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Ephemera
Business Ephemera Subject Files, 1856-1987
Includes a wide variety of materials by and about Nashville area businesses. Bulk 1945-1970.
Churches Ephemera Subject Files
1814-2003
Contains a wide variety of materials, mostly from the twentieth century, primarily about Nashville area churches. Bulk 1918-1990.
Communities Ephemera Subject Files
Brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, lists, booklets, and a variety of other material concerning various Tennessee communities.
Organizations Ephemera Subject Files, 1884-2004
Includes yearbooks, rosters, brochures, publications, and a variety of other materials by and about Nashville area clubs and organizations. Bulk 1945-1990.
Performing Arts Ephemera Subject Files
Includes programs, brochures, flyers, invitations, posters, handbills, newsletters, and a variety of other materials by and about Nashville area performing arts, including venues and specific performances and performers.
Schools Ephemera Subject Files
Includes a wide variety of material relating to schools in the Nashville area and elsewhere in Middle Tennessee.
Image Collections
Charles Warterfield Architectural Collection (MS Word)
The Charles Warterfield Architectural Collection contains 6,302 slides that span a period c. 1958-1998. The collection consists of slides taken by architect Charles W. Warterfield, Jr. over the course of his adult life. The primary focus of this collection is architecture in Tennessee, especially in Nashville.
Joe Thompson, Jr. Papers, 1942-2005
The heart of the Joe Thompson, Jr. Papers is the nearly 600 photographs taken by Thompson while serving in the Army Air Force in Europe during World War II.
Maps & Microforms
Nashville Room Map Collection
Maps of Nashville; Davidson County; the state of Tennessee; Tennessee cities and counties; Civil War battles, especially those in Tennessee; and a variety of other maps including geologic maps, water resources, and recreation, mostly as they relate to Tennessee.
Microfilm in the Nashville Room
Nashville Newspapers on Microfilm
Oral History
Century III Records, 1977-1980
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.
The Civil Rights Oral History Project Collection, 2002 -
The collection includes audiocassettes, videocassettes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by library staff and volunteers. Interviewees are civil rights veterans, educators, community members, journalist, police officers, observers, students, church leaders, and activists recalling events related to the civil rights movement in Nashville and the nation during the 1950s and 1960s. There are one hundred and four interviews and sixty of these are transcribed.
Veterans History Project - Main
The Veterans History Project covers World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars. It includes all participants in those wars--men and women, civilian and military. It documents the contributions of civilian volunteers, support staff, and war industry workers as well as the experiences of military personnel from all ranks and all branches of service--the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marine.
Records & Manuscript Collections
Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc. Records, ca. 1970-ca. 1988
A collection of organizational records of Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc., including correspondence, photographs, newsletters and topical research files created by the organization.
Century III Records, 1977-1980
Incomplete records of the Century III Commission and several of its subcommittees, documenting various facets of commemorative activities and planning for the celebration of Nashvilles first 200 years and the beginning of its third century.
David C. Morton DeFord Bailey Collection, 1927-2006 (bulk 1970-2006)
Primarily through photographs, musical recordings, interviews, and clippings, this collection documents the career and legacy of Nashville's legendary African-American harmonica player DeFord Bailey (1899-1982).
English Speaking Union of the United States. Nashville Branch. Records, 1957-1978
The records of the Nashville (Tenn.) Branch of the English Speaking Union of the United States, 1957-1978, include financial records, administrative data, membership rosters, newsletters, clippings, and materials about visiting speakers.
Fannie Battle Day Home Records, ca. 1905-ca. 1998 (bulk 1905-1972)
The collection, spanning nearly one hundred years (ca. 1905-ca. 1998, bulk 1905-1972), documents Miss Fannie Battle's humanitarian vision to build and maintain a charitable day care facility for the care, nursing, and education of underprivileged children in the Nashville area, spanning nearly one hundred years (ca. 1905-ca. 1998, bulk 1905-1972).
Fort Family Papers, 1855-2001 (bulk 1940-1943)
This collection sketches out a larger Fort family history, but it primarily focuses on Cornelia Fort Clark (1919-1943) and her immediate family.
Francis Craig Papers, 1920-2003
Print, manuscript and audio materials document the career of Nashville's big band maestro Francis Craig (1900-1966), composer, pianist, recording star and long-time Hermitage Hotel bandleader.
Greater Nashville Association of Realtors Records, 1867 to present (bulk ca. 1950-1995)
The Greater Nashville Association of Realtors Records collection contains four series of primary and secondary sources created by or collected by the Nashville Board of Realtors and the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors.
Henry C. Hibbs Papers, 1882 – c. 1988
The papers of Henry C. Hibbs (b. 1882, d. 1949), architect and A.I.A. Fellow, document the life and career of this leading designer of academic, religious, and institutional buildings in Nashville, the south and beyond.
Historic Nashville Inc. Downtown Survey, 1977- 1994 (bulk c. 1980)
The collection includes city directory and deed research, and photographs, comprising historical and architectural inventories of extant (c.1980) downtown Nashville buildings. A few photographs of structures in the Rutledge Hill area are also included in a separate series.
Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection, ca. 1918-ca. 1975 (bulk ca. 1946-1968)
The Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection, spanning ca. 1918-ca. 1975, consists of 240 original editorial cartoon drawings by Jack Knox, primarily created during his career with the Nashville Banner newspaper (1946-1972).
Kenneth A. Kanter Collection of American Music and Theater, ca. 1840-2006
Materials include recordings, souvenir brochures, show posters, sheet music, books, and periodicals, tracing American popular music and musical theater from the mid-1800s into the twenty-first century.
Margaret Lindsley Warden Papers, circa 1897-1997
Contents include autobiography, Nashville history research notes, and early twentieth century programs from Nashville events.
Multiple Listing Service, 1968-1971
Listings of individual residential and commercial real estate properties for sale in Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson counties of Tennessee, 1968-1971.
Nashville Community Playhouse and Theatre Nashville Records, ca. 1950-ca. 1996
A collection of documentary sources pertaining to the history of two theatre groups of Nashville: The Community Playhouse, and Theatre Nashville. Bulk ca. 1950-ca. 1977.
Nashville Relief Society and United Charities Records, ca. 1887-ca. 1948
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. Bulk 1910-1942.
Osta Underwood Papers, 1947-1995 (bulk 1965-1979)
The collection documents Underwood’s life through photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, certificates, and a notebook compiled at her retirement.
Phil Clinard Collection, c. 1985
Photographs, maps, and documents relating to Clinards interest and research on the Civil War battles of Franklin and Nashville, and his involvement with Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Scrapbooks of the Circle Players, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee, ca. 1949-ca. 1974
The collection consists of fourteen documentary scrapbook volumes pertaining to the history of The Circle Players, Inc., spanning the dates ca. 1949-ca. 1974.
Sylvan Park Neighborhood Survey, ca. 1983
Deed research sheets and color Polaroid photographs, providing architectural and historical information about the Sylvan Park and West Nashville areas of Nashville, Tenn.
Tennessee Chronologies, c. 1916
Lists of Nashville and Tennessee historical minutiae.
Tom Tichenor Scrapbooks, ca. 1947-ca. 1988
The collection consists of three scrapbooks and miscellany related to the life and career of Nashville puppeteer Tom Tichenor (1923-1992).
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