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...
An undated photograph of an ionic capital column from the restoration of the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. This remnant is derived from the original columns of the Capitol Building, which was renovated during a massive...
A postcard of Kirkland Hall, the building built to replace Vanderbilt's Main Building that burned in 1905. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted on 16 April 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to...
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...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted in May 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to 1975...
A photograph of First lady Eleanor Roosevelt exiting a plane at the Nashville Airport (Berry Field), 6 March 1938, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Banner newspaper headline ran on March 7, 1938: "First Lady Stops Here To Tell Husband 'All's Well'...
(Transferred to: [see other identifying info]; 17; 5; 30.0x40.0; 7; 8; 9; 426; I; 07/15/1848; Lot 9 - Doyle, Mrs. Ann 1906; Lot 5 - Ellison, Jas. M. 1879; Lot 8 - Thomas, Julia 1879; Lot 7 - Wheless, M.F. 1882; Check back of card for possible...
(Transferred to: [see other identifying info]; 17; 5; 30.0x40.0; 7; 8; 9; 426; I; 07/15/1848; Lot 9 - Doyle, Mrs. Ann 1906; Lot 5 - Ellison, Jas. M. 1879; Lot 8 - Thomas, Julia 1879; Lot 7 - Wheless, M.F. 1882; Check back of card for possible...
14; 10; 10.0x20.0; 189; II; 06/30/1851; Looks empty, but check back of card for possible burials. **Transcriber's note: burials listed in this record are from the back of the card--**; Burt, Elizabeth 1856-66; Burt, J.H. 1847-51; Burt, Martha 1882;...
28; /; 10.0x20.0; 319; I; 06/02/1845; Can't find the lot--somewhere near Cedar on the West side. Possible that it be either Southeast 28 , Lot 32 or Northeast 28. Lot 17.
(Part of the lot transferred from Brown, Jos. P. and another part from Lee, John M.); 26; 29; 10.0x40.0; 115; II; 07/10/1861; 87; II; 07/10/1861; Looks empty, but check the back of the card for possible burials.; Brown, Mrs. Judith D. 1880-1914;...
(See Joice, Andy) (for unknown reason J.K. Williams name was written on the deed, possible that he was lot owner after Andy Joice); 15; b; 35; 10.0x20.0; 155; III; 09/18/1860
(Transferred from Meacham, W. F. who bought the lot from the original lot owner - Walker, John W.); 5; ---; 4; 48.0x18.0; 347; I; 07/13/1877; THE LOT IS FULL, NO MORE BURIALS ARE POSSIBLE. 1982.; Lee, A. P. 1893-1902 (Agnes Pearl); Lee, K. B....
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940) about Mr. W. E. (Red) Smith and Mr. J. G. Hester. The caption reads: “Mr. Hester and Mr. Smith, sole owners and operators of Richland Market, pledge to serve their many customers with the most...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted on 03 November 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The...