A multi-page pamphlet outlining the American Bread Company's production of Holsum Bread products at the Nashville plant on Murfreesboro Road. Also included are mini headshots and bios for officers and executive personnel associated with the...
This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's...
A sepia-toned photograph of the Nashville Iron, Steel & Charcoal Company in 1887. Men with horses and buggies appear in the foreground, while the industrial plant soars behind them. Since this company does not appear in the Nashville city...
Charles M. Morris appeared before the Circuit Court Clerk to declare his intention to become a citizen of the Confederate States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America.
An excerpt from an interview with Ferris Deep, conducted on December 16, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Deep discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Margaret Lambert conducted on April 30, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Away from Nashville at the time of the flood, Mary Margaret Lambert describes...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Kevin Penney, Office of Emergency Management Deputy Director, conducted on February 03, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Kevin Penney discusses emergency response...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Daryl Etheridge and Bryon Olsen , conducted on April 22, 2011 by Lindsay Scott as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The topics discussed include rebuilding of the Lighthouse Christian...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with John and Nancy O’Leary, conducted on October 31, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. John and Nancy O’Leary’s Franklin home caught fire during the flood and...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Scott Cothran, conducted on July 29 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. During the May 2010 flood, Cothran, a police officer and Bellevue resident, performed water...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Mayor Karl Dean, conducted on January 20, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Topics discussed include tourism, recovery, CMA, downtown businesses, Gaylord,...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with William Lytton, conducted on February 24, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons and Jared Brennan as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Lytton describes the support he received from church, friends and...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Don Klein conducted on February 22, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Topics discussed include volunteerism of Nashville citizens, coping with disaster, flood...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Ruby Jamison, conducted on October 14 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Jamison describes the flooding of her home, her friend Joan’s home, their escape, and the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader James Stephen (Steve) Turner, conducted on 21 June 2006 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History...
A photograph of the Ryman Auditorium located at 116 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. Built as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892, the structure was designed by architect Hugh Thompson for worship, but is perhaps best-known as the one-time...
During the fall of 1933, WSM radio presented a radio "newsreel" of outstanding colleges in the nation. They broadcasted a total of 28 shows on Mondays and Fridays. The broadcasts recreated college life and sports events, complete with legitimate...
A photograph of Mrs. J.H. Matthews showing off a sampling of her Victory Garden produce and canned goods. She won fourteen ribbons at the Tennessee State Fair War Exhibition and was very active in the Victory Garden Association, demonstrating to...