Manuscript Database - Subject: Janzen, Frances Pickler. Autobiography, 1937. 6 pages.

Janzen, Frances Pickler. Autobiography, 1937. 6 pages.

This collection consists of an excerpt from the autobiography of Frances Pickler Janzen. The chapter describes the impact of the 1937 Ohio River flood in Louisville, Kentucky. The Janzen family had moved from the West End to Grinstead Drive near Crescent Hill in December 1936, only one month prior to the flood. Janzen's home served as a refuge for her parents and other friends during the aftermath of the flood. The chapter discusses the beginning of the rains that prompted the flooding, and property destruction, loss of utilities, and rationing that occurred in the month following the rise of water.