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Scope and content: Lists of Nashville and Tennessee historical minutiae covering a wide variety of subjects, including events, transportation, people, organizations, politics, religion, geography, natural resources, entertainment, crime, and other topics. Some topics are rather obscure or very specific, such as Body Snatching (grave robbing); Dog Laws; and Milk Sickness, to name a few.
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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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In this "stunning collection of documents" (Washington Post Book World), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. Their vivid accounts, their strong...
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Community Life - Special Collections Topics
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: Four undated typescript poems, two programs, and some notes relating to the career and poetry of Lucy H. King Smith (Mrs. Alfred Franklin Smith) of Nashville, Tenn. Poems, enumerated above, often are descriptive of specific places or locales. "The Jewel Box at Eastertide," for example, is about a building in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Both "The House on the Cliff by the Sea" and "Sunset on the Sea" are about Crestcliffe by...
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Scope and content: Parents' correspondence with teachers concerning students' performance; pupils' notes of excuse for absences, tardiness, or necessity of leaving classroom; teacher reports; lessons; forms; and an unidentified tintype of a group of women, probably of Willie Williams during her time as principal at Tarbox School, with her teachers.
Also included is an undated personal letter from Williams to a Mr. Cunninggum, in which she is distressed...
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Scope and content: Materials created or compiled by Kate Pickett Campbell with most items dating from 1883-1890 and 1920-1939. Collection includes two autograph books belonging to Kate Pickett before her marriage, with inscriptions from 1883-1890, and a few scattered entries from later dates through 1932. Most individuals signing the books indicate they are from Nashville, Tenn. or Bingham, Tenn. Both books are decorated with small chromolithograph...
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Scope and content: A variety of materials created or collected by Lemuel R. Campbell and his wife, Johnnie, documenting expenses and operations of their dairy farm; property and development in Nashville, Tenn. by Murphy Land Company, including a map; an almanac; several issues of a literary and current events journal published in Nashville, entitled "The Round Table"; and a compilation of recipes and household hints in the form of a scrapbook.
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Scope and content: 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. The vast majority of materials throughout the collection are programs or promotional flyers and posters. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Some items are photocopies.
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Scope and content: Includes biographies; autobiographies; speeches; correspondence; family histories and genealogies; Bible records; memoirs; funeral programs; birth and marriage announcements; programs relating to events and anniversaries; and related materials. Emphasis is upon individuals and families in Nashville and surrounding areas. Some persons are of high prominence, others are ordinary citizens. Quantity of materials ranges from a single...
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Abstract: Includes a wide variety of material relating to schools in the Nashville area and elsewhere in Middle Tennessee. Most items outside of the Nashville area concern universities or colleges. In the collection as a whole, all types of schools are included, both public and private, and elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions. Materials are also included which concern or originate with school-affiliated groups and individuals, such...