A group photograph of volunteers from the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance during a cleanup in Bellevue with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood. The group collected debris from a lake in Bellevue, located off Old...
A photograph of Monroe Street United Methodist Church located at 700 Monroe Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1906 as indicated on its cornerstone; however, the congregation was first founded in 1868. This brick church is...
Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...
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...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Don Klein conducted on February 22, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Topics discussed include volunteerism of Nashville citizens, coping with disaster, flood...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Laurel Creech, conducted on February 9, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Laurel Creech, the city of Nashville’s Chief Service Officer, discusses Hands on...
A photograph of cases of bottled water during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. The Office of Emergency Management distributed 13.2 million bottles of drinking water at 6 locations from May 3 to May 28 with help from Hands on Nashville, Metro Health...
A photograph of people eating by the Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant tent in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue in the aftermath of the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A line of volunteers sandbag by the Metro Center levee during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant tent serving food in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue in the aftermath of the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a volunteer tent in the Harpeth Bend neighborhood of Bellevue in the aftermath of the May 2010 flood in Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of volunteers sandbagging by the Metro Center levee during the May 2010 Flood in Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cases of bottled water during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. The Office of Emergency Management distributed 13.2 million bottles of drinking water at 6 locations from May 3 to May 28 with help from Hands on Nashville, Metro Health...
A photograph of the Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter that brought supplies to the Davenports and their neighborhood during the May 2010 flood when their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water.
Forms part of the Nashville Room...
A photograph of the Davenports and their neighbors during the May 2010 flood. Their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water and the residents received emergency supplies from a Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter.
Forms part of the...
A photograph of Danny Davenport with the National Guard captain who provided emergency supplies when the Davenports’ neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010...
A photograph of staff with cases of bottled water during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. The Office of Emergency Management distributed 13.2 million bottles of drinking water at 6 locations from May 3 to May 28 with help from Hands on Nashville,...
Sister Cities board members Doug Berry and Burkley Allen present a flood relief check, from donations gathered at a concert in Nashville’s sister city Magdeburg, Germany, to Mayor Karl Dean and Executive Director of Hands on Nashville Brian...
Doug Berry and Burkley Allen of Sister Cities present commemorative “Spirit of Nashville” flood relief posters to Dr. Lutz Trümper, the mayor of Magdeburg, Germany, Nashville’s sister city, in October of 2010. Citizens of Magdeburg organized...
Jazz group Sax’n Anhalt performs at a flood relief concert in Johanniskirche organized by Nashville’s sister city Magdeburg, Germany in May of 2010. The concert raised over $6,000.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History...