A photograph of a group of junior choir members at Shelby Avenue Baptist Church, circa 12 December 1951, seen practicing for singing carols on Christmas Eve for benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Their designated area was the East Nashville...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following 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. ...
A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several. Original building structures are depicted on...
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...
28; Southeast; 5; 10.0x42.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by a Corbitt.; Corbitt, J.H. 1834-1836; Green, T. 1810-1838; Stewart, M.J. 1821-1843; M.I.B.G.
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Oralene Day, conducted on February 24, 2011 by Jared Brennan and Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Day describes the support she received from the Red Cross and McGruder...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Chambers, conducted on February 22, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. After the flooding of her family’s home, Chambers describes the support received...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Robert Cash’s birthday party. The caption states he was “host at a birthday party recently at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cash, 1711 Woodland Street. Those sent at the...
A photograph, circa 1962, of an airline stewardess reading a book in the Nashville Public Library Airport Reading Room, the first branch library reading room ever to be established in a Municipal Airport. The Airport Reading Room was established...