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Title |
Dorr-Raith Family Photograph Collection |
Collection |
Dorr-Raith Family Photograph Collection |
Catalog Number |
021PC40 |
Date |
1856-2021 |
Location |
Kentucky / Jefferson County / Louisville |
Collection Finding Aid |
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Description |
*Click Media button above for Finding Aid (in-house only)* The Dorr-Raith Family Photograph Collection documents the personal lives of Louisville married couple Samuel Fox Dorr (1943-2021) and Charles Stephen Raith (b. 1952). Photographs and albums represent their lives from childhood to adulthood, their involvement in the local gay community and the Episcopal Church, their home in Old Louisville, and their travel in the United States and abroad. This collection also documents their friends and family, including their daughter, parents, and siblings. Materials include printed and born-digital photographs. The collection is arranged in four series. Photographs are arranged chronologically within each series. For full collection description see the collection Finding Aid. Series 1: Sam Dorr's photographs and album, spans from about the 1856-1880s and 1912-2021. The series documents Meriwether and Dorr family members, Sam's childhood through adulthood, romantic relationships, travel in the United States, work life, faith activities, and gay activism. Series 2: Charles Raith's photographs, circa 1895 to 2021. The series documents Thuenen, Raith, Lueschen, and Diekmann family members, and Charles's life from childhood to middle age. Series 3: Sam Dorr and Charles Raith, documents their lives as a couple from 1981-2021. Series 4: Photograph albums, 948 to 2009, documenting holidays, family homes, family dogs, trips to historic sites and cemeteries, Dignity/Integrity meetings, the Louisville March for Equality, and Christ Church Cathedral events. A processing archivist dismantled and foldered the contents of 12 of the photograph albums for preservation. The archivist captured the original order and context by digitizing the albums before dismantling them. Printed copies of the albums with notes by Charles Raith are in folders. Albums numbers 2, 3, and 15 remain intact. 021PC40.1-2: William Meriwether and Lillie Morsell Daguerreotypes, ca. 1856-1860 have been removed and are stored in the Daguerreotype Collection. Select images have been digitized: Fld. 5.001: William Meriwether Dorr and June Dorr sitting together in their home Fld. 5.002: William Meriwether Dorr, Sam Dorr, and June Dorr sitting outside, October 17, 1945 Fld. 6.001: Slide of Sam Dorr holding his dog Fld. 6.002: Sam Dorr on his fourth birthday, December 6, 1947 Fld. 6.003: Sam standing in front of a cross outside of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, June 15, 1952 Fld. 8.001-003: Portraits of Sam Dorr Fld. 27.001: Sam Dorr at First National Bank Bardstown Road Branch, August 1975 Fld. 30.001: Sam Dorr and John Rausch at a party, circa 1970s Fld. 34.001: Sam Dorr at the Crisis and Information Center, circa 1981-1985 Fld. 36.001-002: Dignity/Integrity gatherings, 1980s Fld. 40.001: Joseph Thuenen (1893-1985) and Harold Thuenen (1895-1973) cabinet card, circa 1895 Fld. 43.001-.006: Portraits of Charles Fld. 45.001-.002: University of Cincinnati, 1970s Fld. 46.001: Christ Church Cathedral Chapel Fld. 048.001: Charles Raith at Churchill Downs, November 1982 Fld. 48.002: Exterior of a Victorian home in Old Louisville, November 1982 Fld. 53.001: Sam Dorr and Charles Raith at an exhibit, circa 1981 Fld. 57.001-.002: Integrity exhibit tables at the Episcopal General Convention in Louisiana, 1982 Fld. 58 001-002: Portraits of Sam Dorr and Charles Raith Fld. 59.001: Charlotte Raith at Kentucky Derby, 1985 Fld. 60.001: Charles Raith and dog at Jefferson Davis State Historic Site, Fairview, Kentucky Fld. 62.001: Charles Raith with the Christ Church Cathedral choir, circa 2000s Fld. 62.002: Sam Dorr working with others in the Christ Church Cathedral kitchen, circa 1990s Fld. 62.003: Christ Church Cathedral Book Shop, 1999 Fld. 90.001: Painter at work during Dawn at the Downs, Churchill Downs, Kentucky, 2010 Fld. 111.001: Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, Crestview, Kentucky, September 28, 2017 Fld. 125.001: Exterior of Raith family home at 3921 Burning Bush Road, Louisville, 1974 Fld. 125.002: Charles Raith and Charlotte Raith standing on apartment balcony in Cincinnati, Ohio, Fall 1975 021PC40.F125.003-.004: Sam and Charles 1st anniversary party outside at 1215 Ormsby Lane, August 28, 1982 Fld. 126.001-002: Louisville Dignity/Integrity, 1980s Fld. 126.003: Charles Raith standing beside a dessert table at the Dignity/Integrity 3rd Anniversary Party at Christ Church Cathedral, August 26, 1984 Fld. 129.001: Charles Raith receiving award from Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson County for the Chapel at Christ Church Cathedral on May 13, 1987. County Judge-Executive Harvey Sloane is posing with Raith. Fld. 129.002: Charles Raith sitting at his home office drafting table at 1380 South 6th Street, 1987 Fld. 129.004: First March for Justice from Central Park to Jefferson County Courthouse, June 1987 Fld. 130.001: June Dorr sitting on the back porch of Sam and Charles's home at 1380 South 6th Street in Old Louisville, 1987 Fld. 130.002: Trip to Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, Fall 1987 Fld. 130.003: Locust Grove mansion exterior decorated for Christmas, December 1987 Fld. 131.001-2: Sam Dorr speaking on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse for the March for Justice while an American Sign Language interpreter signs, June 1988 Fld. 131.003: Maker's Mark, Loretto, Kentucky, 1988 Fld. 131.004: A Maker's Mark employee working the wax seal assembly line during a distillery tour, 1988 Fld. 131.005-13: Attendees gathered for the March for Justice in Louisville Kentucky in June 1989 Related Collections at the Filson Historical Society: 021PC40.1-2 William Meriwether and Lillie Morsell Daguerreotypes, ca. 1856-1860 [Removed from this collection and placed in the Filson Daguerreotype collection. 020PC27 Del Ramey Photograph Collection, 2018-2020 007PC12 Mengel-Allen Family Photograph Collection, 1850-1900 2021.42.1-70 Dorr-Raith Family Museum Objects 017x5 Charles Raith Papers Mss. A D716 Dorr Family Papers, 1781-1943 (bulk 1835-1895) Mss. A D716a Dorr Family Added Papers, 1836-1979 (bulk: 1900-1979) Mss. A D716b Dorr-Raith Family Papers, 1844-2021 Mss. AR R161 Charles Raith Architectural Drawings, 1977-1985 Related Collections at Other Repositories: Interview with Sam Dorr, September 12, 2018. OutSouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. Held at Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://nunncenter.net/outsouth/items/show/54 Sam Dorr papers in Williams Nichols collection. Held at Archives and Special Collections, University of Louisville. https://library.louisville.edu/archives/lgbtq/files Other Resources: Courier-Journal Storytellers Project. "Coming Out: Sam Dorr - 'How being openly gay cost him his career.'" February 16, 2017. https://www.storytellersproject.com/talk/how-being-openly-gay-cost-him-his-career/ Antiques Roadshow. "Vintage Louisville 2021 - Hour 2." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/watch/episode/2511-vintage-louisville-2/ |
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