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Scope and content: An oral history interview with Nashville engineer Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., conducted 18 August 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Oral History Project. Creighton discusses the building of Nashville's Parthenon, both the original replica built for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897 and the second replica building during the 1920s, as well as his and his father's roles in...
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Scope and content: Architectural drawings created in the 1920s and early 1930s by Russell Eason Hart and others for the reconstruction of Nashville's Parthenon replica in Centennial Park. Drawings are for all aspects of the reconstruction, including interiors, exteriors, plans, elevations, sections, details, ornament, schematics, structural and foundation plans, and electrical and ventilation systems. Drawings include some very detailed images of...
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Scope and content: The Henry C. Hibbs Papers include approximately 75 cubic feet of materials that document his life and career as a leading architect in Nashville and the South. The collection dates from 1882 to ca. 1988 and contains a variety of materials on the history of Nashville during the first half of the twentieth century. Photographs of Nashville buildings like the American National Bank, the American Trust building, the City Market House,...
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"Seasoned home-renovation experts and TikTok stars Daniel and Noell Jett (@JettSetFarmhouse) know a thing or two about building gorgeous homes with cost-effective tips and tricks. You'll learn how to add functionality, beauty, and charm to each room of your home--including ideas for outdoor spaces--whether you're renovating or building from the ground up!"--
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Secretary of State Tre Hargett commissioned Assistant State Archivist Dr. Wayne C. Moore to use the unrivaled archival resources of the Tennessee State Library & Archives to tell the story of this magnificent structure. Mining the complete construction records, the papers of architect William Strickland, and the rich image collections in the Library & Archives provided fresh perspectives. Dr. Moore has compiled this information, including some newly...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of documents dating ca. 1939-1978 relating to the McKissack & McKissack architectural firm of Nashville, Tenn. Materials include two histories of the organization written prior to 1950; the firm's application for National Defense Construction Projects with the Federal government during World War II, including highlighting its work at the Tuskegee Army Airfield where the 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) would...
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Downtown Nashville - 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: The Taylor Roofing Company Records is a small collection of photographs and copy photographs of customer testimonial letters (approximately 44 items total) that provide a brief history of this local business and a snapshot of life in Nashville in the middle 1920s. Photographs of local residences and other buildings are included in the collection. Customer testimonial letters provide further documentation of local community members,...
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Scope and content: A very small quantity of brochures, booklets, reports, advertising and publicity materials, and other items concerning Nashville and Middle Tennessee architecture and architects or architectural firms.
Items include: "Nashville Art Deco" (1984); Downtown Nashville Art and Architecture - Three Walking Tours (1987); a list of buildings and industrial plants in Davidson County, Tenn. completed by Foster & Creighton since 1885 (compiled...
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Abstract: [from opening title] "This Film Has Been Produced By The Nashville Electric Service In Order To Bring To Its Many Employees The Opportunity Of Seeing The Different Operations And Factors That Make Up A CITY of ELECTRICITY."
Scope and content: Black and white silent film footage showing various Nashville Electric Service (NES) departments and workers from circa 1946. The film demonstrates the disparate operations and various services of...
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Scope and Content: Architectural and personal papers of Robinson Neil Bass, consisting primarily of architectural plans and renderings, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and related materials documenting numerous commercial, residential, and government buildings designed by Bass through the latter half of the twentieth century. The collection is organized in to two series: I. Building Projects; and II. Personal Papers.
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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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Scope and content: Twenty issues of Old Hickory News (Aug. 3 through Dec. 14, 1918), the company newsletter for the Old Hickory Powder Plant. Newsletters document the construction and operation of the plant and activities of employees from August 3, 1918 to December 14, 1918 and contain a wide variety of information. Regular columns profiled company employees, especially those in management positions; operations of the various departments at the...
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Scope and content: An oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 9th and 13th of February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Avery discusses the first automobile built in Nashville by George Preston Dorris and his subsequent manufacture of the St. Louis Car and the Dorris Car in St. Louis, Mo.; traveling and transportation...
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Abstract: Includes a wide variety of material relating to residences, including named homes, apartments, condominiums, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings as residences. Includes some neighborhood or area guides and directories to real estate, rentals, historic homes, and related resources.
Scope and content: Materials include sales, rental, or promotional brochures, some with floor plans; tourist or historically oriented brochures and booklets...
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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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Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Local Business - Special Collections Topics
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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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Scope and content: Records of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors (GNAR) (1996-present) and its predecessor organizations, the Nashville Real Estate Board (1907-1967); and the Nashville Board of Realtors (1967-1996). The collection documents the real estate industry̹Ñ₂Ø♭s growth and professionalization in the twentieth century, covering the years 1923 through 2011. The bulk of the collection runs from 1950 to 2002, and is therefore...
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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...