Joe E. Torrence (pictured on the right) with an unidentified man at an August 1974 United Way event. It was in 1954 when Nashville business leaders established the United Givers Fund (UGF), replacing the Community Chest, soliciting funds within...
A photograph of Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Phil Martin and Phil Orr conducted on August 26, 2011 by Luke Herbst as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Interviewees discuss the establishment of the United Way Restore the Dream Centers...
Based on the English Music Hall song, "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" (1912, by Harry Williams and Jack Judge) which became a favorite and famous marching song of the British Expeditionary Force at the very outbreak of World War I in August, 1914,...
Pictured: “Treasured relics go into scrap heap: the rapidly growing salvage collection in Giles County now includes treasured relics of the War Between the States. In a ceremony held at the monument of Sam Davis on the Public Square at Pulaski,...
A photograph of the Community Baptist Church. The church was located in the Waverly neighborhood at 817 S. Douglas Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Other names for the building over the years included Glen Leven Presbyterian Church, and Jesus is...
A photograph of the exposed interior walls of the Knickerbocker Theater in Nashville, Tennessee featuring birds-of-paradise frescoes on the walls (pictured in this photograph). The Knickerbocker was originally a magnificent movie house, located in...
A photograph of Mrs. J.H. Matthews showing off a sampling of her Victory Garden produce and canned goods. She won fourteen ribbons at the Tennessee State Fair War Exhibition and was very active in the Victory Garden Association, demonstrating to...
A postcard of Broadway Presbyterian Church, located at 1616 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was dedicated on January 11, 1911. The foundation was made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls were tan brick. The roof...
Located along Briley Parkway, the Opry House opened March 15, 1974. Home to the Grand Ole Opry, it was the focal point of the 369 acre Opryland amusement complex. Opryland themepark closed in 1997 to make way for Opry Mills Mall. 35 mm
A photograph of McKendree Methodist Church located at 523 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The church was named for Bishop William McKendree, the first American Methodist bishop. This is the fourth McKendree Methodist Church building to occupy...
The Nashville Chair Company relocated at 309 South First Street in East Nashville about 1925 from the Public Square. The company was in business at this location through the mid 1990's. This building was demolished to make way for the Adelphia...
This image provides an aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, ca. 1971, to make way for the James K. Polk Office Building, which contains the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Tennessee State Museum. Photographed by the...
A monthly newsletter called Contact, created by the Hayes Young Adult Sunday School class at City Road Methodist Church (now City Road Chapel United Methodist Church) located at 601 Gallatin Road South in Madison, Tennessee. The purpose of this...
An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
Named after Alonzo Napier, brother of J.C. Napier, this original Napier school building, seen here from the side, opened mid way through the 1897-1898 school year. It was located at the corner of Robinson and Fairfield. Completion of the school...
Named in honor of J.M. Head, mayor of Nashville from 1899 to 1903, Head Elementary School was completed in 1904. Located on 16th Avenue North, E.S. Brugh was the school's first principal. A new school building was built in 1952 to accommodate...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with gospel recording artist Chris Wilson, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville...
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...