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"Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Tennessee Off the Beaten Path shows you the Volunteer State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed. Thrill-seeking country music fans can soar on the Wild Eagle roller coaster (and visit some real eagles) at Dollywood. Tour the historic Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg and savor...
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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: Two items relating to the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA. One item is a large illustrated booklet, produced in 1936, entitled: "Pictorial Handbook of the Tennessee Valley." It shows dams and agricultural scenes, and includes projections and plans for future activities of the TVA. Subjects discussed primarily focus upon dams, flood control, hydroelectric power, river navigation, lake and water recreation, electrification, and...
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Scope and content: A variety of material about Tennessee lakes, rivers, streams, and other bodies of water. Most items are formally produced by the Corps of Engineers, state or local agencies, or other parts of the government, but some items are self-produced by individual authors or small organizations. Approximately one half of the collection are Corps of Engineers publications, which provide information about Corps of Engineers operations as well...
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Scope and content: Brochures, booklets, and a variety of other material concerning various aspects of the state of Tennessee. Subjects include overviews of various aspects of the state in general, state government, history, state symbols, and tourism. Many items are heavily illustrated, often with color photographs. The vast majority of materials are from the late twentieth or early twenty-first centuries. Quantity of materials on a subject ranges...
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Scope and content: Scrapbook compiled by Prudence Polk (1865-1952) a retired Nashville Public School teacher documenting a river boat cruise she took onboard the Gordon C. Greene from June 17-30 1950. The scrapbook which is not in chronological order, contains mostly undated newspaper clippings (three feature Miss Polk and include her photo), a cruise itinerary and souvenir booklet, one photograph of Miss Polk sitting in an interior room of the boat,...
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Scope and content: A wide variety of material relating to transportation in Nashville, Tenn. Major subject areas concern transportation in general, automobiles, aviation, boats, buses, railroads, and streetcars. The vast majority of materials date from the late twentieth century, and focus on transportation in the greater Nashville area. This includes public and private enterprises, mass transit and personal vehicles, movement of passengers and freight,...
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Scope and content: Brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, lists, booklets, and a variety of other material concerning various Tennessee communities. Emphasis is upon Nashville and Davidson County, with a large quantity of material relating to or produced by the city, county, or metropolitan governments. Chronological lists of government officials for various offices are a particularly helpful resource.
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Scope and content: Photocopy of a diary created by an unidentified person, which documents the colporteur voyage of Middle Tennesseans Gideon H. Lowe, Malkijah S. Vaughan (a Presbyterian or Cumberland Presbyterian minister) and Edmund W. Vaughan from Dec. 10, 1847 to Mar. 13, 1848. Colporteurs were essentially traveling salesmen who sought to sell and distribute Christian literature to the masses. This expedition left "Lowe's woodyard" on the Cumberland...
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Abstract: Over 100 audio-recorded interviews of individuals recalling their experiences at Union Station as travelers, railroad or station employees, relatives of employees, or in other capacities. Recollections span the time frame from the construction and dedication of the station in the late 1890s to the time of the interviews in the mid-1970s. Further details about topics discussed and interview participants may be found in the collection finding...
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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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Abstract: The Harry C. Monk Papers are focused on his work as an avid bird watcher in the Nashville, Davidson County area and are comprised of his daily journals, bird observations and data, various documents from ornithological associations, correspondence, photographs, maps, butterfly observations, and family papers. Various papers from other local noted ornithologists, such as Amelia Laskey, Albert Ganier, George Mayfield, and others, are also...
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Abstract: Maps of Nashville; Davidson County; the state of Tennessee; Tennessee cities and counties; Civil War battles, especially those in Tennessee; and a variety of other maps including geologic maps, water resources, and recreation, mostly as they relate to Tennessee. Other states, particularly Southern states and states bordering Tennessee, are also included, with emphasis upon the era of Tennessee settlement, from the 1770s to the mid-1800s....
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Abstract: The Nashville Electric Service Public Relations Records (NESPRR) includes approximately 16 linear feet of material covering a range of subjects relating to the history of the electrification of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, spanning the time frame of circa 1866 to 1989, with the bulk of the collection concentrating on 1900 to 1989. The materials found in the NESPRR collection help demonstrate how the use of electricity evolved from its...
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Abstract: Four diaries (1881-1886) written by T. Leigh Thompson while attending school at Culleoka Institute (1881-1883) and Vanderbilt University (1883-1886), and during his summer jobs working as a traveling book salesman for Garretson & Co. The diaries form the heart of the collection and document a wide variety of subjects in Thompson's daily life. Eight folders of additional materials include: a partial transcript of the 1881 diary (Aug. only);...
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