Tennessee--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Tennessee Screenwriting Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0442
Scope and Content Note

This collection is made up of materials in 2 Hollinger boxes comprising .84 linear feet.

It includes correspondence, newsletters, newspaper articles, photographs,by - laws and other documents relating to the Association covering the years 1988 to 2002.

Dates: 1988 - 2002

General Gates P. Thruston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0454
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an address, biographical and collection details, journal articles, and a manuscript relating to General Gates P. Thruston. Please note that additional information regarding ‘The Thruston Collection’ is located in the Secretary of the University Records, RG 900, under Robert McGaw.

Dates: 1900 - 1910

Molly H. Todd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0459
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Mary Hart "Molly" Todd, first president of the reconstituted League of Women Voters of Nashville. Todd was a strong advocate for voting rights, racial integration, and women's rights.

Dates: 1943 - 1993

James Waller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0485
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a report, in one file folder, compiled by James Waller on the position of the Tennessee Electric Power Company.

Dates: 1934

The Waller Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0486
Scope and Contents A description of the series contained within each box: Box 1 Reports on the Waller Project, Source Cards for the Johnson Report, Interviews (taped) Done by Donald Davidson and Carole Shelton, Name Index to Interview Cards. Box 2 Interview Cards, Narratives of Interviews (typed), Anderson - Moore. Box 3 Narratives of Interviews (typed), Polk - Wilson, Narratives of Interviews,- drafts with...
Dates: 1853 - 1954

Samuel Anderson Weakley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0493

Martha Jane Whiteside Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0501
Abstract

The Martha Jane Whiteside Collection, 1906-1907, consists of three issues of the Purple and White Newspaper donated by librarian Martha Jane Whiteside, 1922-2011.

Dates: 1906 - 1907

William Ridley Wills II Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS.0510

Anna Green Young Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0536
Abstract

A brief, two page history of Captain George Ridley and his family, early settlers in the Nashville area, and Fort Ridley, built between 1785-1790.

Dates: 1908 June 23

Bert Edward Young Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0537
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a 1913 paper delivered, by Bert Edward Young, before the Round Table of Nashville.

Dates: 1913

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