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Scope and content: A variety of material by and about women and women's issues. Materials focus upon women and girls, and within that focus, cover a wide range of subject matter. Generally, items included are not easily catagorized in any other way. Quantity of materials is usually one to three items. May contain some photocopies.
Materials include: an illustrated booklet, circa 1920, about a girls' camp, Camp Bon Air, located on the Cumberland...
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Scope and content: Includes programs, brochures, essays, flyers, and other documents relating to various aspects of African-American history in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, dated from 1972 to 2009. Quantity of materials typically is one or two items for each subject. Some items are photocopies. The most abundant material documents the annual Afro-American Culture and History Conference from 1981 to 2009, and includes programs for the conference...
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Scope and content: Arranged into the following subject categories: Birds; Elephants; and Plants. Items include a booklet entitled "A Checklist of Birds of the Tennessee Valley" (1974); a single issue of "Trunklines" (Summer 2007) from the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.; a single newsletter from the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council (2007); and a poster featuring photographs of "Tennessee's Rare Plants in Need of Protection" (1999).
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Scope and content: Includes programs, brochures, reports, self-guided tours, a few building plans, and other documents concerning individual buildings in Nashville, spanning from 1902 to 2010. Some buildings are noted as tourist attractions, and their documentation is primarily in the format of tourist-oriented brochures. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a...
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Scope and content: Variety of materials documenting events, celebrations, and observances related to various holidays. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item.
Holidays represented include: Christmas; Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead, also known as All Souls' Day); and Easter. Christmas materials include a few booklets of Christmas carols, some of which...
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Scope and content: This category was established to include materials about horses (both individual horses as well as horses in general), horse breeding, breeders, farms, shows, and related subjects. As of 2012, only five items make up this collection. Items include two brochures about the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration (1978, 1980), Waterfall Farms in Shelbyville, Tenn. (ca. 2008), and a single issue of the magazine, Middle Tennessee Equestrian...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials relating to ghosts in Tennessee. Contents include: "The Spirit of Red River," which are two essays about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tenn. written by Jack Cook in 1992 and revised in 1993; and a small batch of brochures relating to ghost tours in the early twenty-first century in Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.
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Scope and content: Materials concerning various disasters, including severe weather events and man-made hazards. Presently, contents include: four essays written by Samuel A. Weakley in 1942 concerning the New Madrid earthquake of 1811-1812; and a brochure and bookmark from 2011 concerning the Dutchman's Curve train wreck of 1918.
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Scope and content: A very small quantity of brochures, booklets, reports, advertising and publicity materials, and other items concerning Nashville and Middle Tennessee architecture and architects or architectural firms.
Items include: "Nashville Art Deco" (1984); Downtown Nashville Art and Architecture - Three Walking Tours (1987); a list of buildings and industrial plants in Davidson County, Tenn. completed by Foster & Creighton since 1885 (compiled...
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Scope and content: Materials about Nashville, Tenn. bridges. Includes: "The Design of the Broadway or Sparkman St. Bridge, Nashville, Tenn." by Howard M. Jones, (1909) which contains a number of small engineering drawings; an essay, "The Rise and Fall of Nashville's Suspension Bridge," probably written by Maggie B. Treadway at an unidentified time; a hand-written copy of the text of an inscription on the Hydes Ferry Bridge; and a program from the...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of bibliographies, compiled lists, and a few bookseller catalogs featuring lists of books about Tennessee subjects, primarily history and biography.
Items include: "Bibliography of Legendary Tennesseans"; "Tennessee Bicentennial Resource and Program Materials" (1995); "Twenty-One Tremendous Tennessee Titles!"; "Core List of Tennessee Books for Public Libraries"; "A Suggestive List of Books for a Genealogical and...
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Scope and content: A variety of materials documenting the religious life of Nashville, Tenn. including brochures, booklets, programs and flyers promoting various faiths and events. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than ten items, and often only a single item. Contains some photocopies.
Subjects include: Buddhism, including the 2007 Nashville Buddhist Festival and various meditation groups;...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of items about various aspects of Middle Tennessee and Nashville area agriculture, including booklets, brochures, and other items documenting agricultural history, products, and consumption.
Materials include: Essay by Thomas T. Potterfield, Jr. entitled "The Marketing of Agricultural Products in Nashville, Tennessee, 1850-1880" (n.d.); a booklet entitled "Expo Agriculture 1884-1984" (1985); a brochure about the...
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Scope and content: A small amount of materials providing information about historic preservation in general and in Tennessee. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item. Materials include several "how-to" guides, focusing especially on historical research and including guides, bibliographies, and similar types of materials. An illustrated report (circa 2005) from the Tennessee Preservation Trust examines the economic...
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Scope and content: A wide variety of materials concerning the establishment, growth, operations and exhibits of Cheekwood, an art museum, botanical garden, and mansion in Nashville, Tenn.
Materials include: general brochures; information about specific artists or art exhibits, including the Dale Chihuly exhibit in 2010; the botanical gardens; children's activities; fundraising efforts; a prospectus for establishing Cheekwood as a museum and botanical...
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Scope and content: Includes a variety of items relating to parks, primarily in Nashville, but also nearby state parks and others. Most of these parks are operated by local or state government, but not all parks fall into such categories. Most items are brochures, usually illustrated, and often with park maps, when appropriate. Brochures often highlight park events, recreational or educational opportunities, facilities, historical significance, flora...
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Scope and content: Two items relating to observances and commemorative activities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. held to honor the groups of writers known as the Fugitives and Agrarians.
Items include: Program for "Fifty Years After" symposium hosted at Vanderbilt University, marking the 1980 anniversary of the publication known as the Agrarian manifesto, "I'll Take My Stand". Exhibition guide entitled "Early and Late," highlighting...
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Scope and content: Brochures, programs, historical sketches, and other materials documenting various forts and pioneer stations in Middle Tennessee. Many items are geared toward tourism, but often contain historical background. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several items. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item.
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