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Oral history interview with Judge Alfred Thompson Adams, 1980 September 16, excerpt 08

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Title	Oral history interview with Judge Alfred Thompson Adams, 1980 September 16, excerpt 08
Personal name	Adams, Alfred Thompson, 1898-1982--Interviews
Corporate name	First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.)--History Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.)--History Second Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.)--History
Topical entry	Capital City Downtown Nashville Architecture Buildings Churches Popular Culture Religion Military History Civil War Judges--Tennessee--Nashville Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Presbyterian church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville (Tenn.)--Religious life and customs United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
Description	An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge Alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as Chancellor of Part Two of the Davidson County Chancery Court from 1957 to 1970, discusses his family's history with the First Presbyterian Church (later the Downtown Presbyterian Church) and the Second Presbyterian Church. He also discusses the First Presbyterian Church being converted into a hospital by Union forces during the Civil War. The complete interview is available in the repository.
Creator	Adams, Alfred Thompson, 1898-1982 (Interviewee); Thornton, Leanne (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1980-09-16
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3 (1 min., 50 sec.)
Identifier	HNIOHAdamsA1aclip8
Source	Excerpted from: HNIOHAdamsA audio cassette recording converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project
Coverage	1980-1989
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which 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-HNIOHAdamsA1aclip8