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
Ulinski, Ann B.	5/17/1989	1989-130-21	Hikes' Point Woman's Club history.	No	Olympia, Lynn	60 min.
Underwood, Irene	4/26/1988	1989-29-28	Narrator, senior librarian, Eline Memorial Branch, talks about Louisville public libraries.	No	Miller, Barbara	60 min.

Interviewee	Date	Interview Number(s)	Summary information	Transcript?	Interviewer	Length
Valdez, Louis	8/9/1977	371	Mr. Valdez is the Director of Political Education for the local chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute in Louisville. He discusses his life, education and career in this interview as well as his views on black history in Louisville.	No	Staiger, Charles	30 min.
Van Dyke, John	3/22/1984	1984-55	An interview with a Vietnam veteran on his experiences and feelings of the war.	No	Montgomery, James	60 min.
Van Winkle, Terry	1/20/2004	2005-30-8	Veterans History Project	No	Carroll, Mitzi	videotape; unknown
Veranes, Jasmina & Frandin, Zuzaida	4/27/2000	2000-1-59	Refugee interview series (Cuba)		Cummins, Peggy	60 min.
Victor, Roanne with Victor, Karl	10/18/1987	1990-122-57, 1990-122-58	Roanne: Board member Actors, Inc.; board member merged Actors Theatre of Louisville; longtime ATL board member. At time of interview, part-owner of downtown Louisville tour business. Karl: Board member Actors, Inc.; board member merged ATL; longtime ATL board member. At time of interview, lawyer in Louisville. Victor's first tape covers 1963-1969; the second interview to 1989.	No	Ward, Teka	110 min.
Vine, Herbert	12/07/2005	2007-22-5	The son of the owner of a wholesale grocery business at 720 W. Main St. gives a description of the business on Main St. in the 1950s.	No	Foley, Susan	30 min.
Viser, Mrs. Mortimer	1/14/1985	1985-57, 1985-58	The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.	No	Olympia, Lynn	90 min.
Vogel, Elmer	12/2/2003	2004-1-5	Veterans History Project	No	Loomis, Ken	videotape; unknown
Vogelsang, Robert	3/3/1982	1983-45	Mr. Vogelsang discusses the subject of gentrification and displacement in the Old Louisville neighborhood area.	No	Green, Gary	60 min.
Vogelsberg, Allen	7/3/1987	1987-51	Allen Vogelsberg moved to the Camp Zachary Taylor are immediately following the closing of the Camp. He has lived in the Camp Taylor neighborhood ever since.	No	Holmberg, James J.	40 min.
Voll, Ray	5/23/1985	1985-89, 1985-90	Worked in hardware business. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area. Interview begins on side 2.	No	Olympia, Lynn	150 min.
Vories, Martha B. and Rose Ann Stacy	08/29/2007	2007-117-1	Main Street Association - Muth's Candies	No	Foley, Susan	63 min.
Vowels, Joseph C., Jr.	3/30/1983	1983-17	Vowels discusses the attitudes of the American soldier in Vietnam and reasons for decline of support after the Tet Offensive.	No	Boklage, Don	60 min.
Vowels, Josephine	8/29/1979	789	Josephine Vowels describes growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York; New York City during World War II; her marriage and move to rural Kentucky; the hostility she encountered and how she overcame it; her two children and divorce; and her life as a senior citizen. Part of a pilot study on oral history and gerontology.	No	Frederick, Olivia	60 min.

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