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Scope and content: One volume ledger of expenses spanning 1929 to 1934 for the firm Beasley & Sons. The ledger provides a daily listing of expenses by category, arranged and totaled by month. Some of the categories include: freight and drayage; labor; taxes; insurance and rent; office supplies; payments to officers in the firm; and a wide variety of other expenses, comprised of approximately 30 categories in total. Yearly totals are consolidated at...
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Scope and content: Oral history interviews with Nashville judge John L. Draper, conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Malcolm McKinney as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Draper, who served Nashville as a magistrate (1929-1937), General Sessions Judge (1937-1960), and Criminal Court Judge (1960-1982), discusses such topics as his childhood on his family's farm in Goodlettsville, Tennessee; his education; his law...
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Scope and content: The collection consists of 15 audio interviews conducted in 2012 with members of the Bells Bend/Scottsboro communities by Nashville Public Library staff. The interviews highlight the historical family legacies in the communities and serve to preserve and promote the rural character of the area. Most interviews average about 45 minutes in length. Most interviews have indexes; there are no transcripts.
Interviewees include: Wesley...
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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 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,...