An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Aaron Michael Miles, conducted on 13 October 2007 by his wife, Raquel Bueno Miles, at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leaders Guy and Candie Carawan on 17 January 2003 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Candie and Guy Carawan discuss Candie's parents' reaction to her...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's...
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...
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...
A letter from Isaac Morgan Leihy and his wife Ruth Leihy to their son-in-law and Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Phil Martin and Phil Orr conducted on August 26, 2011 by Luke Herbst as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Interviewees discuss the establishment of the United Way Restore the Dream Centers...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with John and Nancy O’Leary, conducted on October 31, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. John and Nancy O’Leary’s Franklin home caught fire during the flood and...
The historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...