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Nashville Public Library (NPL) is the public library system serving Nashville, Tennessee and the metropolitan area of Davidson County. In 2010, the Nashville Public Library was the recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. [2] The library was named the Gale / Library Journal 2017 Library of the Year.
1. Brownsville Carnegie Library. Brownsville. Dec 2, 1909. $7,500. 121 W. Main St. Built 1910–1912; open 1912–2002, now Chamber of Commerce; possibly designed by Neander M. Woods Jr., Memphis; rehabbed 1993 [3] Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 2. Old Library Building.
Occupation. Poet. novelist. librarian. Education. Pacific Union College. Period. 1924–1973. Arna Wendell Bontemps ( / bɒnˈtɒm / bon-TOM [1]) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) [2] was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance .
Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Cockrill Bend. It opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992 because of overcrowding concerns. [1] The facility was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado in the tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020.
The Tennessee Library Association (TNLA) is a professional organization that offers support for library staff working in Tennessee. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee . [2] [3] TLA was originally organized in Nashville on May 29, 1902, by members of the Nashville Public Library staff and the Nashville Library Club and had 41 members by ...
Marian M. Hadley. Marian M. Hadley was Nashville, Tennessee's first African American librarian, serving as the first librarian of the Nashville Negro Public Library, a branch of the Nashville Public Library for African American patrons. [1] She went on to work at the Chicago Public Library for almost twenty years, building and promoting the ...
Nashville Gas Light Company in operation. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway starts operating. 1852 Public school system inaugurated. Davidson County Jail built. 1854 Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville. Tennessee State Library established. 1855 – Giers photo studio in business.
The Metro Archives, housed within Nashville Public Library, includes 5 million historic documents. Equal access is provided by the Talking Library audio reading service for the print disabled and Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. For more information, call (615) 862.5800 or visit . Nashville Skyline