Alfred Thompson Adams
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Scope and content: An oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge Alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on the 16 Sept. 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Adams, who served Nashville as Chancellor of Part Two of the Davidson County Chancery Court from 1957-1970, discusses his childhood and education in Nashville; visiting the Beersheba Springs...
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English
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Description
Scope and content: The 1910-1935 Oral History Project is comprised of 29 extant audio recordings conducted from 1980 to 1982 by two staff members of Historic Nashville, Inc. Focus of the interviews is upon lived experiences during the early decades of the twentieth century, particularly from the perspective of upper class and upper middle class, white, well-educated individuals.
General topics include: childhood, courtship and marriage, social life,...