Scope and content: Genealogical and biographical information about sisters Elise and Margaret Croft, residents of the historic house, Grassmere located off of Nolensville Road south of Nashville, Tenn., where they lived for most of the twentieth century. Their family had lived on the property since the early 1800s. The collections includes genealogical information on the Shute, Dunn, Hamilton and other allied lines, including some of the earliest...

Scope and content: This collection documents the many recitals, performances, and musical revues co-produced in Nashville by Sarah Jeter and Louise Smith between 1927 and 1940 in the course of their affiliation with Ward-Belmont, the Studio of Dancing, the School of Dancing of the Nashville Conservatory of Music, and the Dance Center. Also documented is information about their schools, their teaching, and performances by their students, as well as...