A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a tea given at Acklen Hall, Ward-Belmont College, by members of the Housewives’ League. Pictured left to right, seated “Mrs. W. P. Cooper; standing, Mrs. Arch Trawick, Mrs. J. J....
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...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about an event of the Housewives’ League. The caption tells of “the annual January luncheon to be sponsored by the Housewives’ League on Friday, January 12, at the Hermitage Hotel. Judge...
20; West; 19; 10.0x27.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book, this lot is owned by Bengers, Birchett & Burgess.; Birchett, Luvenia 1833-1901; Birchett, W.V. 1908-1911; Birchett, D.A. 1822-1910; Hill, Harry Lee 1865-1918; Nevins,...
20; West; 19; 10.0x27.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book, this lot is owned by Bengers, Birchett & Burgess.; Birchett, Luvenia 1833-1901; Birchett, W.V. 1908-1911; Birchett, D.A. 1822-1910; Hill, Harry Lee 1865-1918; Nevins,...
Pictured: “Plan scrap movie: the suburban theaters operated by the Crescent Amusement Company will cooperate in the Banner scrap drive when a special program for young and old will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock with 10 pounds of scrap...
A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
An original will of John J. Atkeisson, of Davidson County, Tennessee, dated February 23, 1880. Illustrates the first page of the document. Included are a document of Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas and a subsequent document of Davidson County...