A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
Anne Elizabeth Battle as an infant, wearing a gold necklace. Born in 1907, Anne Elizabeth Battle was the daughter of Alfred Blackman and Blanche Goodall Battle, the sister of Mary Francis Battle Perry, and the great-niece of Mary Frances "Fannie"...
27; East; 8; 19.0x40.0; 72; I; 20; II; 09/01/1849; 152; 11; 12/10/1850; This deed not taken --- 20; a new one made for the same ---152; Boyd, Elizabeth 1789-1861; Boyd, John 1864-1827; McEwen, Dr. J. W. 1826-1863; McEwen, Sophia Elizabeth -1843;...
A published photo of Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon from the Nashville Times (1940), the head caption reads “Job Advisor.” Mrs. MacGibbon was known as the “Emily Post of Business.” In addition to being an automobile editor, an advertising...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
An excerpt from an interview with Elizabeth Jacobs, conducted on December 22, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Jacobs discusses her role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. She...
Mary Frances Battle Perry as a young girl, in a white dress with ruffles and a large white bow in her hair. Born in 1897, Mary Frances Battle Perry was the daughter of Alfred Blackman and Blanche Goodall Battle, the sister of Anne Elizabeth...
Eliza Tannehill in late middle age, wearing a bonnet tied in a bow at the neck and a dark dress with a large collar. She is seated on a red chair. Eliza Dewees Tannehill was born in 1789 in Kentucky and died in 1843 in Nashville. She married...
Wilkins Tannehill in his later years, with a full head of grey hair, seated on a red chair and wearing a burgundy and gold Masonic stole. Wilkins Tannehill was born in 1787 in Pennsylvania and died in 1858 in Nashville. He was a merchant, banker,...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Bebbie Minter, conducted on 3 October 2007 by her friend Heather Gardner at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. ...
This photograph of Librarian F. K. W. Drury and staff of the Nashville Public Library, Main (originally named the Carnegie Library of Nashville) appeared in the Nashville Banner 14 January 1942 issue illustrating the article "Library Completes 40...
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 photograph of "The Business and Professional Women's Club of the Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA, in cooperation with the local USO, Friday night opened what is planned to be a series of camp show entertainments for airmen at Sewart Air Force...
20; West; 11; 10.0x20.0; 151; II; 11/26/1850; Dorris, Joseph 1837-1838; Dorris, Elizabeth M.; Dorris, John Irwin; Dorris, John I. 1830-1848; Dorris, Rebecca 1835-1850; Dorris, Wm. D. 1802-1892; Dorris, Wm. M. 1833-1847; Dorris, Rebecca Shivers...
29; West; 35; 10.0x30.0; 138; II; 10/14/1850; Ensley, Charles P. 1810-1892; Ensley, Elizabeth 1761-1829; Ensley, Elizabeth 1814-1879; Ensley, Thomas J. 1831-1850; Peach, Ann E. 1831-1861; and infant son
A photograph of Sadie, Mary Louise and Margaret, the daughters of Percy and Margaret Lindsley Warner, blowing soap bubbles with their friends. The photograph was probably taken at the Warner home at 125 North Spruce Street, now the southwest...
32; ---; 1; 10.0x20.0; 168; III; 03/03/1862; Couldn't find this lot.; Jones, Elizabeth F. 1843-1868; Jones, F. M. -1860; Jones, B. F. -1850; Jones, Lucinda C. 1823-1864