The inside front cover from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty...
The home of Captain John Bradford, named “Woodstock,” located on Granny White Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The original home, according to a note in the scrapbook, was located at approximately 4510 Granny White Pike. Lizzie Nichol “was...
A slave bill of sale documenting the purchase of a "boy named Sephus aged about six years" by William Harrison, Jr., from Timothy [Terrell?] in Williamson County, Tennessee on Jan. 18, 1844. The warrant of title refers to the sum of two hundred...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's...
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 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 the...
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 photograph of the Nashville Ramblers basketball team, 1922-23. The Y.M.C.A. Ramblers were basketball competitors and won the championships several times in the early 20th century. The Nashville Ramblers were a city rival of Vanderbilt. Forms part...
A photograph of Mrs. Eleanor Hankins (Hank) Fort, a Nashville native and prominent singer-songwriter. Popularly known by the stage name of Hank Fort, her music included songs with a Southern flavor, such as: "Put Your Shoes on Lucy," "Nashville's...
19; East; 10; 10.0x30.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot belongs to Boyd. Transcriber's note: burials 4-8 aren't buried there but have stones. See card and series of documents.; Burlington, John 1804-1861;...
19; East; 10; 10.0x30.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot belongs to Boyd. Transcriber's note: burials 4-8 aren't buried there but have stones. See card and series of documents.; Burlington, John 1804-1861;...
28; Northwest-11; 21; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by a R. Brown. Transcriber's note: Randell Brown burial listed as ""probably.""; Brown, Sallie 1844-1909; Brown, Randell 1820-1882
14; 10; 10.0x20.0; 189; II; 06/30/1851; Looks empty, but check back of card for possible burials. **Transcriber's note: burials listed in this record are from the back of the card--**; Burt, Elizabeth 1856-66; Burt, J.H. 1847-51; Burt, Martha 1882;...
11; West; 35; 10.0x20.0; 289; II; 06/29/1853; Note: this lot could have been transferred to Mary Price, though there is no positive proof of this--the card file says it is the Price lot.; Harmon, Frank 1827-1901; Price, Allice M. 1874-1880; Price,...
Greeting card from Susie Agee, Edward O'Connor's sister, sent to him sometime during World War II. She writes a personal note to "Bud" on the back of the card, telling Edward that her husband, Malcolm, "really did enjoy reading about all those...
This picture was taken at the elegant home of Mrs. Wilbur F. Foster and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Foster, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. The home was later destroyed by fire circa 1933 and was rebuilt on the same...
Front of postcard sending Greetings from Nashville, and showing several buildings of note, with the Parthenon and Lake of Centennial Park pictured in the center panel. The other buildings depicted on the postcard are (from left to right) Andrew...
A photograph of Christ Temple Apostolic Church North located at 1600 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville Tennessee. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls are red brick. The roof is gabled and hipped with a non-uniform...