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Scope and content: Routine correspondence to and from the Superintendent of Water Works, Nashville, Tenn. from 1887 to 1941 with the majority of materials from 1889-1891. Most items relate to George Reyer's tenure as Superintendent of Water Works, though a few concern Jonathan T. Ahearn's time in office (circa 1899). Content includes requests from citizens and businesses to tap into water mains, build hydrants, or extend water lines. Some correspondence...
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Abstract: Scrapbook created by an unidentified member of the Granbery family of Nashville, Tenn., probably Mrs. W.L. Granbery, consisting of news clippings, postcards, photographs and manuscripts, primarily concerning events in Nashville and Nashvillians during World War I. Most items are undated.
Scope and content: Newspaper clippings include poems, general war news, casualty numbers, actions of the 117th Regiment, 114th Field Artillery, and the...
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Abstract: A wide variety of materials, mostly from 1932-1997, documenting individuals, and used by Nashville Banner reporters for reference in the course of their daily work. Items were originally housed in the Banner Clippings Files and were removed for preservation purposes by Nashville Public Library staff to form this collection.
Scope and content: The Nashville Banner Reporter Reference Files, Biography Series has information about notable people...
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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,...
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