I'll call her "Old Glory," boys, "Old Glory" : the story of how Old Glory got its name
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Housed in Small Collections Box 9.

Inscription on flyleaf reads: "Published in several Southern daily newspapers in August 1937."

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Biography of Capt. William Driver, who is credited with giving the American flag the nickname of "Old Glory," and his family. Also includes a biographical sketch of C. Primo Bartolini, an Italian immigrant who became an American citizen, and who, in 1931, built his house on the foundation of Driver's home. Details about both men's homes are provided. Bartolini worked for a while with the Works Progress Administration, and a short biography of State coordinator, Harry S. Berry, is also included.

Four black and white photographs are pasted into the book. One image is taken from Mr. Mary Jane Driver Roland's book about her father, entitled "Old Glory, the True Story" and is a photograph of the old Driver homestead. A second image shows Primo Bartolini in front of his home, presumably in 1937. Two images are of Driver's tombstone in Nashville City Cemetery.

The narrative history is supplemented by summaries and abstracts of deed and city directory research by the author. Various addresses of the same property through the years are given as: 1860-1865 - 158 S. Summer St.; 1872-1882 - 241 S. Summer St.; 1884 - 323 S. Summer St.; and the address at the time of Cullom's writing in 1937 - 511 Fifth Ave. S.

Copyright status is undetermined. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)

Source of acquisition unknown;,1987;,Acc. RT-100.

Burr Cullom became chief of public relations for the department of employment security with the State of Tennessee in 1944. He was an active member of American Legion Post 5 in Nashville, and served as editor of the Tennessee Legionairre for 23 years. He spearheaded the American Legion's efforts to place a flagpole at the site of William Driver's home in Nashville. He died of cancer in 1959 at the age of 71.

In English

Unknown provenance.

Rehouse;,2009;,Linda Barnickel;,removed from Persons Ephemera Subject Files.

No further accruals are expected.