An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
A photograph of the Tennessee National Guard building and truck at Nashville Municipal Airport with signage saying “Join the new Tennessee National Guard, Earn, Learn, Serve.” The National Guard continued to be based at the Nashville Airport...
A photograph of the Al Menah Temple Shriners waving goodbye from the back of a train leaving Union Station in Nashville, Tennessee to attend the annual Southeastern Shrine Convention in Memphis, Tennessee where they stayed at the Peabody Hotel. The...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville veteran James Carlew, conducted on 25 March 2004 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Carlew, who served in the Navy during World War II and...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Pharmacy business. The caption reads: “When your prescription is sent to the drugstore it’s a pretty safe bet that the man who fills it knows his business because he’s had to take a...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a basketball game in the tournament. The caption reads: “Leland Blackwood, West forward, shoots at the basket but misses. Felix [Ray?] not shown in the picture, got the rebound. On the...
In 1970, in response to President Nixon’s widening of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, students throughout the nation protested with anti-war demonstrations. Nixon ordered U. S. troops into Cambodia on April 30th, 1970, and protests against the...
Pictured: Tennessee National Guard members at the War Memorial Plaza, participating in the funeral service of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others...