Sarah Arntz

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Nurse helping a patron from the Nurse Lantern Slides

Nashville's Medical History: Viral Smallpox Outbreak in Nashville 1900-1908

Fri, 03/04/2022 - 12:00

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Archives staff member Morgan recently completed a project of transcribing the Nashville City Board of Health Minutes from 1900-1908. From reading the minutes, she was able to take a peek into Nashville’s past and see how the city dealt with a smallpox outbreak over 100 years ago.

Emancipation Records for James Hendricks

African American Genealogy Research: Metro Archives Can Help

Wed, 03/02/2022 - 12:00

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Sarah Arntz

One of Metro Archives’ ongoing projects is the Nashville Enslaved and Free People of Color Database. Learn more about what it includes and how to use it in our latest post.

Tales From the Crypt: Nashville City Cemetery Edition

Sat, 02/05/2022 - 12:00

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Sarah Arntz

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of Nashville's oldest continuously-operated public cemetery - the Nashville City Cemetery. Nestled quaintly on the northeast side of Fort Negley and just off 4th Ave S, the cemetery might seem like only a quiet piece of Nashville's history, with only the graves of many Nashvillians. But if it could speak, it would have many interesting anecdotes to tell.

Ye Old Book Shops

Sat, 12/25/2021 - 12:00

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Sarah Arntz

Bookstores are always popular during the holidays, especially local favorites like Parnassus and Elder's Bookstore. Curious about Nashville’s bookstore history? Intern Sapphire has you covered.

Evidence tag from the weapon shot by Jake Rader

Attempted Murder in Nashville's Courthouse

Sat, 10/30/2021 - 12:00

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Sarah Arntz

Nashville has no shortage of feuds and strange murders—and here’s another just in time for Halloween: a business rivalry gone wrong, from our newly indexed Criminal Court Case Files.

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Back in the Day Podcast: Tennessee in WWI

February 6, 2018

During this episode, Metropolitan Archivist Ken Fieth welcomes Mark Thompson for a discussion in commemoration of the United States' entry into World War I, just over one hundred years ago. Mark is a living history interpreter and student of America's military and wars.