Friday, March 29, 2013

Sallie Price family papers


East Second Street Christian Church dinner, featuring William Henry Fouse (1868-1944), Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke Fouse (1875-1952), R. L. Saunders, Emma W. Saunders and others.


Group of unidentified women.

-Sallie Price family papers

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Brenda Hughes


Brenda Lee Garner Hughes officiating a Kentucky High School Athletic Association Girls' State Basketball Tournament. Hughes was the first African American woman to do so. 1973 February 11.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Methodist Choir


Choir of Methodist church in Wheelwright, Kentucky. Reverend Jackson at the lectern to the right. 1946.

-Russell Lee: Wheelwright, KY photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Reverend Jones


Reverend Jones, pastor of  Baptist Church, Wheelwright, Kentucky. 1946


-Russell Lee: Wheelwright, KY photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Sesquicentennial Stories: The Promise of UK #101


In 2003, a University of Kentucky landmark was moved to its current location.  The bronze statue of James K. Patterson, UK's first president, was moved from its place beside the UK Main Building to a new location in front of the Patterson Office Tower.

The relocation was part of the restoration of the Administration Building, which was heavily damaged by fire in 2001.

Patterson statue, dedication ceremony, 1934
The Patterson statue, which has been a part of the UK landscape since its dedication in 1934, has been moved three times -- once from its original location beside a walkway that connected the Administration Building with Maxwell Place, to off-campus storage during construction of the Patterson Office Tower and White Hall Classroom Building in the late 1960s, and then to its former location on the north side of the Administration Building facing Limestone, where it sat until 2003.

Linda Walters in front of President James K. Patterson Statue, 1967
Workmen used a forklift to move the statue, which weighs an estimated 1,800 pounds.  While preparing the statue for the move, workers were surprised to find that it was hollow -- "Like a chocolate Easter bunny," one said.
First location of Patterson statue with White Hall men's dormitory on left, 1934
Here are some facts regarding the Statue of James K. Patterson
                 James K. Patterson was the University of Kentucky’s first president, serving from 1869 to 1910.
                 The bronze sculpture, which represents Patterson seated and holding a walking stick in one hand and a sheaf of papers in the other, was dedicated June 1, 1934, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Patterson’s birth.
                 The statue was sculpted by Augustus Lukeman of Richmond, Va., at a cost of $25,000, provided by money left by Patterson and his brother Walter.
                 The statue was originally located beside a walkway that connected the Administration Building with Maxwell Place. That walkway no longer exists.
                 The statue stood at its original site for 34 years before being placed in storage off campus in 1967 during construction of the Patterson Office Tower and the White Hall Classroom Building complex.
                 On April 21, 1969, the statue was returned to campus and placed on a base west of the Patterson Office Tower, where it stood for another 34 years.
                 On July 22, 2003, as part of the restoration of the fire-damaged UK Administration Building, the statue was moved to a new site near the main entrance of the Patterson Office Tower.
                 The statue is a heavily photographed subject on UK campus.


Thursday, March 28, 2013

University Dance


Dance held at the University of Kentucky, 1974.

-University of Kentucky general photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Colored Music Festival


Children's chorus performing in the 1940 Colored Music Festival, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) event. 1940 May 12.


-Goodman-Paxton photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Main Street Baptist Church




Founded 1862 as Independent Baptist Church by Rev. Frederick Braxton. Located at 582 Main St, Lexington, KY. Property purchased from Mary Todd Lincoln.

-The Asa C. Chinn Downtown Lexington, Kentucky photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Colored Community Chest


A meeting of the leaders of the Lexington Colored Community Chest organization. Seated (from left to right): Mrs. Lucy Hart Smith, Mrs. Lydia Searcy, Ethel Taylor, Mrs. Shirley Hardy, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson; standing (from left to right): U.S. Fowler, A.R. Howard, Mrs. Elizabeth Moody and Clifton Coleman.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Hitch Barber Shop


Jouett (or Jewett)* Hitch, Pearl Porter and Edward Hitch, at the Paris, Kentucky barber shop Ed Hitch had operated for 40 years when this photo was taken in 1950. The barber shop at the time was located at 708 Main Street. 1950 September.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

*The work order to take the image lists Mr. Hitch as "Jouett," but his listing in the 1950 Paris, Kentucky City Directory has him as "Jewett."

Gertrude Mae Morbley


Gertrude Mae Morbley (1918-1988), writer of the Colored Notes column from 1962 until 1969 when the practice of formally segregating the news was ended at The Lexington Leader. Ms. Morbley worked at The Lexington Leader as an elevator operator, a reporter and finally a bookkeeper until her retirement in 1981. 1957 April.

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Monday, March 25, 2013

Ben Johnson


Ben Johnson, Sports reporter for The Lexington Herald. 1950.

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

WPA Chorus


Works Progress Administration (WPA) chorus performance. Undated.

