/1978	646, 647	Love discusses her birth at Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky; her father, Whitney Young, Sr.; her mother, allegedly the first black woman to serve as a United States postmaster; recollections of Lincoln Institute at Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky; her father's work as a teacher and administrator there; her brother, Whitney Young, Jr., former president of the National Urban League; and her work at the Institute and the University of Louisville.	Yes	Chumbley, Kenneth	120 min.
Lowe, Kay	12/7/1988	1989-29-33	Narrator, community relations director, talks about Louisville public libraries.	No	Miller, Barbara	50 min.
Lucas, William, Sr.	3/6/1985	1986-99, 1986-100, 1986-101	Former President of Brown-Forman, Lucas talks of his involvement with the company from his first job in 1935 to his retirement in 1976. Talks about plant modernization, union activities, purchases such as Jack Daniel's, and the making of bourbon.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	120 min.
Luckett, Pat	6/20/1985	1986-179	Luckett, a truck driver with Brown-Forman, describes his job, the changes which have taken place, and unions.	No	Ryant, Carl	16 min.
Ludwig, Mabel Mason	7/30/1981, 8/12/1981, 8/13/1981	1982-69, 1982-70, 1982-71	Bookkeeper and Controller of Family Service Organization and Family and Children's Agency (1922-1969) describes four directors she served, business aspects of the agencies, the merger, relief-giving in the 1930s.	Yes	Redmon, Sherrill	180 min.
Lumas, Maclaine	6/5/2000	2000-1-33, 2000-1-34	Refugee interview series (Haiti)		Cummins, Peggy	90 min.
Lundstrom, Rinda	5/1/1989	1989-67-2	The KKK in Kentucky and the role of the Kentucky Alliance in Jefferson County.	No	Samson, Emil	60 min.
Lussky, Fairleigh	Jan. 30, 2008	2008-28-6	An owner of Progress Paint Co. and a descendant of the original owners, recalls Progress Paint's long presence at 9th and West Main and gives some history of the paint industry in Louisville.	No	Foley, Susan	76:57 min.
Lutes, Mrs. Dorothy Koch	11/31/1984	1986-17	The narrator was born and raised in Butchertown and lived in same house on Story Avenue for over 50 years.	No	Mandlebaum, Helen	30 min.
Lyles, Leonard	5/20/1977	318	Leonard Lyles, a black executive with Brown & Williamson, Louisville, as Director of Equal Opportunity Affairs discusses his career and how professional football helped him achieve it. He views his objective as placing other blacks in careers. He mentions restrictions development of the black community.	No	Staiger, Charles	69 min.
Lynch, S. Arnold	10/16/1990	1991-129-33	Born 1915, paternal grandfather from small town in Ukraine, then Southern Russia. Discusses fruit market, E. Jefferson, grocery 18th Gallagher. Family lived above grocery. YMHA board and president 1958; Anshei Sfard; Adath Jeshurun; Preston and Fehr; Kenneseth. Bread lines in the Great Depression. Passover. Law practice, partner (Grover G. Sales); WWII, chair USO of JWB, Civil Rights in the 1950s, 1964 Civil Rights Act. Chair of the KCLU in the 1960s.	No		60 min.
Lyon, Ernest E.	5/7/1985	1985-23	Lyon, a long time professor of Brass and Theory at the University of Louisville School of Music, recalls changes within the school and at the University from the time he came in 1938 until his retirement in 1985. During the 1938-1958 years, he headed the uniersity's bands, including the marching band. He has several interesting stories from that experience. He also discusses his role as part-time pastor of Louisville area Churches of Christ from 1943.	No	Owen, Thomas L.	60 min.
Lyvers, J. Darrell	2/27/1981	1981-168	Lyvers discusses his experiences in Vietnam.	No	Gassman, John	60 min.

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