Scope and content: Incomplete records of the Century III Commission and several of its subcommittees, documenting various facets of commemorative activities and planning for the celebration of Nashville's first 200 years and the beginning of its third century. Records include reports; newsletters; minutes of the Historical Records committee and the Festivals, Pageants, Events and Parades committee; background on the formation and development of the...

Scope and content: The collection contains material relating to the historical research and book publications of author-historian Sarah Foster Kelley, a seventh-generation descendant of General James Robertson and Charlotte Reeves Robertson. Includes numerous records about Robertson family history and research files on many of the families that were among the earliest settlers of what is now Nashville, Tennessee, such as the Cockrills, Dunns, Mays,...

Scope and content: Personal papers of three members of the Fox family: Alberta O'Neill, her husband Peter, and their daughter, Anne Hester. Alberta O'Neill Fox's materials consist of a small datebook, probably manufactured in the late 1920s or sometime in the 1930s, in which she has made notations concerning birthdays, weddings, and dates of death of individuals, as well as personal and family medical events, such as surgeries, major illnesses, or...

Scope and content: Includes company histories; company publications and newsletters; annual reports; brochures; catalogs; advertisements; speeches; correspondence; biographies of local business leaders; and related materials. Emphasis is upon businesses in Nashville and nearby areas. Some items provide community information such as population and industry figures, and in some instances, include information about war industries during World War II. Several...

Scope and content: An oral history interview with John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on the 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Bransford discusses his family; early life in East Nashville, including Edgewood, the family home; the development of the Belle Meade area; and real estate development in Nashville.

Scope and content: Timelines of events, most related to Nashville, Tennessee history. Most timelines compiled in the latter quarter of the twentieth century. However, periods covered by the timelines go back to the late 1700s and span up to the mid-1990s. There are particularly detailed timelines for 1910, 1913, 1937, and 1938. The collection also includes the "Local History" column written by Joseph Hewgley which appeared in the WPLN Guide in 1993-1994....

Scope and content: This collection provides basic information about a number of pre-1950 Tennessee radio stations and general radio broadcasting history, with emphasis on the 1920s and 1930s, as compiled by William D. Jackson. Series I includes summaries of individual radio station histories, mostly provided by the Broadcast Pro-file company of Hollywood, Calif. Some individual folders may have additional materials including notes, correspondence,...

Scope and content: A collection of official records of the Nashville Relief Society, the United Charities, the Addison Avenue Settlement Workers, Camp Thomas Social Workers, and the Fannie Battle Day Home. The sources pertain to the charitable work of the social workers as well as social conditions in the Nashville area spanning the late 1880s to the 1940s. Present are minutes of board meetings, lists of charitable donations, and treasurers reports....

Scope and content: Nomination packet compiled by Henry L. Bledsoe, Jr. in an effort to nominate Coach Bob Cummings to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. (As of 2010, Cummings has not been inducted.) Materials primarily concern Cummings' career as a high school football coach at Isaac Litton High School in Nashville, Tenn. from 1947 to 1953 and consist mostly of photocopies of both newsclippings and school yearbooks. Detailed win-loss records have...