Phil Clinard collection [ca. 1985]
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Arrangement: Originally contained in two scrapbooks, materials were removed from scrapbooks for preservation purposes. Photographs removed and housed separately. Arrangement scheme from original scrapbooks retained.

Materials housed in the Nashville Room of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Oversize map shelved in map drawer D-1.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Photographs, maps and documents, collected and created by Phil Clinard in the mid-1980s concerning the Civil War battles of Nashville and Franklin and documenting Clinard's involvement in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Originally housed in two scrapbooks, the first scrapbook contained materials relating to Civil War battles and historic sites, including numerous photographs. Many of the photographs concentrating on the battle of Nashville, taken around 1985, show the locations of trenches and redoubts, as well as sites of important battle events. Some document the loss of these sites as historic structures were destroyed or property was developed or paved over. Notable sites include the Compton house, Shy's Hill, Ft. Negley, and the Confederate redoubts. Several maps drawn by Clinard show battlefield sites within the context of 1985 surroundings. Other photographs show sites in Franklin, and at other battlefields in Tennessee including Shiloh, Dover and Ft. Donelson. The second scrapbook included information about Clinard's participation and membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans and other Civil War heritage groups. A number of photographs show the groundbreaking ceremony at the Sons of Confederate Veterans general headquarters office in Franklin, Tenn. on Feb. 22, 1986.

Cite as: Phil Clinard Collection, Ephemera Collections, Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library.

Copyright status is undetermined. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)

Estate of Phil Clinard;,Acc. RT-151.

Phil Clinard was a Nashville Civil War buff and a member of several Civil War and Confederate heritage organizations.

Finding aid available in repository and online;,https://assets.library.nashville.org/documents/finding-aids/Special_Collections_Division_Finding_Aid_Clinard.pdf.

Acquired by the Nashville Room from the estate of Phil Clinard at an unknown date prior to 2002.