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Historically Tennessee's horse breeding industry has received recognition for producing prized Thoroughbred racehorses, smooth-gaited Tennessee Walking horses, and sturdy work mules. Historical accounts, however, largely overlook the contributions of Tennessee horse breeders to the sport of Arabian horse racing. One hundred years have passed since anti-gambling legislation ended Tennessee's reign over the "sport of kings," Thoroughbred horse racing.
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Scope and content: A collection of two scrapbook volumes and thirty-six folders of newspaper articles and ephemera compiled by Gilbert "Gillie" M. Orr, a nationally prominent authority on the Tennessee Walking Horse, comprised chiefly of his "Speaking of Horses" articles, a weekly newspaper column published in the Nashville Banner during the 1940s. Includes a few photographs, ephemera, and additional publications pertaining to horse shows, horse races,...
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Scope and content: The 1910-1935 Oral History Project is comprised of 29 extant audio recordings conducted from 1980 to 1982 by two staff members of Historic Nashville, Inc. Focus of the interviews is upon lived experiences during the early decades of the twentieth century, particularly from the perspective of upper class and upper middle class, white, well-educated individuals.
General topics include: childhood, courtship and marriage, social life,...
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