The Community Counts Passport is good for free admission for two to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Passports must be picked up in person at a library; they are not available digitally. Valid for 7 days after check out. If unused, please return to any Nashville Public Library. As part of Community Counts, children up to age 18 from Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson, and Wilson counties are admitted to the museum...

Scope and content: A variety of materials about Nashville museums, 1951-2012, (bulk 1975-2012). Items consist of brochures; museum maps; exhibit and activities calendars; invitations and programs from groundbreakings, dedications, exhibit openings, or special events; and teacher's and visitors' guides. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than eight items, and often only a single item. Contains...

Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader E.W. "Bud" Wendell, conducted 22 June 2007 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the two hour interview, Wendell discusses such topics as his early career as a Shield Man with National Life and Accident Life Insurance and how the Grand Ole Opry was a promotional...

Scope and content: The collection consists of audio interviews with Nashville business and civic leaders and local restaurateurs. The interviews detail projects conducted by business and civic leaders that positively impacted the Nashville community and the stories of Southerners that eat, serve and consume food and drink locally. Some interviews include an index and transcript. Many individual interviews in this collection have been cataloged separately,...