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,...
Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
A photograph of the former Belmont Baptist Church, now Hope Center located at 2415 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was erected in 1906 on the corner of 12th Avenue South and Beechwood Avenue. Its address was originally...
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...
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...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
A close-up photograph of a window structure and porchtop of the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade of the architecture has been attributed to...
A photograph of a plaster ceiling medallion, with electrical fixture, at the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade has been attributed to William...
A photograph of the architectural cornice designs of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959. Lynnlawn was built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the façade has been...
A photograph of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the architectural facade has been attributed to William Strickland. The mansion was...
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 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...