A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Mary Frances Berry, conducted on 5 September 2003 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Berry...
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland was met at the airport by the “Red Carpet Club” of Nashville and made Honorary Citizen and presented key to the city on July 12th, 1961. Robert “Bob” Briscoe was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served...
The Honorary Citizenship of Nashville for Walter J. Bitterlich, by Mayor Ben West on October 12th, 1960. Bitterlich, a renown Austrian forester, who invented the relascope, was born in 1908 in Reutte, Tirol, Austria. He descended from several...
The Easter Egg Hunt and music at the Colemere Country Club on April 12th, 1952 with music entertainment by James Cecil Dickens, (better known as Little Jimmy Dickens) and a band of musicians. Mayor Ben West is at the event with a large crowd of...
Nashville Photo Service, 1115 Woodland Street, at the intersection of Woodland Street and North 12th Street in historic East Nashville in 1951. 3 x 4 in.
Opened in January of 1940, Carter-Lawrence Elementary was a combination of two previously separate schools. Carter Elementary, containing grades one through six, was located just north of the present site on 12th Avenue South. Lawrence Elementary,...
An original will of William R. Allen, dated October 10th, 1924. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on November 12th, 1924. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Christina E. Abbay. Illustrates the first page of the document.Abbay's will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 12th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Sarah H. Adams, dated July 29th, 1908. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 12th, 1913. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of John C. Adamson, dated April 14th, 1913. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adamson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 12th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of E. A. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court on August 21st, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of James M. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court on August 21st, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Margaret E. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court during the November term, 1911. Forms part of Record Group...
An original will of Gloss Allen, a nuncupative oral will, “done in the sick chamber of the said Gloss Allen, on Saturday, August 25, 1900.” It was a contested will. Illustrates the first page of the document. It was put into writing by the...
An original will of Robert O. Allen, Lawyer, dated April 24th, 1902, with a codicil dated November 2nd, 1914. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 12th,...
An original will of John Anderson, Senior, dated January 12th, 1836. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anderson’s will was “recorded in Book No. 11, Pages 21 & 22” in Davidson County, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 16,...
An original will of Mary E. Atchison, of Nashville, Tennessee, dated July 5th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Includes a notarized document of Warren County, Kentucky, dated Feb. 12th, 1912 and a Davidson County, Tennessee...
An original will of Elizabeth Aykroyd, dated December 12th, 1868. Illustrates the first page of the document. Aykroyd’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 3rd, 1869. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Kate Badoux, of Nashville, Tennessee, dated November 12th, 1886. Illustrates the first page of the document. Badoux’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court during the October Term 1891, recorded in...