A photograph of the Stagecrafters theater group. Formed in 1906, the Stagecrafters were the earliest of Nashville's local theater groups. Their membership was limited to 50 drama devotees. The purpose was to "develop talent among amateurs and to...
A photograph of A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Brown II, ordering that schools to desegregate...
An original will of Bessie L. Alexander, dated February 24th, 1916. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 31st, 1916. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of B. F. Alexander, dated July 30th, 1910. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 6th, 1911. 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 Eugenia M. Alexander, dated January 25th, 1908. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on June 4th, 1908. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
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...
An original will of James B. Alexander, dated October 24th, 1873. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 31st, 1876. 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 J. D. Alexander, dated January 9th, 1917. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 19th, 1919. 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 Mary Rose 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...
An original will of Mrs. Terry Alexander, dated February 4th, 1913. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 2nd, 1914. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
A photograph of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Guy Carawan of the Highlander Folk School at a mass meeting at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, following the bombing of attorney Z. Alexander...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of Charter Commission members at work, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are Alexander Looby, Cecil Branstetter, Harlan Dodson, and Edward Hicks. These four men were appointed to both the first and second Charter...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Murray Alexander Tatum, conducted on 29 September 2007 by his son Bryant Tatum and Larry and Patterson at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Adolpho A. Birch, conducted on 22 June 2005 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Birch discusses the...
A photograph of Z. Alexander Looby at the city jail, Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Looby, a local lawyer had addressed an American Veteran's Committee public meeting at Bethlehem Center on November 1, 1950. This photograph appeared in the Nashville...