A photograph of workshop leaders and participants at the 25th Anniversary Session and meeting of Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee on August 31, 1957. Myles Horton and Don West founded Highlander Folk School in Grundy County, Tennessee,...
An excerpt from a press conference with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted in 1970. Mayor Briley discusses upcoming trip to Washington where he will testify regarding intergovernmental relations and public improvements. Specifically,...
A Japanese-inspired Christmas bulletin listing the service times for Catholic mass and Protestant services to be held for the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division in Kyushu, Japan, 1945. This bulletin was collected by American Marine, Melvin C....
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, reading from the Torah at a Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) service in Karachi, India during World War II. In 1943 (Hebrew year 5704), the holiday began at sundown on Wednesday, September 29 and continued through...
A photograph of a dance for teenagers. This photo ran in the 01 November 1956 issue of the Nashville Banner with the headline, "Teen Town Teening." The caption read, "Guitarist David Monks and dancers Tommy Worral, Linda Northern, Patsy Mince,...
A photograph of conference participants posed together at the Race Relations Conference at Talley Hall, Fisk University. Fisk began hosting the annual Race Relations Institute in 1944. Organized by Dr. Charles S. Johnson, head of Fisk's sociology...
A photograph of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee, 1960. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S, so the official address is...
A photograph of the artwork design of the columns of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S,...
A photograph of the window and wrought-iron sill of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S,...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), stating “County dairymen hear Cooper start meet.” The Tennessee Dairy Products Association met at the Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, February 20th and 21st. Governor Prentice Cooper spoke to...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a student folk dance. The caption reads: “With Parent-Teacher Association groups everywhere observing Founders’ Day at their February meetings, the local associations have cooperated by...
The Allied Mobile Snack Bar trucks of Allied Catering Services. They are cited in the 1965 City Directory, with Bob W. Armstrong, and James P. Gracy), located at 1038 W. Kirkland Avenue. The directory refers to a service for “office parties,...
A photograph of Stokely Carmichael at the 1967 IMPACT Symposium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 8, 1967. Carmichael's 1967 appearance at Vanderbilt University would be cited as "the cause of significant controversy throughout...