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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Beverly Briley, 1980 April 16

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Title	Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Beverly Briley, 1980 April 16
Personal name	Briley, Beverly, 1914-1980--Interviews
Topical entry	Capital City City Government County Government Politics Metropolitan Government Metropolitan areas--Tennessee--Nashville Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Urbanization--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--Politics and government--20th century Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions Tennessee--Capital and capitol Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History
Description	An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted May 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to 1975 and was the first mayor after the consolidation of the city and county government, discusses what Nashville would be like in 1980 if the city and county governments had not consolidated to form the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
Creator	Briley, Beverly, 1914-1980 (Interviewee); Clements, Paul, 1947- (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1980-05
Type	Sound.Interview
Format	audio/mp3 (1.40 MB; 1 min., 32 sec.)
Identifier	CentIIIBriley9aclip1
Source	Excerpted from: CentIIIBriley audio cassette recordings converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project : oral history
Coverage	1980-1989
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content. This image is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks--CentIIIBriley