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Scope and content: The collection consists of three scrapbooks and miscellany related to the life and career of Nashville puppeteer Tom Tichenor (1923-1992). Materials include photographs, newsclippings, ephemera, articles, correspondence, and several original writings of Tom Tichenor. The articles are primarily from "The Nashville Tennessean" and "The Nashville Banner" newspapers and pertain to Tichenor's career and his puppet theatre productions...
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Scope and content: The collection consists of two theatrical scrapbooks and individually foldered photographs that belonged to the American actress Madge West Joseph (1892-1985). The primary and secondary sources include biographical newspaper articles, theatrical programs, theatrical reviews, photographs, correspondence, telegrams, and ephemera. The collection documents the actress's involvement with Nashville theatrical guilds and organizations...
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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: 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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Education - Special Collections Topics
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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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Abstract: Scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings and audio recordings documenting the lives of African-Americans Thomas W. Southall, especially his career in the army, particularly his service in Germany in the 1950s, building radio sites; and his wife, Myrtle Forcey-Southall, who performed under the name, Myrtle Wilson, as a contortionist and dancer, and under her later stage name, Joyce Jackson, as a jazz singer. She performed in jazz clubs on...
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