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