During the fall of 1933, WSM radio presented a radio "newsreel" of outstanding colleges in the nation. They broadcasted a total of 28 shows on Mondays and Fridays. The broadcasts recreated college life and sports events, complete with legitimate...
A program for the Nashville Community Playhouse's sixty-sixth production, Dinner at Eight by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, and directed by Raymond Johnson. The production ran from October 8 through October 13 in the fall of 1945. The program...
A photograph of Vasso and Hermes Pan, sister and brother who were visiting Nashville. An article titled "Noted Hollywood Dance Director Visits Nashville," ran in the 10 February 1939 edition of the Nashville Banner newspaper. "Hermes Pan, native...
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...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with the Nashville Public Library's Wishing Chair Productions staff Brian Hull and Pete Carden, conducted on 14 November 2007 by Mary Bailey at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth,...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with the Nashville Public Library's Wishing Chair Productions staff Mary Bailey (as Mary Mary and J.J.) and Pete Carden (as Tommy Dog and Library Pete), conducted on 14 November...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Marguerite Martin, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her daughter Sarah McConnell at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. S. de Luca with the notation: "To Signor G. S....
A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the...
Celebrity entertainer Rosemary Clooney, as she appeared at the WSM Sunday Down South Show, and the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium. The performance date was in February, 1953. She also met Mayor and Mrs. Ben West at the Richland Club. A year...
The Christmas Lighting with Mayor Ben West at Belle Meade Plaza on November 20th, 1961. This festive celebration at the plaza, located on Harding Road, included music entertainment by the West High School Band and choral singers. Forms part of...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor, of the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division, shown with his puppets Marco Polo Bear and Witchie, circa March 26, 1962. Tom Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor at the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division storytelling display on July 22, 1963. Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an elementary school student at Tarbox...
A photograph of the Christmas play and Santa Claus puppets at the Children's Division of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1954. The puppeteers in the performance, pictured from left to right, are Raymond Tichenor, Gwendolyn Seay, and Tom...
A photograph of Tom Tichenor and marionette (string) puppeteers Mark Ketterson and Emma Hayes Wade (pictured left to right), performing in the Children's Division of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1973. Tom Tichenor began his career as a...
An advertising announcement for a performance by Lieut. John Philip Sousa and his band on October 27, 1922, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Sousa was an American composer and conductor known...
A program for a recital by Marian Anderson on February 5, 1932, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Marian Anderson was an African American contralto, most remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday,...
A program from a dance program performed by Anna Pavlowa and her Ballet Russe on February 27, 1924, presented on tour by concert agent-impresario Sol Hurok. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on Fifth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. Anna...
A signed concert program from the one night only performance, Rubinoff and his Violin, with piano duo Jacques Fray & Mario Braggiotti presented at the Ryman Auditorium on February 16, 1938. The concert was sponsored by Al Menah Shrine Temple. The...
A souvenir program from a concert performed by Lucrezia Bori, a celebrated Spanish operatic singer. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on November 26, 1926, presented by the Board of the Martha O'Bryan Settlement. The Ryman Auditorium is...