An original will of John S. Atkins, of Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware, dated June 10, 1901. Illustrates the first page of the document. Includes a letter written to Hon. W. M. Pollard, County Judge, Nashville, Tenn. about will of Capt. John...
An original will of C. T. Baker, written on stationery of the Joy Floral Company, Nashville, Tennessee, dated October 9th, 1916. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on...
A photograph of the sculpture of the east pediment and metopes of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. The pediment sculpture shows an artists conception of the birth of Athena, who was depicted in Greek myth as having sprung, full grown and in...
An original will of Johnetta Baker, dated July 3rd, 1900. Illustrates the first page of the document, written on stationery of the T.E. Baker & Bro. Groceries and Country Produce … Grain and Hay …, 329 Broad Street. The notation on the...
An original will of Theodore Baker, dated April 2nd, 1892. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 6th, 1892 according to the notation written on the envelope:...
A photograph of the Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee. The Arcade opened in 1903, running east to west between what were then Cherry Street and Summer Street; present day Fourth Avenue North and Fifth Avenue North. It was conceived by Nashville resident...
Pamphlet written by Anna Holden in cooperation with the Nashville Congress of Racial Equality group, 1958. The pamphlet tells how a CORE group helped parents and children, despite the violence of segregationist mobs, to desegregate public schools...
A photograph of the National Baptist Publishing Board building on Second Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The National Baptist Publishing Board began as Dr. R.H. Boyd's dream for African Americans to publish Baptist Sunday School materials for...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, cartoonist with the Memphis Commercial Appeal from the early 1930s to circa 1944. This anti-Nazi cartoon depicts the cloud of "D-Day" in the background, while a fearful Hitler has a heavy...