Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leaders Guy and Candie Carawan on 17 January 2003 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Candie and Guy Carawan discuss Candie's parents' reaction to her...
John Shelby in his middle age, with dark hair and wearing a dark jacket and white shirt. Born in 1786, John Shelby was a physician, a Postmaster, and a civic and church leader. He is said to have been the first child of European descent born in...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant DeLois Wilkinson, conducted on 31 October 2002 by Kathy G. Bennett as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Wilkinson...
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...
Members of the 117th Infantry, Tennessee National Guard parade past spectators on Legislative Plaza, Nashville, 29 September 1936, as part of the 30th Division reunion. One of the onlookers in foreground holds a large American flag on a flagpole....
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur and young son (Arthur) among a group of military officers and civilians, upon their arrival to speak at Middle Tennessee State College in 1951. Both General MacArthur and his wife...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur holding a fishing rod, seated next to son Arthur on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, next to son Arthur, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Pictured: An unidentified man at the podium of the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at center...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur (left) standing next to an unidentified man in a suit (middle), and a military officer (right), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, with son Arthur and husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean...
Pictured: General Douglas MacArthur at the podium presenting an address at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, next to son Arthur (wearing sunglasses) and General Douglas MacArthur, seated on the front row of the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur saluting with other military officers, on the stage with his wife and son and others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur speaking with an unidentified man at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur (the son of Gen. Douglas and Jean Faircloth MacArthur) with a wrapped present, seated next to his military father, with others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, holding a floral bouquet, standing upon the platform with her young son Arthur and husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur, alongside a few others, relating to the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, at the speakers’ podium, as her husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur smiles: he is standing behind her next to a man holding a silver tray. This event was at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on...
Pictured: Several people upon the platform stage, including Jean Faircloth MacArthur (holding a floral bouquet), next to son Arthur, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur (to right of their son). This event was at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur speaking from the podium at the Middle Tennessee State College program honoring the MacArthur family in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade and celebration in honor of the couples’...