A photograph of Clark Memorial Methodist Church, Nashville's oldest African American Church. Located now at 1015 Fourteenth Avenue North, Clark Memorial has had several name and location changes throughout the years. The congregation came into...
28; Southeast; 17; 10.0x18.0; Looks empty. *Can't find the deed but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by a Clark.; Clark, G.H.; Inf of Clark, G.H. 1874; Inf of Clark, G.H. 1868; Inf of Clark, G.H. 1861
28; Southeast; 47; 10.0x30.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by a Clark.; Clark, Jas Trimble 1807-1887; inf. of Mrs. E. Clark -1853
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Hill-Newsom family reunion. The caption reads: “Seen above are the guests who attended the 27th Easter Hill-Newsom family reunion, which was held March 24th at the Newsom home on...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leaders Guy and Candie Carawan on 17 January 2003 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Candie and Guy Carawan discuss Candie's parents' reaction to her...
An 1897 photograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson Statue located on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. A group of ladies in 19th century attire are pictured in front of the statue and several large...
A circa 1919 photograph of the Andrew Jackson monument, an equestrian statue depicting Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. It is one of the three identical statues sculpted by the American sculptor Clark Mills. This stature is located on...
A photograph of the Tennessee Press Association at the meeting held at Jackson, Tennessee in 1893. A few of the attendees are identified in a 1970 typescript letter by Donald Miller, a retired priest of the Episcopal Church who is pictured in this...
Pictured: (left to right) Unidentified man, Grafton Green, C. J., James Clark McReynolds, Justice of U. S. Supreme Court, and Nashville attorney Percy D. Maddin, seated together at a banquet table. Grafton Green was an American jurist. He earned...
A photograph of workshop leaders and participants at the 25th Anniversary Session and meeting of Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee on August 31, 1957. Myles Horton and Don West founded Highlander Folk School in Grundy County, Tennessee,...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original building structures are...
On March 10, 1887, the first permanent house of worship for Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church was dedicated at 908 Cedar Street. The church was first conceived by Reverend R. T. Huffman and a number of his followers. Succeeding Reverend Huffman...
A photograph of the Ellington Agricultural Center at 440 Hogan Road, Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1972. Originally part of the Brentwood Hall estate of financier Rogers Caldwell (1890-1968), the state-owned complex is now headquarters...
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 captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a tea given at Acklen Hall, Ward-Belmont College, by members of the Housewives’ League. Pictured left to right, seated “Mrs. W. P. Cooper; standing, Mrs. Arch Trawick, Mrs. J. J....
A photograph, circa 1962, of an airline stewardess reading a book in the Nashville Public Library Airport Reading Room, the first branch library reading room ever to be established in a Municipal Airport. The Airport Reading Room was established...
A photograph of Christ the King Catholic Church, located at 3001 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. The church's first mass was held in 1937 inside of a two-story brick house that was situated on the property bought for the church by the...