An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville barbershop owner James H. Crowder, conducted on 28 August 1986 by Reavis Mitchell as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Crowder discusses how he was disciplined...
A photograph of Junior League volunteers and children painting a canvas to become a prop for their upcoming performance of Hans Brinker, which was presented December 15-18, 1937. Left to Right: Margaret Philips on ladder, Jane McKelvey Harwell...
A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to raise money for the home. This photograph...
A photograph of the Christ the King's Boys' Choir singing "Put a candle in the window" at the 1950 Fannie Battle Social Workers' Christmas tea, held at the home of Mrs. Tony Sudekum. From left to right, the singers are: Robert Kirchner, Joe...
A photograph of a portion of the children who attended the Nashville Children's Theatre Carnival. This excerpt ran with the Nashville Banner newspaper story on May 14, 1941 about the event: "The parking space at the side of the Community Playhouse...
A photograph showing some of the high school attendees at the 1950 Christmas dinner held at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The dinner was "given in honor of the tiny tots at the Fannie Battle Day Home by members of the Fannie Battle Social Workers...
A photograph showing several additional carol chairmen announced by Mrs. Ernest Jones, Jr., 1948 carol chairman for the Fannie Battle Social Workers, in preparations for Christmas Eve caroling in 1949. Pictured here, seated left to right, are Mrs....
A photograph of some of the Fannie Battle children at the 1950 Christmas dinner at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The children attending the party numbered fifty, some of them seen in the photograph opening their favors, which were red Santa Claus...
A photograph of Fannie Battle Day Home territorial chairmen seen at the home of Mrs. Howard Adkins, circa 4 December 1951, where she displays the symbol of the Fannie Battle carol singers, "A candle in the window; a carol at the door." Seen from...
A photograph of Mrs. Ned Lentz, publicity chairman for the Fannie Battle Carolers, and Mrs. David Huggins, Jr. seen at the Nashville Banner newspaper building in 1951 during their publicity preparations for the Fannie Battle Social Workers' annual...
A photograph, circa 7 December 1951, of Mrs. Jack Eakin, assistant to the general chairman, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons Murphree, box chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen chatting with L.A. Warner, Jr., as they canvass the cigar counters...
A photograph taken at the Fannie Battle Day Home, circa 14 December 1951. Pictured left to right, is Mrs. Drowota, president of the Fannie Battle Social Workers, Mrs. Corinne Pilcher, director of the home, Mrs. T. Graham Hall and Mrs. Avery...
A photograph of a group of junior choir members at Shelby Avenue Baptist Church, circa 12 December 1951, seen practicing for singing carols on Christmas Eve for benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Their designated area was the East Nashville...
A photograph of Mrs. Francis X. O'Donnell, theater chairman, and Mrs. George Harmon, downtown chairman, of the Fannie Battle Christmas Carol Committee of 1951, seen contacting theater manager Floyd Rice to arrange for carol singing at local...
A photograph of Mrs. W.E. Park, Jr., chairman for East Nashville, and Mrs. Richard Marshall, outlying district chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen consulting a map of Davidson County during a public relations visit to the Nashville...
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the Fannie Battle Social Workers. The caption reads: “The Fannie Battle Social Workers are seen at a recent meeting at Centennial Club, where they planned the program of their...
A photograph of Mrs. Miller G. Kimbrough, chairman for the Fannie Battle Day Home Christmas Eve carol choirs, seen with her son, Miller, Jr., who is having "visions of sugar plums" as his mother reads "The Night Before Christmas." This photograph...
A photograph depicting Dr. Prentice A. Pugh, rector of the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, saying the blessing at the annual Christmas dinner for the children of Fannie Battle Day Home and their mothers. This photograph shows several of the...
A photograph of Mrs. T.M. Harris, in charge of the purchase of children's toys with the Fannie Battle Social Workers, for the 1950 Christmas tree and presents for the children at the Fannie Battle Day Home. This photograph illustrated the...
A photograph of the 1950 Fannie Battle Social Workers Carol Chairman, Mrs. John Dubuisson (pictured seated at table), photographed at the annual Christmas tea with (from left) Mrs. Alvin Beaman and Mrs. R.Y. Thorpe and Mrs. James V. Blevins,...