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Scope and content: A series of oral history interviews with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted 21 Mar. 1980-22 May1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley discusses such topics as his childhood and early life; his career as a lawyer and judge; Nashville politics; urban renewal and housing in Nashville; the events of Nashville's civil rights movement and race relations in the city;...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader, and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted 5 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Arriola discusses such topics as his childhood and education...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 42 second interview, Roberts discusses such topics as his family and education; Nashville during the 1950s when he first came to town to attend law school at Vanderbilt;...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Nelson Andrews, conducted 25 Aug. 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 46 minute interview, Andrews discusses such topics as Nashville during the 1940s when he first came to town as a child; leadership; attending Vanderbilt; the advantages...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader David Kirpatrick (Pat) Wilson, conducted 13 Sept. 2006 by Cabot Pyle and Kenneth L. Roberts as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 14 minute interview, Wilson discusses such topics as his childhood and education; attending Wallace University School; serving...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted 3 Nov. 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Jones discusses such topics as growing up in East Nashville during the Great Depression; how he became a journalist and started working for the Nashville...
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Scope and content: The collection contains material relating to the historical research and book publications of author-historian Sarah Foster Kelley, a seventh-generation descendant of General James Robertson and Charlotte Reeves Robertson. Includes numerous records about Robertson family history and research files on many of the families that were among the earliest settlers of what is now Nashville, Tennessee, such as the Cockrills, Dunns, Mays,...
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Community Life - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Impact of Interstate development
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Impact of Interstate development
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Summary: A collection of organizational records of Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc., including correspondence, photographs, newsletters and topical research files created by the organization. Also includes numerous publications produced by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The documentary resources, spanning ca. 1970 through ca. 1988, relate to the organizational leadership and activities of the citizens advocacy group,...
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Architecture - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Local Business - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Local Business - Special Collections Topics
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Scope and content: A photographic collection of 2133 images, spanning the dates ca. 1960-ca. 1988, donated by the Johnson Johnson Crabtree architectural firm, of Nashville, Tennessee, documenting four decades of the architectural project work of Bruce I. Crabtree, Jr., F.A.I.A., a senior founding partner in the firm. The collection is comprised of photographic images of design projects of the architectural firm, Taylor & Crabtree, comprised of photographic...
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Scope and content: A collection of documentary sources related to the Baker v. Carr "one man, one vote" case about Tennessee reapportionment, spanning ca. 1959 to ca. 2003 (bulk ca. 1960-ca. 1965). The papers relate to the lawsuit filed by urban voters against Tennessee's Secretary of State and Attorney General in the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee, (Civil Action No. 2724). Includes documentation of the record on appeal amended and supplemental...
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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...