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Scope and content: A collection of three scrapbooks, featuring newspaper clippings about The Little Theatre Guild, Inc., of Nashville, Tennessee. The articles were published in "The Banner," and "The Tennessean" newspapers, ca. 1921-ca. 1932. The main theatrical performance venue was Hillsboro Theater.
Scrapbook #1, ca. 1927-ca. 1928, contains clippings created by the Publicity Department of the Little Theatre Guild, with information about theatrical...
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Scope and content: Photocopy of scrapbook of newspaper clippings, ca. 1937-1941, concerning public health, school health programs, and related topics in Nashville, Tenn. compiled by Margaret McGee Higgins. Many pages in the scrapbook are arranged in a "layered" fashion. Such pages have been photocopied in their entirety, in their original layout, followed by copies of the individual articles from the same page. Each original layered page is identified...
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Scope and content: A collection of six scrapbooks and one diary presumably compiled by Meriwether Liston Lewis, a Nashville Carnegie Library reference librarian and a published author, spanning the dates ca. 1901-ca. 1954. The materials document Nashville theatre, primarily about theatrical productions at the Vendome Theatre and the Grand Opera House, ca. 1901, United States history, international and national politics, the Paris Peace Conference...
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Scope and content: The collection consists of two scrapbooks and a few additional unbound pages of newspaper clippings compiled by Edwin A. Price, who served as Nashville's City Attorney (circa late 1890s-circa 1902) and later as the Attorney General for Davidson County (circa 1902-circa 1906). The bound volumes, spanning January 6, 1899, through October 6, 1899, include numerous articles about the legal battles between railroads and streetcar companies...
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Scope and content: A scrapbook journal related to theatrical and operatic productions at the Theatre Vendome circa the 1887-88 season. Includes the handwritten playscript "Lights and Shadows" by Louis Davis, with a diagram of stage settings. The published clippings pertain to performances at the Theatre Vendome, the Masonic Theatre, and The Grand Opera House, all located in Nashville, Tennessee. Circa the 1887-88 season many prominent artists appeared...
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Scope and content: Newsclippings, spanning dates from 1918-1941, sometimes including entire pages or nearly complete issues, from the Nashville Banner and Tennesseean newspapers. Early papers sometimes feature photogravure sections. A few clippings relate to members of the Andrews family, especially the three sons of James and Lula Andrews, and a few articles document James D. Andrews's interest in local aviation matters.
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Scope and content: Four paperback scrapbooks containing news clippings from circa 1950 through circa 1965 about Tennessee and Nashville history. Clippings are heavily illustrated with photographs or drawings, most in black and white but some in color. The vast majority of clippings contain no source or date information. Subjects include the Civil War, especially in Tennessee, and cover such subjects as battles, commemorative and memorial activities,...
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Scope and content: Photocopy of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings from 1861 to 1870, probably compiled by Elizabeth Farnsworth. Clippings are usually undated and newspaper is unidentified. Most items are believed to be from Nashville, Tenn. newspapers, although some appear to be from Memphis, Tenn. and also New York state. Clippings include obituaries and marriage notices, social news, household hints, trivia, poetry, and items relating to...
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Scope and content: Small looseleaf scrapbook compiled by Ann May Hardeman Fort (Mrs. Combs Fort) containing newsclippings from 1937-1940, pasted onto plain white sheets of paper. The vast majority of clippings relate to the social life of young women of Nashville from prominent families, including balls, parties, luncheons, and particularly, weddings. Clippings include numerous photographs of young women in wedding or formal social attire, occasionally...
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Scope and content: Records include two ledger books and other financial records; publicity and advertising materials, including a printed version of the Mrs. Grissom's Salads advertising song, "The Legend of Mrs. G.;" two photographs; news clippings and magazine articles; and a 50th Anniversary video recording on DVD.
One ledger book documents the earliest days of the business in 1955, showing sales, salespeople, delivery and distribution throughout...
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Scope and content: A collection of official records of the Nashville Relief Society, the United Charities, the Addison Avenue Settlement Workers, Camp Thomas Social Workers, and the Fannie Battle Day Home. The sources pertain to the charitable work of the social workers as well as social conditions in the Nashville area spanning the late 1880s to the 1940s. Present are minutes of board meetings, lists of charitable donations, and treasurers reports....
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