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 the old Felix Compton house, located at the northeast corner of Hillsboro Road and Harding Place in Nashville, Tennessee, 5050 Hillsboro Road (Hillsboro Pike), when it was the A.M Burton family residence, circa 1973. This...
A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Andromedia "Andy" Bagwell Noel, conducted on 1 November 2004 by Betty Richards as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Noel served from 1943 until 1946 as a Gray Lady at...
A photograph of the Senior Class of the 1934 Y.M.C.A. Night Law School of Nashville, Tennessee. The law school operated over many decades at Nashville's Downtown Y.M.C.A. (226 7th Avenue North) from circa 1911 until 1986. It was opened by recent...
A photograph of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard, between 1890 and 1905. She was born in Nashville on August 23, 1843, the daughter of Hugh Kirkman and Eleanora C. Van Leer. She was educated in local private schools and completed her education in...
A photograph of the entrance of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1930. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened...
Photograph of Governor Frank Clement and his oldest son Robert en route from the Tennessee State Capitol to a platform in front of the War Memorial Auditorium where he was administered the oath of office, becoming the first four-year-term Governor...
27; East; 8; 19.0x40.0; 72; I; 20; II; 09/01/1849; 152; 11; 12/10/1850; This deed not taken --- 20; a new one made for the same ---152; Boyd, Elizabeth 1789-1861; Boyd, John 1864-1827; McEwen, Dr. J. W. 1826-1863; McEwen, Sophia Elizabeth -1843;...
An original will of Daniel Adams, dated January 18th, 1884. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 19th, 1885. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of W. G. Adams, dated May 30th, 1917. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 9th, 1922. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Bridget Ahearn, dated April 19th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ahearn’s will was recorded for probate to the Davidson County Court in “Will Book 30, Page 238” The notation also cites the “inventory...
A typescript copy of the will of Eli Akins, of Chicago, Illinois, dated December 26th, 1902. Illustrates the first page of the document, referring to a realty lot in “G. W. Harding’s plan of lots as registered in the registers office of...
Aerial photographs of the Nashville airport, circa the 1960s. In 1961 officials opened a new 145,900-square-foot terminal with a modern control tower that boasted state-of-the-art electronics. In 1963 the existing runway was extended, and...
An original will of James Alexander, dated October 3rd, 1893. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 19th, 1895. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...