A photograph of workmen installing a 75,000-watt bulb on the roof of the Electric Center Building, Nashville, Tennessee, for a four-day celebration of the 15th anniversary of TVA electric power in Nashville and the diamond jubilee of electric...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A postcard of Jubilee Hall at Fisk University. Completed in 1876, this was the first permanent building erected for the higher education of African Americans in the United States. The six story structure was designed by architect Steven D. Hatch...
Preston Taylor, a businessman and minister, was one of Nashville's most powerful black leaders. His wife, Georgia Gordon Taylor, was one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Georgia was among the first group of singers to tour Europe when the...
A photograph of the Male Quartet of the Fisk Jubilee Singers performing at Peabody College, July 26, 1948. Directed by 20-year veteran Mrs. James A. Myers, the group had recently completed their first tour of Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Excerpts from an interview with Matthew Kennedy conducted on 10 September 2008 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. Matthew Kennedy discussing coming to Fisk University after graduating from Julliard; his earliest...