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1) Opryland USA
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Opryland USA attracted millions of visitors each year and gave many celebrities their first taste of show business. As the "Home of American Music," Opryland USA still lives on in the hearts and minds of those who visited this show that made country music famous.
By the late 1960s, the Ryman Auditorium - the fifth home of the Grand Ole Opry - was a deteriorating firetrap in a seedy part of Nashville, yet it still attracted thousands
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Scope and content: Nine concept drawings of exterior views of Nashville's Opryland USA theme park, including a few of its shops and rides, and views of the Grand Ole Opry House, which opened on the park's grounds in March 1974. Three of the drawings were done in color on 11" x 14" mats; three pen and ink drawings are on 12" x 15" mats, and three more pen and ink drawings are on 13" x 15" mats.
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Scope and content: Includes a wide variety of material relating to professional, amateur and recreational sports, individual sports teams, general sports activities (mostly for adults), seasonal and other recreational activities, amusement parks and similar location-based recreation, marathons and single-event sports, sports stadiums and venues, and related subjects. Formats include promotional material, programs, recreation guides, registration or...
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Scope and content: An oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on the 7 Aug. 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project concentration on Nashville history from 1910 to 1930. Barnes discusses her childhood and education; memories of riding the streetcar to Glendale Park; quitting school and going to work downtown; her marriage and children; and life in Nashville during the period of 1910-1930, including...
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Scope and content: Newsclippings, spanning dates from 1918-1941, sometimes including entire pages or nearly complete issues, from the Nashville Banner and Tennesseean newspapers. Early papers sometimes feature photogravure sections. A few clippings relate to members of the Andrews family, especially the three sons of James and Lula Andrews, and a few articles document James D. Andrews's interest in local aviation matters.
Topics include a wide...