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The remarkable story of a T-shirt company that sparked a global movement to aid people living in poverty. All his life, Derek Evans felt a spiritual pull to be a part of something greater than himself, but it wasn't until he embarked on a transformational trip to LA's infamous skid row that he found his true calling. He returned home with a plan to build a mission-minded business that would change the world--one T-shirt at a time. When Project 615's...
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Scope and content: Materials in this series include interviews and items relating to individuals who served during peacetime or during periods of conflict other than those wars specified by the Library of Congress in their Veterans History Project. As a general rule, items for this series were not directly solicited, but rather were added to the project in the course of gathering materials and interviews for other segments. Note that individuals who...
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Scope and content: Contains information about Buva College Rescue Home and Training School for Negro Children, a private relief organization operated in Nashville, Tenn. by Dr. Moses Mullins. Contains brief financial statements (1946 and 1953); two brochures; publicity materials, including a large illustrated poster/program for a 1947 fundraiser held at War Memorial Auditorium, featuring performances by the Willia Mai Ford Smith, the Waterford Sisters,...
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Scope and content: Annual reports from the Nashville Housing Authority (NHA) and the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) from 1938 to 1996 (some years missing) and two project-specific reports on Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project (c. 1952) and Edgehill Redevelopment and Renewal Project (c. 1964). The collection documents the activities and mission of the Nashville Housing Authority and the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency...
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Abstract: The collection, spanning nearly one hundred years (ca. 1905-ca. 1998, bulk 1905-1972), documents Miss Fannie Battle's humanitarian vision to build and maintain a charitable day care facility for the care, nursing, and education of underprivileded children in the Nashville area, spanning nearly one hundred years (ca. 1905-ca. 1998, bulk 1905-1972). The sources consist of historical journals, scrapbooks, and photographic sources related to...
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