Excerpt from an oral history interview with Germán Castro, conducted on November 08, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Germán Castro, pastor of El Shaddai Christian Church in Brentwood, discusses events...
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...
An original will of Mollie A. Allison, dated March 8th, 1883. Illustrates the first page of the document. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
A monthly newsletter called Contact, created by the Hayes Young Adult Sunday School class at City Road Methodist Church (now City Road Chapel United Methodist Church) located at 601 Gallatin Road South in Madison, Tennessee. The purpose of this...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Janet Frey, conducted on 18 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Esi Arthur at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
A photograph of a man contemplating gas prices at two local service stations. This photo appeared on the front page of the 8 September 1955 edition of the Nashville Banner. The caption states, "Confusion in the gas war - John W. Thomas scratches...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Roger DuVal Baskette, Sr., conducted on 27 January 2003 by Robert P. Richardson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Baskette, a gunner in the 90th Chemical Mortar...
A photograph of a horse being loaded into a van for a trip to the Kentucky Derby. This caption accompanied the photo in the Nashville Banner Newspaper on April 8, 1936: "Marcellus Frost's Pop Hour is shown just before being shipped to Louisville to...
A photograph of "The Business and Professional Women's Club of the Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA, in cooperation with the local USO, Friday night opened what is planned to be a series of camp show entertainments for airmen at Sewart Air Force...
A photograph of Mrs. Wilma Folwell, librarian, and the student library assistants on the steps of Bailey School in 1954. Bailey School, built in 1929, is located in the Eastwood neighborhood of East Nashville. The student library assistants were...
A view of Nashville landscape and roads as seen from Reservoir Hill, April 8, 1928. The reservoir structure itself is not pictured in this view, though some of the upper hill area is visible. The reservoir, located at 1401 8th Avenue South, was...
An original will of Charles G. Allen, dated January 8th, 1907, having the names of Adolph G. Brandau, Edward Buford and Robert Lusk as attesting witness. Illustrates the first page of the document. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
An original will of Tennessee Anthony, “sometimes known as Tennessee Puryear,” dated January 28th, 1916. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anthony’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 8th,...
An original will of Thomas A. Atchison, dated April 16th, 1900. Illustrates the first page of the document. Atchison’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 8th, 1900. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of John Austin, dated February 8th, 1840. Illustrates the first page of the document. Austin’s will was “recorded in Book No. 12, Pages 75 & 76.” Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of William Austin, dated March 25th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Austin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 8th, 1889. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...