William A. Eichbaum sketchbook, ca. 1857.
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LC Subjects
Adelphi Theatre (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Architecture -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Artists -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Bank of Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Bank of Tennessee -- Pictorial works.
Banks and banking -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Buildings -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Business enterprises -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Central business districts -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Christ Church Episcopal (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Christian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Church buildings -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
City Hospital (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Courthouses -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Davidson County Court House (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Eichbaum, William A., -- 1787-1873 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Financial institutions -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
First Baptist Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Fraternal organizations -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Freemasons. -- Cumberland Lodge, No. 8 (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Freemasons. -- Grand Lodge of Tennessee -- Pictorial works.
Gothic revival (Architecture) -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Greek revival (Architecture) -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
High schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Historic buildings -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Hospitals -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Hume High School (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Hume-Fogg High School (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Lost architecture -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
McKendree Methodist Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Medical colleges -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Commerce.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Intellectual life.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Maps.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Nashville Bookstore (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Nashville Inn (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Nashville Theatre -- Pictorial works.
Odd Fellows Hall (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Pharmacists -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Pharmacy paraphernalia -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Planters' Bank of Tennessee -- Pictorial works.
Polk's Tomb (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Polk, James K. -- (James Knox), -- 1795-1849 -- Tomb.
Public buildings -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Public Square (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Second Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
St. Mary's Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Still-life painting, American -- 19th century.
Taverns (Inns) -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Tennessee -- Capital and capitol.
Tennessee Lunatic Asylum -- Pictorial works.
Theaters -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
Trabue and West (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Pictorial works.
University of Nashville -- Pictorial works.
University of Nashville. -- Medical Department -- Pictorial works.
Vaughn Bros. Druggists (Nashville, Tenn.).
Vine Street Christian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Yeatman, Woods and Company (Nashville, Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.

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Format
Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material
Physical Desc
15 folders (30 digital prints)
1 v.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.
General Note
Housed in Small Collections Box 4.
Restrictions on Access
In library use only. Available by appointment.
Restrictions on Access
Restriction: Original volume restricted to staff use only. Researchers must use reference reproductions provided.
Description
Scope and content: A mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum circa 1857. Subjects are finely detailed drawings of various buildings in Nashville, Tenn., including a number of structures that were destroyed by fire in 1856-1857. Buildings include churches, banks, schools, public buildings, storefronts, and others. Two maps are of Nashville in 1804 "from notes of an intelligent resident at the time" and in 1854. The former map shows a scattering of a few buildings (identified) and primitive streets. The latter map provides a sharp contrast and shows the growth of Nashville in 50 years, with a full formal street plan, and numerous buildings identified, including many in Eichbaum's sketchbook. The book also includes one watercolor still life of fruit by Eichbaum's wife, Catherine M. Stearns.
Description
A small map attached to the inside front cover of the sketchbook, showing the intersection of Vine and Cedar Streets, was believed to have been drawn or annotated by Bob Housun at an unknown date in the twentieth century.
Preferred Citation of Described Materials
Cite as: William A. Eichbaum Sketchbook, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Nashville Public Library does not have intellectual property rights to these materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Chester Kerr;,Gift;,1987,Acc. RT-152.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Associated Materials: The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds two items relating to William A. Eichbaum in the Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous files, microfilm MF 678, file numbers E-10 and P-117.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Related Materials: A small seashell with a pencil sketch of President James K. Polk's tomb, housed in a small pillbox is with original sketchbook. Pillbox is from Vaughn Bros. Druggists, corner Church and Vine Streets, Nashville, Tenn. Prescription was for 2 grams quinine capsules. Pillbox dimensions are 1 3/4 in. by 3/4 in. tall.
Biographical or Historical Data
William A. Eichbaum was born in 1787 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of German immigrants. He immigrated to the United States around 1820, and came to Nashville, Tenn. around 1821. He married Catherine M. Stearns in Davidson County, Tenn. on Jan. 6, 1825. He was a bookseller and stationer in Nashville, Tenn. from about 1831 to 1848, and owner of the Nashville Bookstore, located next to Yeatman and Woods Bank on College Street in 1839. He built the first brick house on Vine Street, on the west corner of the intersection with Cedar Street. He was very active in civic and religious organizations, serving as an elder and teacher of Bible classes in the Christian Church. He also superintended the erection of a new building for the church around 1850. He served as the first treasurer of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Company from 1856 to 1865, and was a charter member and treasurer of the Tennessee Historical Society. In his later years, according to his obituary, "he was seldom seen at home without a book in his hand." He died on Jan. 1, 1873 in Nashville, Tenn.
Biographical or Historical Data
Catherine M. Stearns was born circa 1799 in Massachusetts. She married William A. Eichbaum on Jan. 6, 1825 in Davidson County, Tenn. She taught at the Nashville Female Academy in Tennessee for a number of years. She died around 1860.
Language
In English
Ownership and Custodial History
In possession of Joan and Chester Kerr until time of donation to the library in 1987. Prior custodial history not known.
Action
Reproduce,2005;,Scan;,Beth Odle;,1,vol.;,creation of reference copies.
Action
Rehouse;,2007;,Linda Barnickel;,removed from Architecture Ephemera Subject Files, previously located in Books Ephemera Subject Files.
Accumulation and Frequency of Use
No further accruals are expected.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eichbaum, W. A., Eichbaum, C. M., & Stearns, C. William A. Eichbaum sketchbook .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eichbaum, William A., 1787-1873, Catherine M. Eichbaum and C.M. Stearns. William A. Eichbaum Sketchbook. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eichbaum, William A., 1787-1873, Catherine M. Eichbaum and C.M. Stearns. William A. Eichbaum Sketchbook .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eichbaum, William A., Catherine M. Eichbaum, and C.M. Stearns. William A. Eichbaum Sketchbook

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