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Map room
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Map room
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Scope and content: Collection of 146 antique Tennessee maps, published between 1584 and 1917, and five rare books related to Tennessee maps.
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Summary: A collection of organizational records of Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc., including correspondence, photographs, newsletters and topical research files created by the organization. Also includes numerous publications produced by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The documentary resources, spanning ca. 1970 through ca. 1988, relate to the organizational leadership and activities of the citizens advocacy group,...
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Scope and content: Photographs of Nashville, Tennessee circa 1853 - 1985. The oldest images in the collection are from the mid 1800s and are taken from books and other sources; the bulk are from the time period from 1930 to 1955. All of the photographs have been identified, and many include the year and the location. The collection consists of ninety four scanned black-and-white photographs printed on twenty-four contact sheets. The scans are from...
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West storage range 2 section 1
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West storage range 2 section 1
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West storage range 2 section 1
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West storage range 2 section 1
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Scope and content: A photographic collection of 2133 images, spanning the dates ca. 1960-ca. 1988, donated by the Johnson Johnson Crabtree architectural firm, of Nashville, Tennessee, documenting four decades of the architectural project work of Bruce I. Crabtree, Jr., F.A.I.A., a senior founding partner in the firm. The collection is comprised of photographic images of design projects of the architectural firm, Taylor & Crabtree, comprised of photographic...
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Workroom range 5 section 6
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Workroom range 5 section 6
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Workroom range 5 section 6
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Workroom range 5 section 6
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Scope and content: Lists of Nashville area organizations including officers, contact information, and meeting times and locations, compiled and distributed by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Directories are for particular types of organizations and titled as follows: business and professional organizations; civic organizations; service and luncheon clubs; state, regional, and national associations headquartered in Nashville; and women's organizations....
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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Scope and content: The Flood 2010 Oral Histories document the historic Nashville flood of May 1-2, 2010 and the aftermath, as told by the people who lived through it. The project includes 174 oral history interviews conducted by library staff and volunteers. Individuals interviewed include first responders, city officials, musicians, artists, and others. Interviews were conducted in two stages (city officials & response teams, then business & community)...
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West storage range 5 section 2
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West storage range 5 section 2
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West storage range 5 section 2
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West storage range 5 section 2
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Scope and content: Print, photos, 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.
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Scope and content: Photocopied set of handwritten logs detailing each year's Saturday night Grand Ole Opry performances week-by-week beginning in 1961. Log is chronological with song titles for each week's program, performing artist for each song, and occasional marginal anecdotes (announcers recent events, encores). Each year's list concludes with statistical tables on appearances by regular Opry cast members, a log of each week's Friday night Opry...
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Scope and content: The 1910-1935 Oral History Project is comprised of 29 extant audio recordings conducted from 1980 to 1982 by two staff members of Historic Nashville, Inc. Focus of the interviews is upon lived experiences during the early decades of the twentieth century, particularly from the perspective of upper class and upper middle class, white, well-educated individuals.
General topics include: childhood, courtship and marriage, social life,...
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West storage range 3 section 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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Abstract: 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.
Scope and content: Series I. Downtown Survey. Documents and photographs composing a detailed architectural and historical survey of downtown Nashville buildings, c.1980....
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Map room shelf 12
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Map room shelf 12
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SCC miscellaneous audio/visual box 2
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SCC miscellaneous audio/visual box 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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Map room shelf 12
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Map room shelf 12
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SCC miscellaneous audio/visual box 2
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SCC miscellaneous audio/visual box 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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West storage range 3 section 2
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Abstract: Records, consisting of manuscripts, photographs, negatives and architectural plans, documenting the efforts of Historic Nashville, Inc. (HNI) to rescue and restore Nashville's historic Union Station, beginning with their initial efforts in 1975 and culminating in the reopening of the building as a hotel, and the observation of the 100th anniversary of the station and the 25th anniversary of Historic Nashville, Inc. in 2000.
