An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 27 October 1987 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the two-year debate among McKendree Methodist Church members over plans by church officials to build a high-rise...
This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
An invitation from Governor Prentice Cooper, Judge Litton Hickman, and Mayor Thomas L. Cummings, to the formal dedication of the Nashville division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., to take place on May 4th, 1941. The Vultee logo accompanies the state flag...
Cavert School opened in September of 1928 for students in grades one through nine. The school was named for Dr. A.J. Cavert who served as principal at Howard, Fogg, Hume, Fall and Warner schools among others. Cavert became a junior high in 1936...
A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to raise money for the home. This photograph...
A photograph of the Stagecrafters theater group. Formed in 1906, the Stagecrafters were the earliest of Nashville's local theater groups. Their membership was limited to 50 drama devotees. The purpose was to "develop talent among amateurs and to...
An exterior view showing the Negro Branch of the Carnegie Library, in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1916. This branch library opened at the southeast corner of Twelfth Avenue North and Hynes Street on February 10, 1916. It was among the four...
A photograph of the Cavert School, located at 2500 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, circa 1996. Cavert School opened as an elementary school circa 1928. The structure is designed in the classical style and with Eakin School was one of Nashville's early...
Mayor Briley is pictured at the Busby Ford automobile dealership, among several well-dressed ladies wearing hats and gloves and carrying baskets. They are on the car lot, located at 18th Avenue and Church Street. A tall man in a business suit is...
The ribbon cutting ceremony for the American Airlines office located at 239 Sixth Avenue, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Among the officials are the Aviation Commission members. This business office was located in the same building as the...
An original will of Mrs. Victoria A. Baldwin, dated May 19th, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baldwin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on July 23rd, 1919. Among the named beneficiaries in...
Pictured: The arrival of the flag-draped casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee via train. President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others were among the dignitaries. Bryns (July 20,...
Pictured: The arrival of the flag-draped casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee via train. President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others were among the dignitaries. Bryns (July 20,...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur and young son (Arthur) among a group of military officers and civilians, upon their arrival to speak at Middle Tennessee State College in 1951. Both General MacArthur and his wife...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur holding a fishing rod, seated next to son Arthur on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...