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 excerpt from a press conference with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted in 1970. Mayor Briley discusses upcoming trip to Washington where he will testify regarding intergovernmental relations and public improvements. Specifically,...
A photograph of Mrs. Ned Lentz, publicity chairman for the Fannie Battle Carolers, and Mrs. David Huggins, Jr. seen at the Nashville Banner newspaper building in 1951 during their publicity preparations for the Fannie Battle Social Workers' annual...
A photograph, circa 7 December 1951, of Mrs. Jack Eakin, assistant to the general chairman, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons Murphree, box chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen chatting with L.A. Warner, Jr., as they canvass the cigar counters...
A photograph of Mrs. Francis X. O'Donnell, theater chairman, and Mrs. George Harmon, downtown chairman, of the Fannie Battle Christmas Carol Committee of 1951, seen contacting theater manager Floyd Rice to arrange for carol singing at local...
A photograph of Mrs. W.E. Park, Jr., chairman for East Nashville, and Mrs. Richard Marshall, outlying district chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen consulting a map of Davidson County during a public relations visit to the Nashville...
A photograph of leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaving the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on May 23, 1967. They were attending a trial of a suit...
A photograph of the Commerce Building (pictured on left) and Auditorium (pictured on right) at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, circa 1897. These non-extant structures were built for the celebration of Tennessee's 100th year...
A photograph of the Greek Republic flag presented to the American Legion and State of Tennessee, Sunday, September 6, 1931 at the Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee. The flag was presented to the state of Tennessee on the steps of...
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...
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the Boy Scout Troop 58. They “built this cabin on Westlawn Drive, with the Scoutmaster, the committee and the Scouts doing all the work. It cost less than $200. Dan Kestner is the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about an event of the Housewives’ League. The caption tells of “the annual January luncheon to be sponsored by the Housewives’ League on Friday, January 12, at the Hermitage Hotel. Judge...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940). It cites that “A group from Division Four of the Commercial-Industrial committee of the Red Cross are shown above. Left to right, seated, are Charles L. Cornelius, Balie Gross and Ruben Seay;...
Pictured: “ Wrought iron gates on way to scrap pile: these picturesque iron gates and another pair just like them, located on the old Keith estate on Harding Road, now owned by Abe Olshine, will shortly be made into less ornate but more emphatic...
Pictured: “Treasured relics go into scrap heap: the rapidly growing salvage collection in Giles County now includes treasured relics of the War Between the States. In a ceremony held at the monument of Sam Davis on the Public Square at Pulaski,...
Pictured: “City schools make record key collection: the 100 per cent cooperation of the Junior Service Army of the Nashville Public Schools was recorded in the recent key collection drive. Shown are the nearly 3,000 pounds of keys rounded up by...
Construction of the Maxwell House Hotel was not completed when Federal troops seized the building for use as a prison for Confederate soldiers. The cornerstone was laid in August of 1860, and the formal opening was in September of 1869. Isaiah...
A photograph of student demonstrators, in front of the previously segregated Post House Restaurant located inside the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Led by Student Nonviolent...
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 anti-segregation demonstrators during the Freedom March, 18th Avenue North and Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 23, 1963. Leading the march is John R. Lewis and Archie E. Allen. The Freedom March was sponsored by the...