A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym...
An 1897 photograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson Statue located on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. A group of ladies in 19th century attire are pictured in front of the statue and several large...
A postcard of President Andrew Jackson's Tomb. The verso reads: "President Andrew Jackson's Tomb at the Hermitage, situated 12 miles from Nashville, has been called the Mt. Vernon of the South. Through the Ladies' Hermitage Association the handsome...
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 Belmont College, a collegiate and preparatory school for young ladies located in Nashville, Tennessee. This school for girls was opened in 1890 in the West End neighborhood, at the intersection of Broad and Vauxhall Streets. Some...
A postcard of Boscobel College in Nashville, Tennessee. This school for young ladies consisted of an Anna Shelby Williams' old east Nashville mansion and another large brick building atop a tree-covered hill. The ten acre campus was on Sevier...
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
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 excerpt from an oral history interview with Andromedia "Andy" Bagwell Noel, conducted on 1 November 2004 by Betty Richards as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Noel served from 1943 until 1946 as a Gray Lady at...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Andromedia "Andy" Bagwell Noel, conducted on 1 November 2004 by Betty Richards as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Noel served from 1943 until 1946 as a Gray Lady at...
A photograph of First lady Eleanor Roosevelt exiting a plane at the Nashville Airport (Berry Field), 6 March 1938, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Banner newspaper headline ran on March 7, 1938: "First Lady Stops Here To Tell Husband 'All's Well'...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Jane Marshall, conducted on 17 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...
Mayor Briley is pictured at the Busby Ford automobile dealership, among several well-dressed ladies wearing hats and gloves and carrying baskets. They are on the car lot, located at 18th Avenue and Church Street. A tall man in a business suit is...
The Honorary Citizenship of Nashville for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, presented by Mayor Ben West on January 13th, 1958. Two unidentified men are pictured on the right. She was named an honorary citizen by Mayor Ben West on January 13th, 1958. Forms...
Nashville College for Young Ladies was opened in 1880 by Dr. George W.F. Price, and was popularly known as Price's school. At the time of the closing exercises in 1882, the school was located on Spruce Street. It was later located on Broad Street...
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 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 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 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...