A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), showing the patriotic group as “the small but most colorful part of Hume-Fogg’s R. O. T. C., as it lined up with lifted chins and straightened shoulders on the steps of the school on Broad...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), stating that “confirmation of 14 new members of the church was a part of the Palm Sunday service at First Lutheran Church. In the class were, front row, left to right, Myrtis Caroline Jentzen,...
Excerpts from an interview with Madison businessman Douglas G. Odom, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In the excerpts, Odom discusses his family's business, Odom's...
Oral history excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights activists Bernard LaFayette, Jr., James Bevel and Ernest Rip Patton conducted on 17 January 2003 by Kathryn G. Bennett. In the excerpts Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. discusses his decision as a young man...
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...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Marguerite Martin, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her daughter Sarah McConnell at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Martin Brady, conducted on 19 September 2007 by Deanna Larson at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Brady...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Phil Martin and Phil Orr conducted on August 26, 2011 by Luke Herbst as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Interviewees discuss the establishment of the United Way Restore the Dream Centers...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
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...
A Spring of 1937 photograph of the East Nashville High School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee. The verso lists the names of the players and coach: (sitting) Weaver, Tanksley, Cothern, Gonzales, Bohan, Voorhies, Martin; (standing) Demrick,...
28; Northeast; 18; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by C.H. Arthur.; Martin, Irene 1876-1892; Martin, J.B. 1842-1881; Smith, J.H. 1778-1834; N.F.; David (infant)
11; East; 1; 24.5x40.0; 384; I; 08/20/1847; Benton, Lizzie 1783-1843; Douglas, Henry Clay 1832-1861; Gupton, Kate B. 1859-1936; Gupton, Lawrence A. 1862-1948; Gupton, Maggie M. 1854-1912; Sevier, Mary Douglas 1871-1887; Sevier, Col. Granville...
28; Northeast; 18; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by C.H. Arthur.; Martin, Irene 1876-1892; Martin, J.B. 1842-1881; Smith, J.H. 1778-1834; N.F.; David (infant)
11; East; 1; 24.5x40.0; 384; I; 08/20/1847; Benton, Lizzie 1783-1843; Douglas, Henry Clay 1832-1861; Gupton, Kate B. 1859-1936; Gupton, Lawrence A. 1862-1948; Gupton, Maggie M. 1854-1912; Sevier, Mary Douglas 1871-1887; Sevier, Col. Granville...
9; 12; 20.0x40.0; 140; II; 10/16/1850; Carroll, Annie F. 1850-1858; Carroll, Elizabeth E. 1826-1899; Carroll, Hugh 1819-1845; Carroll, John L. 1850-1896; Carroll, Mary 1852-1853 (inf); Cotton, Cynthia 1825-1850; Cotton, James R. 1830-1849; Cotton,...