An excerpt from a press conference with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted in 1970. Mayor Briley discusses upcoming trip to Washington where he will testify regarding intergovernmental relations and public improvements. Specifically,...
Related to the last will and testament and of Alvin F. Ahlum. Illustrates the first page of a form stating “we have examined the records and files in the office of the Surrogate of the County of New York, do find there remaining, a certain...
A typescript copy of the will of Eli Akins, of Chicago, Illinois, dated December 26th, 1902. Illustrates the first page of the document, referring to a realty lot in “G. W. Harding’s plan of lots as registered in the registers office of...
A typescript copy of an original will of Mrs. E. S. Bailey, dated June 12th, 1896, Sharon, Tennessee, Weakley County, citing that she is “revoking two others … one the 10 of June 1895, the other the 15 of September, 1895.” Certified by C. H....
Pictured: “Vanderbilt University adds campus fences to Banner scrap pile: realizing the vital need for scrap iron by the Government, Vanderbilt University officials today “gave a fence for Allied offense” as they authorized the scrapping of...
Pictured: “City schools make record key collection: the 100 per cent cooperation of the Junior Service Army of the Nashville Public Schools was recorded in the recent key collection drive. Shown are the nearly 3,000 pounds of keys rounded up by...
An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
An excerpt from a WPLN Nashville Forum with guest Stokely Carmichael held in April of 1967. Panel included Mr. Carmichael and members of the Nashville community. Topics discussed were African Americans exercising their right to vote, organizing...
An excerpt from an interview with Bob Horton, conducted on November 30, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Horton discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Rebecca Thomas, conducted on November 28, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Thomas discusses her role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Milton Sitton, conducted on November 22, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Sitton discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
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...
A photograph of the Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet at the new airport terminal in Nashville, Tennessee. Improvements included a new terminal building with a modern control tower and Jet Age runways. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as...
A photograph of the radar service at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee in August 1952. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or...
An original will of Henry Aaron. Illustrates the first page of the document. Aaron's will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 27th, 1920. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Richard Abbey, of Tunica, Mississippi. Illustrates the first page of the document. The will was “ordered adjudged and decreed this 6th day of August, 1883.” Abbey’s will was presented for probate to the Tunica County Court...
An original will of Callie P. Abbott. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abbott’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 27th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Andrew Abercromby. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abercromby’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on June 5th, 1924. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of William Fletcher Abbott. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abbott’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on July 17th, 1913. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Elizabeth Abernathy, dated July 23, 1834. Illustrates the first page of the document. A page cites “recorded in book No. 10, page 367 and examined.” Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.