Tennessee History
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
John Kennerly Farris Biographical File
File includes genealogical and biographical information.
Thomas Fearn Frist, Sr. Biographical File
Biographical file includes photographs (including slides of Dr. Frist and Dr. John A. Oates) numerous news clippings, press release, speech, and other biographical information.
Frist, Thomas Fearn, Sr. (1913-1998)
Alma Elizabeth Gault (1891-1981) Biographical File
Biographical material, correspondence, newspaper clippings, ANA Hall of Fame Application for Alma Gault
Laurence A. Grossman Biographical File
Biographical file contains an obituary and an extensive article about Dr. Grossman's accomplishments published by St. Thomas Hospital in the 1990s.
William David Haggard, Jr. Biographical File
Biographical file includes several photographs, collection guides, sketches, articles, news clipping, and other biographical information on both Dr. Haggard and his father.
Haggard, William David, Jr. (1872-1940)
Paul Francis Hahn Biographical File
Biographical file includes obituary, academic article, and correspondence.
Hahn, Paul Francis (1908-1967)
David Morris Harding Family Papers
This collection is primarily composed of business and personal receipts of David Morris Harding and his wife, Fanny Gieves Harding, from the early 19th century. It also includes a few letters, account statements and books, land records/surveys, and miscellaneous notes. David Morris Harding is the Uncle of William Giles Harding of Belle Meade Plantation.
Oscar S. Hauk Biographical File
Biographical file includes a news clipping and a section of a 1961 Nashville Tennessean Magazine.
J. Lynwood Herrington Biographical File
Biographical file includes several articles on the history of surgery, especially gastro-intestinal surgery, authored by Dr. Herrington; material on the history of medicine in Nashville; CV; original drawing by A. Rees, medical illustrator used to illustrate one of Dr. Herrington's articles; and other biographical information.
Herrington, J. Lynwood (1919-2004)
Edward Dickson Hicks Family Papers
The E.D. Hicks Family Papers collection contains the personal and buisness records of the Hicks family. The collection spans the life of four generations of the Hicks family. The Hicks family was a prominent cattle farm owning family in Nashville, Tennessee. The majority of this collection's materials focus on the 2nd and 4th generations of the family.
J. William Hillman Biographical File
Biographical file includes compact disc, CV, photograph, news clippings, Harris-Hillman School information and brochures, obituary, and other biographical information.
Hillman, J. William (1921-1970)
Frank Hollowell Biographical File
Biographical file includes a memorial entry from the Tennessee Medical Society Transaction, 1891.
Robert H. Hutcheson Biographical File
Biographical file includes news clipping.
John Berrien Lindsley
Joseph Jones Biographical File
Biographical file includes a Tennessee Historical Quarterly biographical article by Dr. Robert W. Ikard entitled "The Short and Stormy Nashville Career of Joseph Jones, Tennessee's First Public Health Officer.'
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