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- Seay-Hubbard United Methodist Church, 2001 December
- A photograph of Seay-Hubbard Methodist Church located at 1116 First Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1875, this church originally began as Seay's Chapel at 1108 First Avenue South, just a few blocks away from its current location. ...
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- Hermes and Vasso Pan visit Nashville, Tennessee, 1939 February 10
- A photograph of Vasso and Hermes Pan, sister and brother who were visiting Nashville. An article titled "Noted Hollywood Dance Director Visits Nashville," ran in the 10 February 1939 edition of the Nashville Banner newspaper. "Hermes Pan, native...
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- Letter from P.J. Williamson to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War, 1863 February 27
- 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...
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- Oral history interview with Matthew Kennedy, 2008 September 10
- Excerpts from an interview with Matthew Kennedy conducted on 10 September 2008 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. Matthew Kennedy discussing coming to Fisk University after graduating from Julliard; his earliest...
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- Letter from P.J. Williamson to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War, 1864 August 13
- 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...
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- Letter from P.J. Williamson to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War, 1863 October 13
- 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...
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- A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September
- 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...
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- Elizabeth Burgess Buford, President of Buford College, circa 1912
- A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
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- The Old Christian Church, circa 1859
- A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
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- Excerpt from Mary Margaret Lambert Oral History Interview, 2011 April 30
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Margaret Lambert conducted on April 30, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Away from Nashville at the time of the flood, Mary Margaret Lambert describes...
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- Volunteers assist with a water rescue in Bellevue during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of volunteers assisting with a rescue in Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Photo text reads: “Volunteers came from 5-10 mi away. I recognize only 2 or 3 neighbors in this photo. Lord knows where the boat came from. We...
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- Lonnie Haynes’s car after it was swept away by floodwaters during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of Lonnie Haynes’s car which was inundated by water during the May 2010 flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the sinking car and climbed to safety in a tree. Forms part of the Nashville Room...
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- Just before they soared away for U. S. War games, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940): “These formidable-looking Army planes, above, swooped down from the sky over Nashville to take on more gas and oil at Berry Field before striking out for McComb, Miss., on their way to Uncle...
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- Original wills, Balch, Alfred, circa 1853
- An original will of Alfred Balch, n.d. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso refers to “Book 16, Pages 182, 183, 184” in the Davidson County Court, that was recorded in the Wills & Inventories volume on December 7th, 1853. ...
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- J. C. Napier, bank officer of Citizen’s Bank, Nashville, Tennessee, 1938
- Pictured: Nashville civic leader, businessman, and banker James Carroll “J. C.” Napier. This renown African American was one of the founders of Citizens Bank, where he served as cashier without pay until his death in 1940. This successful...
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- J. C. Napier, bank officer of Citizen’s Bank, Nashville, Tennessee, 1938
- Pictured: Nashville civic leader, businessman, and banker James Carroll “J. C.” Napier. This renown African American was one of the founders of Citizens Bank, where he served as cashier without pay until his death in 1940. This successful...
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- Ring of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, n.d.
- A styled “King Ludwig ring,” a replica made by the B. F. Stief company of Nashville, Tennessee. The B. F. Stief Jewelry Company, one of the South’s outstanding jewelry establishments, originated at the beginning of the Civil War. Pertaining...
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- Confederate Soldiers Home, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1908
- A postcard of the Confederate Soldiers' Home. The Confederate Soldiers' Home was built on the original Hermitage properties in 1892 and served as a retirement home for civil war soldiers. On land southwest of the Hermitage mansion, the soldiers'...
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