A letter from Isaac Morgan Leihy and his wife Ruth Leihy to their son-in-law and Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with retirement home residents Douglas Ginn, Lillian McGlothlin, Ruth McNish, and Lera Moore, conducted on 9 July 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. In...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with retirement home residents Douglas Ginn, Lillian McGlothlin, Ruth McNish, and Lera Moore, conducted on 9 July 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. In...
This photograph of Librarian F. K. W. Drury and staff of the Nashville Public Library, Main (originally named the Carnegie Library of Nashville) appeared in the Nashville Banner 14 January 1942 issue illustrating the article "Library Completes 40...
11; West; 25; 20.0x40.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the records, this lot belongs to Mrs. Joseph W. Clay (Sarah Fletcher Clay).; Dowell, Sarah Ruth Boyd 1865-1951; Dowell, Willis Bolivar 1855-1934; Fletcher, Patterson 1819-1894;...
A photograph of the Senior Class of the 1934 Y.M.C.A. Night Law School of Nashville, Tennessee. The law school operated over many decades at Nashville's Downtown Y.M.C.A. (226 7th Avenue North) from circa 1911 until 1986. It was opened by recent...
28; Northwest-1; 9; 20.0x32.0; 238; I; 11/00/1843; Bess, William H 1858-1937; Cantrell, James O.; Horn, Clarissa Hartley 1771-1859; Horn, Fred 1771-1849; Horn, Nancy F. 1799-1869; Horn, Jane B. 1832-1854; Horn, Wilson Hartley 1799-1870; J.H.H.;...
23; ---; 7; 10.0x20.0; 265; II; 10/21/1852; Hale, Peter A. 1826-1855; Lewis, Charles W.; Lewis, Mary M. 1805-1852; Lewis, Richard W. 1788-1855; Kinnard, Marvin C. -1988; Kennard, Ruth Marlin -1996
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the operetta presented by du Pont students. The text reads: “The ‘Fanfare’ chorus pictured above participated in a du Pont High School operetta entitled ‘Hollywood Bound,’...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Reverend W. S. Marshall, “pastor of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church takes his hat off to his friends and his church members who, on Christmas Day, presented him with a new...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a young student’s tea party. The caption reads: “An attractive school girl tea was given recently by Miss Carolyn Montgomery at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Montgomery, on...
A photograph of the Noel Hotel located at 200 Fourth Avenue North and corner of Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, during construction. The property had been in the Noel family since 1854, at which time a huge spring flowed, furnishing most of...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
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 bound by...