Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance. During the interview, Swett discusses such topics as his grandfather, Walter Swett's, establishment of the family restaurant, Swett's; his grandfather's encounters with...

Scope and content: Sixteen issues of The Mid-State Observer, an African-American newspaper published in Nashville, Tenn. starting in July 1978. Topics include local and state politics; high school and college sports; schools; religious news (from both Christian and Muslim points of view); music; theater; small businesses and business owners; housing; editorials; and discussion of racism, discrimination, and economic conditions. Frequent articles appear...

Scope and content: The Metropolitan Weekly was an African-American newspaper published in Nashville, Tenn. beginning in September 1980. Format was tabloid sized, with photographs, news articles, opinion pieces, and advertising relevant to the African-American community, with emphasis on the geographic area of North Nashville. Although desiring to grow in to a weekly publication, as reflected in its name, the newspaper generally published twice a month...