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Historic Nashville, Inc. collections
Community Life - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Historic Nashville, Inc. collections
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Scope and content: Fifteen interviews in various formats conducted mostly in 1977 and 1978 with individuals who were owners, or were the family of former owners of historic homes in Nashville, most of which had been in the same family for several generations. Several of the homes were constructed prior to 1800 during the early settlement period of Middle Tennessee. A few are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to their...
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Scope and content: A book of depositions and transcript of proceedings in the case of Mary and William McNeill v. Morgan W. Brown in 1847, heard in the Sixth Circuit Court in Davidson County, Tenn. The case involves the guardianship of orphans Mary and William McNeill, ages 13 and 10. Their father, William McNeill, left a will granting the guardianship to his neighbor, Morgan W. Brown. The estate totalled $120,000 in 1847. Samuel Crockett, the children's...
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Abstract: These materials center on aviatrix Cornelia Clark Fort, the first female pilot to die on active military duty, during World War II. The collection chronicles Cornelia's career and death through correspondence, official documents, photographs, and a few artifacts, as well as oral interviews and other research collected by Doris Brinker Tanner and Rob Simbeck. The collection touches briefly on the extended Fort family and includes four letters...
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Scope and content: Home movies, in color and black and white, shot by Albert and Mary Jane Werthan, spanning the time frame from 1935 to 1962, showing their children, friends, extended family at play and leisure in Nashville, Tenn. and environs. All scenes are shot outdoors. Includes scenes at the family farm in Williamson County, Tenn. known as Tollgate Farm, mostly of family, recreation, and scenic shots, but including scenes of haying operations...
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