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7) Away
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A gentle tale told entirely through sticky notes between a mother and daughter as the girl's departure for her first summer camp draws near demonstrates how love can be found even in scribbled messages and other unlikely places.
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Scope and content: Small pocket notebook containing notes relating to the survey of a route from Nashville, Tenn. to Knoxville, Tenn. for the Tennessee and Pacific Railroad, conducted under the direction of E.F. Falconnet. His notes appear to be field notes taken at the time of survey and building of the railroad, which he later reported in a more detailed and fuller form in a formal report. Notes are very brief, but include dates and activities,...
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Scope and content: Half of the collection contains Margaret Lindsley Warden's typescript autobiography, originally begun in 1993, expanded in 1998, and later published as Life Has Been Very Kind to Me. The rest of the collection primarily consists of detailed research notes about Nashville history, including prominent Nashville families; organizations and general historical minutiae; music and theatre; and streets and the residents and businesses...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials relating to postal and monetary history in Nashville and Tennessee.
Materials include: A booklet about the first trip of the Highway Post Office from Nashville to Jackson, Tenn. (1949) which includes additional information about Nashville's postal history; an unopened envelope with cancellation marking the first air mail flight from Nashville, Tenn. to Ft. Worth, Tex. (1931); and three articles from...
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Abstract: Research papers compiled by Hutchison on Nashville architects and men's clubs at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and documents relating to Hutchison's involvement and leadership at Belle Meade Country Club in the early 1970s, especially its golf course.
Scope and content: Series I. Research files consist predominently of photocopies and hand-written notes relating to architects Herman Justi and W. C. Smith, especially...
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Abstract: Research notes, audio cassettes and VHS video tapes, periodicals and other items collected by country music historian Bob Pinson. The collection's main focus is material related to Hank Williams, including his day to day performance and recording itinerary, and the Grand Ole Opry, specifically Opry performances that were part of the Armed Forces Radio Services broadcast, primarily from the 1940s and 1950s.
Scope and Content: The Bob Pinson...
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Abstract: The Harry C. Monk Papers are focused on his work as an avid bird watcher in the Nashville, Davidson County area and are comprised of his daily journals, bird observations and data, various documents from ornithological associations, correspondence, photographs, maps, butterfly observations, and family papers. Various papers from other local noted ornithologists, such as Amelia Laskey, Albert Ganier, George Mayfield, and others, are also...
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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...