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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SCC oral histories
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SCC oral histories
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Workroom range 3 section 8: document
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Scope and content: Interviews in various formats conducted mostly in 1977 with individuals associated with buildings and businesses located on Nashville's Second Avenue North, known in the nineteenth century as Market Street.
Mrs. Frances Eakes - One page of notes, only; no audio. Lived in the Silver Dollar Saloon in 1925-1926 when her father, Willis W. Agee ran a drugstore on the premises. Eakes recalls the flood of 1926-1927 and "shanties" where...
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Workroom range 2 section 5
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Scope and content: Lectures and articles by Howard Boyd, Fire Marshal of Metropolitan Nashville, Tenn. in the 1970s. Subjects include fire and building codes and their enforcement; residential, high-rise, and office fire prevention; atriums and stairwells (using the construction of the Hyatt Regency Nashville hotel as an example); fire prevention and education; fire dampers; public apathy and ignorance about the work of the fire department; fire...
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Workroom range 5 section 4
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Abstract: This artifically assembled collection documents Hume-Fogg High School and its students, faculty, and alumni, and to some degree, the Nashville public school system, generally, throughout most of the twentieth century, with small portions from the late 1890s and first decade of the 21st century. The bulk of the material spans from 1900 to 1947. Formats include graduation programs and invitations, news clippings, publications, class and candid...
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Workroom range 7 section 8
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Scope and content:The Jack Gunter Civil Rights Photographs feature 87 original black and white photographs taken by Nashville Banner newspaper photographer Jack Gunter from 1957 to 1968. The photographs are arranged chronologically. Undated photographs follow at the end. The bulk of the collection is from 1963 and depicts civil rights demonstrations in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Also included in the collection are single photographs of visiting...
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Workroom range 2 section 4
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Workroom range 2 section 4
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Workroom range 2 section 4
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Workroom range 2 section 4
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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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Map room drawer L-1: posters
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Map room drawer L-1: posters
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Workroom range 4 section 5
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Workroom range 4 section 5
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Map room drawer L-1: posters
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Map room drawer L-1: posters
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Workroom range 4 section 5
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Workroom range 4 section 5
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Scope and content: Advertising announcements, descriptive folders, letters and telegrams, librettos, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, programs, realia, scripts, and souvenir booklets gathered by Lula Naff over her many years as manager of the Ryman Auditorium. The materials span Ryman performances between 1901 and 1956, and document Nashville appearances by such cultural, political, and entertainment notables as Gene Autry, Fanny Brice,...
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Workroom range 5 section 7
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Workroom range 5 section 7
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Workroom range 5 section 7
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Workroom range 5 section 7
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Scope and content: Statistics, annual reports, planning reports, promotional materials and related publications from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Contents of these reports include statistics on population, economy, business, education, transportation, taxes, cost of living, personal income, and a wide variety of other subjects. Taken as a whole, these documents enable a view of Nashville growth and...
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Flat file room cabinet FF NESPRR dra
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Flat file room cabinet FF NESPRR dra
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Workroom range 5 section 5
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Workroom range 5 section 5
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Flat file room cabinet FF NESPRR dra
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Flat file room cabinet FF NESPRR dra
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Workroom range 5 section 5
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Workroom range 5 section 5
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Abstract: The Nashville Electric Service Public Relations Records (NESPRR) includes approximately 16 linear feet of material covering a range of subjects relating to the history of the electrification of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, spanning the time frame of circa 1866 to 1989, with the bulk of the collection concentrating on 1900 to 1989. The materials found in the NESPRR collection help demonstrate how the use of electricity evolved from its...
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Workroom range 5 section 3
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Workroom range 5 section 3
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Workroom range 5 section 3
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Workroom range 5 section 3
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Scope and content: A collection of scrapbooks pertaining to the history of the Nashville Public Library. These scrapbooks span the 1920s through early 1970s, providing biographical and historical information about the library's administrative officials, the four original Carnegie Libraries (Main and branches), the library services and public programs. Includes a scrapbook about the Business Branch of the Carnegie Library, established in the Nashville...