Excerpts from an oral history interview with Mary Diane Maynard Ross, conducted on 2 Oct. 2006 by Linda Barnickel as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Ross discusses the difficulty of leaving behind her young...
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...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader James Stephen (Steve) Turner, conducted on 21 June 2006 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History...