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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman Thomas Charles (T.C.) Jones, conducted 10 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Jones discusses such topics as his childhood and education growing up in Nashville; his family; working for General Shoe Corporation; businesses and restaurants...
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Scope and content: An autograph book, entitled "Gems from Flora," published by John C. Riker of New York City in 1852, featuring colored illustrations of flowers, with blank pages for autographs. Autograph verses are written to Sue May and date mostly from 1852, with a few from 1853 and 1854. The majority of the pages in the volume remain blank.
About half of the individuals who sign the book use only their initials or first names. Identified signers...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville dentist Walter Morgan, conducted on 16 September 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 23 minute interview, Morgan discusses his experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, including the rides and traveling to the Centennial.
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Scope and content: Diary used as autograph book. Inscription in front indicates that Gladys Charlestine Matlock of Knoxville was given the diary by Peg Kessner at Christmas 1929. The book is signed by classmates of Matlock at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College in Nashville, Tenn. during the spring of 1933. Inscriptions include quotes, aphorisms, rhymes, humorous ditties and poems, and an occasional drawing or sketch. Some students...
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Scope and content: Christopher Hathaway shares memories of his parents and growing up with 14 siblings.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends of the interviewees....
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Margaret Wright, conducted on 30 Aug. 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 13 minute interview, Wright discusses her experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. She specifically discusses some of the rides and exhibits at the Centennial. She also discusses President William McKinley's reaction to his wife's fainting...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville doctor and urologist Henry L. Douglass, conducted on 11 Nov. 1981 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. During the interview, Douglass discusses life in Madison and Nashville, Tenn.; his family; his mother's medical treatment; attending medical school and practicing medicine in Nashivlle; his service during World War II; and a story involving the murder...
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Scope and content: Raquel Miles interviews her husband Aaron Miles about what it's like having a cleft palate. Aaron also shares memories of his family.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by...
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Scope and content: A small collection of baseball scorecards from Nashville Vols games from 1936-1940. Scorecards contain lineups with player names and positions, and have been completed to record the action of each game by fan Mel Dodson. Opponents include teams from around the Southeast, including Chattanooga, Memphis, and Little Rock. All scorecards are from Vols home games, except for one away game held in Memphis. One scorecard from May 19,...
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Scope and content: A collection of seven scrapbooks of business-related newspaper clippings compiled by Mary S. Buckner (Mrs. Henry K. Buckner, Sr.), spanning ca. 1953-ca. 1984. The scrapbooks are comprised chiefly of Nashville-related business articles published in "The Banner," and "The Tennessean" newspapers. The business writings cover topics about property purchases for commercial development, banks and various bank mergers, the NLT Corporation,...
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Scope and content: An oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on the 7 Aug. 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Barnes discusses her childhood and education; memories of riding the streetcar to Glendale Park; quitting school and going to work downtown; her marriage and children; and life in Nashville during the period of 1910-1930, including...
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Abstract: Comprised of original newsreel, video and audio tapes, recordings of freedom and protest songs along with recorded sermons and speeches. These materials were donated or purchased through the Robin and Bill King Foundation and are part of the Civil Rights Collection of the Nashville Public Library Special Collections Division. Individual recordings are cataloged separately.
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Scope and content:The Nashville Chapter American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) newsletters document the group's board meetings, fundraising projects and member activities. The collection spans the years 1960-1984 and is incomplete, missing many issues from the 1970s. The newsletters reflect the growth of women in the workplace, specifically in the broadcast industry. Notable members were Drue Smith and Doris "Cousin Tuny" Freeman. Also included...
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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: An oral history interview with Corinne Frazier Calhoun Bailey, conducted on the 14 Feb. 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Bailey, the daughter of Nashville jeweler Tyler Calhoun, discusses the Tennessee Centennial of 1897; her father's business and how it failed during the early 1920s; her early memories of downtown Nashville;...
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Scope and content: Sisters Marion Jenkins, Sharon Parrish, and Brenda Wynn share memories of their mother, Rosa Lee Parrish.
Interview recorded in the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library from September 2007 to September 2008. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 45 minute interview, Greene discusses growing up in Columbia, Tenn.; her experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition; women's fashions during the 1890s; and working as a hat maker and, later, a dressmaker in Columbia, Tenn
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Margaret Thompson, conducted on 10 and 19 July 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 41 minute interview, Thompson discusses her experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, including President William McKinley's reaction to his wife's fainting at an Exposition event.
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Mary Warner Mallison, conducted on 28 August 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. During the 17 minute interview, Mallison discusses growing up at Renraw, her family home, and her experiences at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
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Scope and content: Programs of dance performances between 1954 and 1983, primarily in Nashville, Tenn., many occuring at the Ryman Auditorium. Many programs are from nationally or internationally acclaimed dance companies such as The Ballet Theatre, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the National Ballet of Canada, or are from performances by widely known individual dancers and professionals, such as Nureyev, Dame Margot Fontaine,...