A protection order granted to William Harrison, Jr., of Williamson County, Tennessee, by Head-Quarters District of Nashville, Provost Marshal's Office on April 25, 1864. The document cites protection granted for "farm, timber, forage, stock,...
A photgraph of Nashville Mayor Ben West giving a presentation on annexation, 1951. The residents of the subdivision known as Urbandale signed a petition to be annexed by the city in October of 1951. The photo shows Mayor West giving a speech...
A typed letter, signed, dated 12 December 1940, from Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper, to Mrs. John M. Donnelly, the Christmas Carol Publicity Chairman of the Fannie Battle Day Home Social Workers in 1940. In the letter, Governor Cooper commends...
A photograph of the historic Glen Leven home, located in Nashville, Tennessee at 4000 Franklin Road, as it appeared circa 1973. This ancestral home of the Thompson family was built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer...
The historic Glen Leven home of the Thompson family built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer settler who signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact at Fort Nashborough and as a Revolutionary War soldier received a land grant...
An original will of Alethia B. Allen, dated July 27th, 1845. She was the daughter of the late Hon. Robert Allen and a member of 2nd Presbyterian Church. Her will was written via “word of mouth July 5th, one thousand eight hundred fifty-four,”...
Country music singer Roy Acuff, pictured with Mayor Beverly Briley. Roy Claxton Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee in 1903. He was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and was a...
An original will of James Andrew Baker, “of the 4th Civil Dist. of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee, February 24th, 1914, with a codicil signed on June 21st, 1920. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...