A postcard of the Sam Davis Home, located in Smyrna, Tennessee. This two-story home is the site where Sam Davis (1842-1863), "the Boy Hero of the Confederacy" grew up, he being the oldest son of Charles Lewis and Jane Simmons Davis. The home was...
A one-page (front and back) handwritten letter by Clarence Jackson "Jack" Davis, to his parents, Mr. Benton V. Davis and Mrs. Mildred Jackson Davis, of Nashville, Tenn. Jack Davis joined the Marine Corps Reserve to help finance his education at...
A postcard of the Sam Davis Hotel, a business property named for Sam Davis, the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy." The twelve-story building was located at the corner of 132 Seventh Avenue North at the corner of Commerce Street in downtown Nashville,...
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 postcard of the Sam Davis Hotel located at 132 Seventh Avenue North and corner of Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The 12-story, 250-room hotel named for Sam Davis, the Confederate hero, opened on Friday, 23 December 1927. The structure...
A photograph of the Sam Davis Hotel being imploded on 16 February 1985. It was located at 132 Seventh Avenue North and corner of Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee. In about 15 seconds the explosives sent the 56-year-old hotel down into its...
An illustrated newsclipping of the front page of the 24 December 1953 Nashville Banner, showing one of the youth choirs for the Fannie Battle carol singing on Christmas Eve, a festive tradition in support of the Fannie Battle Day Home. The...
A photograph of a dance for teenagers. This photo ran in the 01 November 1956 issue of the Nashville Banner with the headline, "Teen Town Teening." The caption read, "Guitarist David Monks and dancers Tommy Worral, Linda Northern, Patsy Mince,...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A photograph of the 1946 faculty of Fisk University, standing in front of Fisk University Memorial Chapel. Pictured left to right are John Wesley Work III, Harold Smith, Rev. William J. Faulkner, Theodore Yoder, Rev. Lyman Cady, Mayme U. Foster,...
(Transferred to Peter Dennis-June, 1845; Part transferred to James Kerr, see Kerr. Part transferred to Tennessee Davis in 1857 according to the deed I; 20; West; 10; 15.0x10.0; 274; I; 05/22/1844; Davis, Tennesse R. 1808-1857; Reddy, Mrs. Ann -1848
(Transferred to Peter Dennis-June, 1845; Part transferred to James Kerr, see Kerr. Part transferred to Tennessee Davis in 1857 according to the deed I; 20; West; 10; 15.0x10.0; 274; I; 05/22/1844; Davis, Tennesse R. 1808-1857; Reddy, Mrs. Ann -1848
9; 12; 20.0x40.0; 140; II; 10/16/1850; Carroll, Annie F. 1850-1858; Carroll, Elizabeth E. 1826-1899; Carroll, Hugh 1819-1845; Carroll, John L. 1850-1896; Carroll, Mary 1852-1853 (inf); Cotton, Cynthia 1825-1850; Cotton, James R. 1830-1849; Cotton,...
(Transferred originally from Berry, A.D. to Thomas, Julia then to Wheless.); 17; 7; 12.0x20.0; 426; I; 04/05/1882; Davis, R.L. 1908 (inf of R.L. Davis); Parks, J.R. (Parks, Mrs. Jane 1834-1913); Wheless, Bennie 1880-1882; Wheless, Mollie F....
(Transferred from Morgan, W. H.); 25; East; 8; 15.0x40.0; 49; II; 11/12/1849; 96; III; 05/03/1858; J. D. H. 1840-1894 (J. D. Houston); H. H.; McAlliseter; McAllister, William E. 1828-1903 (Pettit, Jas. B.); Davis, Helen, -1958; Davis, Bessie...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the insulation on the residential home of C. P. Davis. Forms part of the Nashville Times newspaper collection. 1 digital photo.
An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...