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Scope and content: Two items relating to observances and commemorative activities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. held to honor the groups of writers known as the Fugitives and Agrarians.
Items include: Program for "Fifty Years After" symposium hosted at Vanderbilt University, marking the 1980 anniversary of the publication known as the Agrarian manifesto, "I'll Take My Stand". Exhibition guide entitled "Early and Late," highlighting...
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Scope and content: Annual membership booklets and letters for the Monday Book Review Club, founded at St. John's Episcopal Church (Old Hickory, Tennessee) in 1959. Materials span the years 1963 through 1995 and document the title of the book read and the hostess' name for each monthly meeting.
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Scope and content: Biographical and subject clipping files, collected by Nashville Room staff since ca. 1970. Biographical files cover thousands of Nashvillians and Tennesseans, and subject files cover numerous general topics of local interest, such as buildings, businesses, cemeteries, churches, historic homes, forts, and parks. There are binders of the most heavily used files across from the main desk in the Nashville Room for the following topics:...
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Scope and content: Minute book of the Philharmonic Society of Nashville, Tenn. includes minutes of their organizational meeting on Oct. 19, 1898 and subsequent meetings through May 1900. Minutes include election of officers; meeting activities including performances by members mentioning the piece played, the instrument, the composer, and the performer; activities of other arts and educational organizations in Nashville; announcements; welcoming of...
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Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
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Scope and content: Collection contains a wide variety of publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, most published in Nashville, Tenn. Types of periodicals include women's magazines, religious publications from the Methodist Publishing House, literary and educational magazines, magazines including articles about Nashville, the Tennessee Centennial, and others.
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Scope and content: Includes yearbooks, bylaws, rosters, brochures, publications, programs, publicity and recruitment materials, annual reports, minutes, and related items about a wide variety of Nashville and Tennessee organizations and clubs. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders.
Types of organizations, divided into series as follows, include: advocacy organizations; civic and charity groups; educational groups; environmental...
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Scope and content: The Optimistic Study Club Records consist of yearbooks, programs, agendas, announcements, and member profiles, including written recollections, obituaries, and news articles. About half of the collection is yearbooks (1992-2019), which typically include a brief history of the organization (written for the fiftieth anniversary of the club and reprinted); theme for the year and scheduled meetings, with topics to be discussed; by-laws;...
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Scope and content: Published reports for annual exhibitions of the Mechanics' Institute and Library Association of Tennessee which include the organization's charter; constitution; memoranda; addresses; and exhibit reports including classifications, awards, award winners, and judges' comments.
Classifications include agriculturally related products and processes such as cotton, wool, leatherwork and saddlery; domestic products and skills such as...
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Community Life - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Education - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Education - Special Collections Topics
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Scope and content: The Flora Keen papers are comprised of mementos from her time as a student at Belmont College circa 1903. The collection features a school annual from 1904, a 1903 Belmont College brochure, scant correspondence written on Belmont college letterhead and Belmont College postcards dating from 1906-1974. Also included are coursework samples from 1902 and 1903 featuring a spelling test and five brief essays about British history as well...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Mary Le Sueur, conducted on 11 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 30 minute interview, Le Sueur discusses her experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition; her doll collection; and studying art with and posing for Nashville artist Gilbert Gaul.
Index available (based upon original analog audiocassette recording),...
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Scope and content: A wide variety of materials relating to the Nashville arts scene, including items about art events, individual artists, galleries, museums, exhibitions, contests, public art projects, and related subjects, including special events and venues such as Fifth Avenue of the Arts; First Saturday Art Crawl; Arts at the Airport; and similar venues or events, many of them located in downtown Nashville. Many items include artist biographies...
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Scope and content: A series of oral history interviews with retired Nashville home economics teacher Mildred Owsley Buchanan, conducted in November 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Buchanan discusses such topics as her childhood and early life in the area of Nashville known as Buttermilk Ridge on Lebanon Road; her early education, including the schools she attended; tenant houses and their...
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Scope and content: Yearbooks, spanning from 1943 to 1994, with only a few gaps, for the Browning Study Club of Nashville, Tennessee. Information in each yearbook generally includes: overall theme and individual programs for the year; names of hostesses, speakers, officers, and a roster of members; by-laws; committees; and related matters. Some yearbooks have notes or annotations, usually showing changes in programs or participants, luncheon reminders,...