Scope and content: Six audio recordings of interviews with ten individuals relating to their recollections about Nashville people and places. A few recordings are of poor quality or have tape or microphone noise. Contents include: One series of short interviews with five individuals concerning the Hermitage Hotel, recorded in 1977, probably just before the building was shuttered by codes enforcement, due to its deteriorating condition. Most individuals...

Abstract: Manuscripts, color snapshots, a unit newsletter, an oral history interview and transcript, and a DVD containing two military films, all relating to the service of Orman Eugene "Gene" Waller (also known as "Wally") in the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing of the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Waller worked as a loadmaster on a C-130 Hercules transport plane and was stationed in Thailand, Cambodia, and Taiwan from 1972-1974 during...

Scope and content: Fifteen interviews in various formats conducted mostly in 1977 and 1978 with individuals who were owners, or were the family of former owners of historic homes in Nashville, most of which had been in the same family for several generations. Several of the homes were constructed prior to 1800 during the early settlement period of Middle Tennessee. A few are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to their...

Scope and content: The collection consists of audio interviews with Nashville business and civic leaders and local restaurateurs. The interviews detail projects conducted by business and civic leaders that positively impacted the Nashville community and the stories of Southerners that eat, serve and consume food and drink locally. Some interviews include an index and transcript. Many individual interviews in this collection have been cataloged separately,...

Scope and content: Seven audio-recorded interviews with lifelong Nashville residents, most of whom were born in the early twentieth century. Focus is upon East Nashville, formerly known as Edgefield, but also includes downtown Nashville and other nearby locales. Angie (Cantrell) Merritt Donelson (later Ezell) tells about her family history, and the business operations of her first husband, Gilbert Merritt, who owned Southern Woodenware, located in...

Abstract: Thirty interviews conducted with Nashville elders, recalling in autobiographical form their major life events and experiences. Most are audio recordings although a few may exist only as full or partial transcripts. Interviews were conducted as part of the statewide initiative known as Homecoming '86, a celebration of local communities and their history. Planning documents for the oral history project are also part of the collection. Scope...

Scope and content: The Flood 2010 Oral Histories document the historic Nashville flood of May 1-2, 2010 and the aftermath, as told by the people who lived through it. The project includes 174 oral history interviews conducted by library staff and volunteers. Individuals interviewed include first responders, city officials, musicians, artists, and others. Interviews were conducted in two stages (city officials & response teams, then business & community)...

Scope and content: The documentary collection consists of primary and secondary sources about the African American Civil Rights Movement, with information about key events, participants, and reform movements aimed at abolishing public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans. The collection documents Nashville's role, including information about the Nashville student sit-in movement and the students from Fisk and Tennessee...

Abstract: Digital video recordings of interviews focusing on individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or transsexual and who were present in Middle Tennessee before 1970. Many interviews are supplemented with scans of photographs, documents, and other materials contributed by the interviewee. Scope and Content: The Brooks Fund History Project consists of a total of 28 video interviews, containing more than 45 hours of content,...