Family Folktales: Blue Beard

Wed, 07/03/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: Blue Beard Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.…

Family Folktales: The Voice of Death

Wed, 07/17/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: The Voice of Death Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main…

Family Folktales: The Enchanted Pig

Wed, 07/31/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: The Enchanted Pig Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main…

Family Folktales: Felicia and the Pot of Pinks

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: Felicia and the Pot of Pinks Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the…

Family Folktales: The Goose-GIrl

Wed, 08/28/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: The Goose-GIrl Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library…

Family Folktales: Why the Sea is Salt

Wed, 09/11/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: Why the Sea is Salt Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main…

Family Folktales: Mother Holle

Wed, 09/25/2019 - 12:00 Family Folktales: Mother Holle Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.…

Back in the Day Podcast: Tennessee in WWI

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day Podcast: Tennessee in WWI Back in the Day 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…

Back in the Day: Anti-German Sentiment in Nashville during World War One

Sat, 03/03/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day: Anti-German Sentiment in Nashville during World War One Back in the Day Nashville had a strong second generation German community by the time of World War One.  Amy Wannamacher discusses the impact of the strong Anti-…

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Back in the Day Podcast: US Weather Service Nashville Station Journals, Celestial Events, and the Buffalo Balloon

Sat, 05/19/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day Podcast: US Weather Service Nashville Station Journals, Celestial Events, and the Buffalo Balloon Back in the Day Sarah Arntz, an Archivist with the Metro Archives, speaks about her recent processing of the US Weather…

Back in the Day Podcast: Over There, Over Here: Tennesseans in World War One

Sat, 05/12/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day Podcast: Over There, Over Here: Tennesseans in World War One Back in the Day During this episode, Myers Brown, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Archives Development Program, discusses their project to collect and…

Back in the Day Podcast: And the Walls Came Crashing Down: Lifeway Tower Implosion

Sat, 05/05/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day Podcast: And the Walls Came Crashing Down: Lifeway Tower Implosion Back in the Day Archivist Drew Mahan discusses the use of implosion technology and the recent implosion of the Lifeway Draper Tower.

Who Shot Haynie?

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 12:00 Who Shot Haynie? Back in the Day “W. Haynie Gourley of 508 Belle Meade Blvd, president of Capitol Chevrolet Co. was shot and killed today at point-blank range during a robbery attempt.” The lead story on May 24th, 1968 was the killing of…

Back in the Day Podcast: Runaways, Coffles, & Fancy Girls: History of Slavery in Tennessee

Wed, 08/08/2018 - 12:00 Back in the Day Podcast: Runaways, Coffles, & Fancy Girls: History of Slavery in Tennessee Back in the Day Metro Archivist Ken Fieth speaks with Bill Carey, a.k.a. History Bill, on his new book about Slavery in Nashville and…