An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Larry Patterson, conducted on 17 September 2007 by his grandson Alex Williams at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Craig Owensby, Public Information Officer of the Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department, conducted on March 18, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons and Harvey Bennett as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History...
The Eastern Airlines Stewardess gives a Times Square sign to Mayor Ben West (pictured left) and Kermit C. Stengel (pictured right) at the Nashville Airport in 1953. Another view shows the men placing the sign in downtown Nashville at 6th Avenue...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted on 03 November 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The...
A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
A photograph of Mrs. Eleanor Hankins (Hank) Fort, a Nashville native and prominent singer-songwriter. Popularly known by the stage name of Hank Fort, her music included songs with a Southern flavor, such as: "Put Your Shoes on Lucy," "Nashville's...
A photograph of a large crowd of people viewing Harveys Department Store's nativity scene in Centennial Park. This article appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper with similar photographs on December 3, 1956: "Nashvillians by the thousands took...
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Excerpt from an oral history interview with Rob McDonald, conducted on August 26, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Rob McDonald discusses water rescues in Bellevue, Councilman Bo Mitchell, evacuations, and...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Barbara Belfiglio, conducted on August 18, 2011 by Annette Pilcher as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The topics discussed include Barbara’s rescue and her stay at the Gordon Jewish...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Mayor Karl Dean, conducted on January 20, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Topics discussed include tourism, recovery, CMA, downtown businesses, Gaylord,...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Daryl Etheridge and Bryon Olsen , conducted on April 22, 2011 by Lindsay Scott as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The topics discussed include rebuilding of the Lighthouse Christian...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Kevin Penney, Office of Emergency Management Deputy Director, conducted on February 03, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Kevin Penney discusses emergency response...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Scott Potter conducted on February 04, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Scott Potter, director of Metro Water Services, discusses the severity of losing the K.R....
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Monette Rebecca conducted on July 08, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Monette Rebecca, Executive Director of the Richland Creek Watershed Alliance, discusses...