A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The map on...
A photograph of the former Inglewood Church of God located at 1085 Zophi Street in Nashville, Tennessee. When this photograph was taken in 2001, the name of the church had changed to Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. The address first appears in...
A photograph of Kayne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church located at 1025 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was founded in 1886 and has been under various names including College Street Baptist Church and Pennington...
A piece of correspondence written on City of Nashville, Water Works Department letterhead. The names listed on the letterhead include George Reyer, Superintendent; T.H. Morton, Water Tax Assessor; T.D. Morton, Assistant Water Tax Assessor; and...
Excerpts from an interview with architectural historian John Kiser, conducted on 10 April 1978 by Deborah Cooney as part of the Historic Nashville Inc. Oral History project. The interview took place in John Kisers' historic home, the Hays-Kiser...
A photograph of Shelby Avenue Baptist Church located at 401 S. Eleventh Street in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone, the original building was erected in 1916. The church has changed names...
A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
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 Spring of 1937 photograph of the East Nashville High School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee. The verso lists the names of the players and coach: (sitting) Weaver, Tanksley, Cothern, Gonzales, Bohan, Voorhies, Martin; (standing) Demrick,...
A photograph of the Tennessee Press Association at the meeting held at Jackson, Tennessee in 1893. A few of the attendees are identified in a 1970 typescript letter by Donald Miller, a retired priest of the Episcopal Church who is pictured in this...
8; 26; 17.0x40.0; 341; III; 07/20/1854; This vault flooded in 1920--moved to Mount Olivet were: (latter four names) reburied in front of the vault (their graves are marked by a slab); Harrison, Ellen Trabue; Harrison, Horace H.; Trabue, Andrew E.;...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
An original will of Charles G. Allen, dated January 8th, 1907, having the names of Adolph G. Brandau, Edward Buford and Robert Lusk as attesting witness. Illustrates the first page of the document. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
The new Cokesbury Book Store opening in downtown Nashville, with Mayor Ben West cutting ribbon, marking the official ceremony on March 3rd, 1958, at 417 Church Street. The 1958 City Directory cites Philip C. Warden, Manager. The name Cokesbury is a...
Not a full page will, but rather a strip of letterhead from Merchants Bank, Nashville, inscribed with four names written on the verso: Frank Anderson, J. Winfield Graves, Jno. A Wright, and J. S. Beatle. A noted date is Sept. 18th and the...
Consists of an undated page, notated with four names: A. D. Armstrong, Sr., A. D. Armstrong, Jr., R. Oswald [Armstrong?], and “Administrator W.W.A.” Illustrates the first page of the document. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
The construction of the Continental Imperial House apartment building at 1808 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, February 16th, 1962. The 1963 City Directory cites the “Imperial House Leasing,” with Charles F. Reeves, Leasing Agent. The...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...