Louisville Flood Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook with news clippings from the Louisville area during and after the 1937 flood of the Ohio River Valley. The clippings include many photographs of water levels, police enforcing the quarantine, and damage to property. Also included are five postcards showing water levels on various street corners.
Dates
- Creation: 1937
- Acquisition: 1984-07-30
Biographical or Historical Information
In January, 1937, six to twelve inches of rain fell in Ohio over a ten day period causing wide scale flooding in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. The floods left a million people homeless and communities throughout Kentucky were called upon to help house the refugees.
Note written by
Full Extent
0.15 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Ellis, William
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Louisville Flood Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jackie Couture
- Date
- 02/09/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository