An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted on 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville engineer Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., conducted on 13 December 1980 by Susan Cox as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Creighton discusses the...
A photograph of a residential street in the Hillsboro/Belmont area during the record breaking snow and ice storm of 1951. Bone chilling weather brought sub-zero temperatures to most of Tennessee during a winter storm spanning January 31st through...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Lori Harrington conducted on 27 August 2011 by Jared Brennan as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Lori Harrington discusses being rescued from her flooded home in the Richland Creek area of...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Germán Castro, conducted on November 08, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Germán Castro, pastor of El Shaddai Christian Church in Brentwood, discusses events...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Tyrone Jolley conducted on October 14, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Tyrone Jolley describes the support he received from his neighbors and church after his...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Leigh Spruill conducted on May 26, 2011 by Annette Pilcher as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Reverend Leigh Spruill, rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, describes the flooding of...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Tiffani Zuch, conducted on 16 April 2011 by Robin Robinson as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Tiffani describes the flooding of her Pennington Bend neighborhood, her evacuation by boat,...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Fran Rajotte, conducted on August 26, 2011 by Luke Herbst as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Rajotte discusses her experiences during the May 2010 floods.
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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...
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...
On Monday night, September 20, 1965, fire broke out at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. The fire destroyed the Woman's Building and the Grandstands. 35 mm
Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with retired Nashville Fire Department chief Henry D. Demonbreun, conducted on 5 March 1980 by Diane Cooper as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Demonbreun...
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 the...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with D.J. Murphy, conducted on 29 September 2007 by his friend and band-mate Ben Elkins at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Cheri Silverstein, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her friend Andrea Rodriguez at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Beth and Danny Davenport, conducted on 16 April 2011 by Lexi Koczanski as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The Davenports received supplies from a helicopter during the May 2010 flood since...
Excerpt from Scott Atkinson, Lesli Bills, and Billy Heldenberg Oral History Interview, conducted on 27 April 2011 by Bradley Aders as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Lesli Bills and Billy Heldenberg were rescued from Lesli’s...