A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), of “The Crest,” historic home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, circa June 22nd, 1940. The caption reads: “Embodying all the charm and culture of the Old South, the stately antebellum home of...
A photograph of Mrs. Naff standing in front of the ticket booth at the Ryman Auditorium. The building is located at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman Auditorium opened as a tabernacle in 1892, and over the years its venue...
A sepia-toned photograph of the Nashville Iron, Steel & Charcoal Company in 1887. Men with horses and buggies appear in the foreground, while the industrial plant soars behind them. Since this company does not appear in the Nashville city...
Excerpts from an interview with architectural historian John Kiser, conducted on 10 April 1978 by Deborah Cooney as part of the Historic Nashville Inc. Oral History project. The interview took place in John Kisers' historic home, the Hays-Kiser...
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...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashvillian Annie Woodfolk Carter, conducted on 28 July 1980 by Nathaniel A. Crippens as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Carter discusses moving to...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses Tarbox School and its...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Wright, conducted on 30 August 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Wright describes the Shooting the Chute ride at the Centennial. The...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses attending Hume-Fogg High school but having to quit school...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ophelia and Walter Stokes, conducted on 29 August 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes explain that the Centennial benefited...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Corinne Frazier Calhoun Bailey, conducted on 14 February 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bailey, who was the daughter of Tyler Calhoun, a Nashville...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville doctor and urologist Henry L. Douglass, conducted on 11 November 1981 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Douglass discusses the Merchants Hotel on...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses catching the streetcar to Glendale Park, one of her favorite...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses attending theatrical and musical performance at venues such at...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville and Florida businessman and real estate broker Adam G. Adams, III, conducted on 4 October 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Adams...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville dentist Walter Morgan, conducted on 16 September 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Morgan discusses traveling to the Centennial on...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville and Florida businessman and real estate broker Adam G. Adams, III, conducted on 4 October 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Adams...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses the streetcar lines and how far...