A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...
A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
28; Northwest-1; 21; 10.0x10.0; *Can't find this deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a Smith.; Smith, James K. 1844-46; Smith, Nancy D. 1846-46; Smith, Tim E. 1817-18; Smith, William N. 1842-46
8; 26; 17.0x40.0; 341; III; 07/20/1854; This vault flooded in 1920--moved to Mount Olivet were: (latter four names) reburied in front of the vault (their graves are marked by a slab); Harrison, Ellen Trabue; Harrison, Horace H.; Trabue, Andrew E.;...
A newspaper image of Mike Smith (Elmer Ellsworth Smith), pitcher of the professional baseball team the Nashville Americans. In 1885, the Southern League was formed, and Nashville’s entry into the new league for two seasons was the Nashville...
28; Northeast; 16; 10.0x33.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a R. Smith.; Allen, J.H. 1842-1865; Allen, Robert 1839-1865; Esters, Henson 1774-1839; Esters, Martha 1779-1847; Smith, Sarah 1832-33; J.W.M.
8; ---; 10; 20.0x40.0; 372; I; 05/21/1847; Coleman, Elle P. 1842-1879; Coleman, Nannie 1863-1883; Coleman, Jos. H.; Coleman, Thomas G.; Coleman (infant); Hough, Ellen Douglas Anderson 1814-1900; Hough, Jos. H. 1718-1844; Hough, Jos. Hart JR....
10; ---; 2; 11.0x40.0; 407; I; 03/22/1848; 45; II; 11/07/1849; Smith, Alice, J. 1852-1952; Smith, Elizabeth J. 1821-1864; Smith, James A. 1856-1858; J. A. S.
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940) about Mr. W. E. (Red) Smith and Mr. J. G. Hester. The caption reads: “Mr. Hester and Mr. Smith, sole owners and operators of Richland Market, pledge to serve their many customers with the most...
A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, preparing to speak to an audience of over 4000 following the bombing of the home of prominent civil rights...
A photograph of Coretta Scott King, Reverend Kelly Miller Smith and Mrs. D. Conrad Gandy at First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, October 20, 1958. Mrs. King addressed the group at a Women's Day program at First Baptist Church, 8th Avenue...
A photograph of a class in modern dance at Ward-Belmont College located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. Pictured are Claudia Whitson (top center), (down left to right) Jane Bagley, Yvette Franz, Obduha Rafferty, Betty Lou Gibson,...
An oral history interview with Dr. Charles Kimbrough, conducted on September 14, 2005 by Gwen Smith as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Dr. Kimbrough marked the 100th interview conducted for the Civil...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights movement participant Robert "Bobby" Cain, Jr., and his wife, Margo Cain, conducted on 13 June 2007 by Gwen Smith. Cain, one of the "Clinton 12," was the first African-American student to graduate from...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Kay Rowe, conducted on 10 October 2007 by student Caitlin Smith at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Kay...
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 photograph of A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Brown II, ordering that schools to desegregate...