A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...
A two-page typewritten letter by Jessie Wallace to her mother, Mrs. C.M. (Lorine) Wallace of Ames, Iowa. Jessie grew up in Oklahoma and her family moved to Iowa during the Depression. During World War II, Jessie Wallace (later McNutt) served in...
A monthly newsletter called Contact, created by the Hayes Young Adult Sunday School class at City Road Methodist Church (now City Road Chapel United Methodist Church) located at 601 Gallatin Road South in Madison, Tennessee. The purpose of this...
Photograph of a group of Joe Thompson's buddies, relaxing on base before they were sent further down the coast of England in preparation for what turned out to be the battle of Normandy. Forms part of the Veterans History Project collection. 1...
A photograph of St. Patrick Catholic Church located at 1219 Second Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1890 to serve the mainly Irish neighborhood, and so was named after St. Patrick. The red brick structure was...
Excerpts from the reminiscences of Roy C. Avery, recorded in June 1971 by Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery and Rev. William Dixon Gray. The recording is part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Avery recalls the boredom and...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a student folk dance. The caption reads: “With Parent-Teacher Association groups everywhere observing Founders’ Day at their February meetings, the local associations have cooperated by...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...