A photograph of Mrs. T.M. Harris, in charge of the purchase of children's toys with the Fannie Battle Social Workers, for the 1950 Christmas tree and presents for the children at the Fannie Battle Day Home. This photograph illustrated the...
A photograph of Lawrence Avenue Church of Christ located at 904 Lawrence Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church building was constructed in approximately 1912 as the Lawrence Avenue Christian Church, and has seen many different congregations...
A slave bill of sale documenting the purchase of a "boy named Sephus aged about six years" by William Harrison, Jr., from Timothy [Terrell?] in Williamson County, Tennessee on Jan. 18, 1844. The warrant of title refers to the sum of two hundred...
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...
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 captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Colonial Foods. The caption reads: “This Mack truck, together with three Mack tractors equipped with trailers, recently delivered to the C. B. Ragland Company, wholesale grocers. Dependable...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford reads a letter he wrote describing his...