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 Robert Monroe Armstrong, dated July 30th, 1924. Illustrates the first page of the document. Armstrong’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 24th, 1924. Forms part of Record Group 16,...
A typescript will of Charles S. Ball, Jr., dated May 20th, 1924. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ball’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 29th, 1924. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of H. C. Ballentine, dated February 8th, 1924. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ballentine’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 18th, 1924. The enclosed envelope cites “[H.C.]...
A program from a dance program performed by Anna Pavlowa and her Ballet Russe on February 27, 1924, presented on tour by concert agent-impresario Sol Hurok. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on Fifth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. Anna...
Martin MB-2 Bomber at Blackwood Field in 1924. Blackwood Field was the first home of the 105th Aero Squadron stationed in Nashville. The 105th, originally named the First Squadron, Tennessee National Guard,used this field until 1927.
An original will of Andrew Abercromby. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abercromby’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on June 5th, 1924. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
A typescript copy of the will of Mattie E. Adams, dated April 18th, 1924. Adams was a resident of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky at the time of her death. The will was “duly authenticated and exemplified,” before the County Court of...
A photograph of Inglewood United Methodist Church located at 3511 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone, the congregation was founded in 1924. The sanctuary was completed in 1939. The foundation is made of rough cut...
A photograph of New Bethel Baptist Church located at 1080 Old Dickerson Pike in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The congregation organized in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, six miles North of Nashville on White's Creek Pike. The...
Meridian Street Methodist Church was organized in 1924 with the consolidation of two churches, McFerrin Memorial, located on Meridian Street in North Edgefield, and Alex Erwin Church located where Douglas Ave. intersects Dickerson Road. The...
Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her...
A postcard of the Tower at the Scarritt Bennett College for Christian Workers in Nashville, Tennessee. The original conference, retreat and educational center was originally Scarritt Bible and Training School for young women missionaries in Kansas...
A photographic view looking towards Vanderbilt University through the archway of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky...
A photographic view looking northeast from Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a...
A photograph of Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a training school for women...
A photograph of Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a training school for women Christian...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers, circa Nov. 1927. The annotation on the verso reads: "Scarritt School of Religion, Nov. 1927." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers during a winter snow, Nashville, Tennessee, February 21, 1929. The verso cites the "Scarritt School of Religion." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt...
A photograph of a group of men from American Baptist Theological Seminary. The American Baptist Theological Seminary was originally a training facility for African American Baptist ministers. The men in the photograph are standing in front of...