Relates the history of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., longtime home of the Grand Ole Opry radio program, and its meaning to country music and Nashville theatrical history. Includes appearances by Ryman and Grand Ole Opry personnel, the writers Garrison Keillor and Charles Wolfe, musicians such as Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, and Gretchen Wilson, and others; narrated by Opry member Hal Ketchum.

Scope and content: A variety of items promoting and documenting the Grand Ole Opry. Includes histories, programs, promotional fliers, personal reminiscences, essays, and special commemorative issues of newspapers and booklets. Some items are heavily illustrated, most in color. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item. Contains some photocopies.

Scope and content: Scattered issues of Take One newspaper, published in Nashville, Tenn. Holdings begin with vol. 1 issue 5 (Dec. 1977/Jan. 1978) when it was published on a monthly basis, to vol. 3 no. 13 (Aug. 13, 1979), by which time it had become a weekly. The range of topics covered in each issue generally include: personality profiles and interviews; coverage of local television and radio stations; short fiction and essays; issues and topics...

"Music tells the story of the charmed life of Matthew Kennedy. At four years old he played his first piano piece. At twelve he was the star of his own radio program in Macon, Georgia. That same year, he found himself sitting in the audience for a live concert given by the celebrated Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff during his tour of the American South. Matthew's journey delivered him from the segregated South, sending him to New York City (where...

Scope and content: Three radio scripts about Andrew Jackson's life for the program, "Cavalcade of America," sponsored by the DuPont Manufacturing Company. The scripts also include ads for DuPont and its products. "The Gorgeous Hussy," starring Paulette Goddard and based upon a book of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, tells about the so-called "Eaton Affair" (or "Petticoat Affair"). When recently widowed Peggy Timberlake married Jackson's Secretary...

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...

Scope and content: Materials include letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, unit histories and unit newsletters, photographs, oral interviews and transcripts, maps, and publications. These materials include some photocopies. The World War II Series of the Veterans History Project Collection emphasizes the participation of Nashville area citizens in the war effort, in both military and civilian capacities. Some materials acquired early in the project came from...