-Goodman-Paxton photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

J. Alexander Chiles


J. Alexander Chiles, Lexington real-estate agent and lawyer.


-Collection on African Americans in Kentucky, 1870-1940

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke Fouse


Elizabeth Fouse was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and a teacher who was active in numerous educational, religious, social and temperance organizations. She founded Lexington's Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian Association (currently, in 1996, the Wheatley YWCA spells its name as Ms. Wheatley did: Phillis), was president of the Kentucky Chapter of the National Association of Colored Women in addition to serving as the scholarship division chair of the N.A.C.W. Mrs. Fouse was a member of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Kentucky Negro Education Association. 1931 May 23.

-Fouse family photographs

Friday, March 22, 2013

Baptismal Pond


1919

-Johanna Rice van Outer family scrapbooks

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Girl Scout Day


Brownies enjoying Girl Scout Day at Mt. Brilliant Farm. Counselors are Mrs. Mary Caldwell Taylor, far left, and Miss Olive Jean Heckler. 1947 July 20.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Board of the Negro Y. M. C. A.


Board of directors for the Negro Young Men's Christian Association. (from left to right): Jerry Montgomery, J.T. Smith, J.W. Taylor, Nelson O'Neal, Ovan Haskins, and Dr. Johnson Camden Lee. 1951 April 22.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones



Schoolchildren in Jenkins, KY


Handwritten note on the image indicate that this is the "Burdine Colored School" in Jenkins, KY. Jenkins was created in 1911 by the Consolidation Coal Company, who owned the land and the majority of public buildings and private residences were built under their direction. Given the history of Jenkins, almost all the students pictured were the children of Consolidation coal miners. 1921 April 13.

More on Burdine in the Notable Kentucky African Americans Database entry on Education in Letcher County.

-The Jenkins, Kentucky Photographic Collection, 1911-1930.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

1950 Golden Gloves Tourney


1950 Champions. (from left to right): Hilliard Fann, Coach George Edwards, Jimmy Burns, Garland Dishman, William Talbott, Joe Ed Dawson, James J. Hayes, Dempsey Hale, W.H. Davis. 1950 January 25


1950 Novice Champions.  (from left to right) James Fisher, Lexington, light-heavyweight; Edward Martin, Lexington, middleweight; Russell McNeal, Lexington, lightweight; LeRoy Garvin, Kentucky State College, heavyweight; Charles Kennedy, Greendale, bantamweight. 1950 January 25

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Learn-To-Swim Course at Joyland



Free swimming lessons offered by The Lexington Herald-Leader at Joyland Amusement Park, 1950 June 6. Joyland Park operated from 1923 until 1964. The area it occupied is currently a residential neighborhood that retained the Joyland name, northeast of the Lexington downtown center.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Monday, March 18, 2013

Dunbar High School Basketball


Girl's and Boy's Basketball Teams, 1934 October 19

-Lafayette Studios photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Three Cooks


Noted as preparing food for the surveying class. Undated.

-Louis Edward Nollau F Series photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

African American Band


Undated, but most likely to be 1895-1905 based on format.

-Collection on African Americans in Kentucky, 1870-1940

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Sesquicentennial Stories: The Promise of UK #102


Helen Fisher Frye was born on June 24, 1918 in Danville, Kentucky.  One of nine children, her parents were George Fisher and Lettie Moran Fisher. In 1963 she became the first African American woman to receive a library science degree from the ALA-accredited library school at the University of Kentucky. Her path to higher education through the University was a challenge however.  Frye and two other students attempted to attend a University of Kentucky extension class taught in Danville in 1954, but they were forced to drop the class because they were African Americans. Though the university graduate program was integrated in 1949, it was interpreted to apply only to students who took classes on the main college campus. Frye attended two class sessions before she was notified that she had not been officially accepted.  Frye filed a lawsuit, but it was dropped when none of the other African American students would testify that they too had been forced to drop the extension class. Eventually, Frye went to the University of Kentucky campus to earn her library degree. 

Helen Frye was an educator and librarian who participated in the integration of the Danville school system.  She was active throughout her life in civil and human rights.

In 2006, she was nominated by Danville native Dr. Frank X. Walker for the University of Kentucky's Lyman T. Johnson Award, then chosen as one of the two recipients by the UK Libraries and the UK School of Library and Information Science to receive the award for her many years of service as a librarian, teacher, and civil rights activist. 

Among her many accomplishments, Helen Fisher Frye helped organize the first integrated production on the Centre College campus in 1951: Porgy and Bess, featuring Danville native R. Todd Duncan. Helen F. Frye was one of the first African American students to enroll at Centre College. In addition to her master’s degree in library degree, she earned her B.A. in elementary education at Kentucky State University in 1942, and an M.A. in secondary education from Indiana University in 1949. She retired from teaching in 1980 but remained active on the human rights and public housing commissions in Danville. The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has two interviews with Helen Frye.