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 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...
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 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...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following 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. ...