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- Liberace with Gayle Gupton in Lebanon, Tennessee, 1954 November
- Liberace, a famous American pianist and vocalist, posing with civic leader, banker, and politician Gayle Lewis Gupton (center) and an unidentified man, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Liberace, a famous and flamboyant entertainer (born Wladziu Valentino...
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- Liberace at the Belle Meade Country Club, 1953
- Liberace, a famous American pianist and vocalist, posing with Nashville Mayor Ben West and others, at the Belle Meade Country Club in 1953. A famous and flamboyant entertainer (born as Wladziu Valentino Liberace), he was the highest-paid...
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- Manuel Eskind proclamation, 1961 September 25
- Nashville Mayor Ben West presented civic leader Manuel Eskind with an official proclamation on September 25th, 1961, for his “outstanding service in civic affairs of this community.” Eskind was a successful businessman and a philanthropist. ...
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- Oral history interview with John H. Arriola, 2007 June 05
- Oral history excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron...
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- Highlander Folk School, circa 1940
- Pamphlet of the history of the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee. The pamphlet tells of Highlander's origins, history, programs, administration, and support. In 1932, Myles Horton, a native Tennessean educated at Cumberland University...
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- Marriage License of Preston Taylor and Georgia Gordon
- Preston Taylor, a businessman and minister, was one of Nashville's most powerful black leaders. His wife, Georgia Gordon Taylor, was one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Georgia was among the first group of singers to tour Europe when the...
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- Oral history interview with Douglas B. Havron, 2007 April 04
- 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...
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- Jimmy Dickens performing at the Colemere Easter Egg Hunt, 1952 April 12
- The Easter Egg Hunt and music at the Colemere Country Club on April 12th, 1952 with music entertainment by James Cecil Dickens, (better known as Little Jimmy Dickens) and a band of musicians. Mayor Ben West is at the event with a large crowd of...
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