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[The 1937 Flood: View over First Avenue]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937. This view overlooks flooded sections of First Avenue from the Sparkman Street Bridge. This bridge would later be called the Shelby Street Bridge and today is known as the John Seigenthaler…
[Traffic was Hampered on North First Street]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937. This view overlooks North First Street. Traffic was hampered by the water, which was at a flood stage of 44.7' that day. Note the man at left riding his bicycle across the bridge. The water took…
[The 1937 Flood: A Look at Gravelotte, TN]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937. This view overlooks mile 161 on the Cumberland River, near Gravelotte, T.N., within the town of present-day Ashland City (approximately 16 miles northwest of Nashville). The Lock 1 lower river…
[The 1937 Flood: A Look at Farris Lumber Company]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937. This view overlooks a portion of flooded lumber yard belonging to Farris Lumber Company just below the Jefferson Street Bridge. The Lock 1 upper gauge read 53.0' on this day. Normally the river…
[The 1937 Flood: A Look at East Nashville]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937. This view overlooks a section of East Nashville just above the Jefferson Street Bridge. The river gauge at Lock 1 upper gauge read 53.0' on this day. Normally the river should read below 35.0'.…
[1937 Flood: A Look at 7th and 8th Avenues North]
The Cumberland River flooded again in January of 1937, a record flood year for the Cumberland, Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers that has been described as the worst disaster in American history to that date. Snow, sleet and over 21 inches of freezing…
A Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; Comprehending the Spanish Provinces of East and West Florida: Exhibiting the Boundaries as fixed by the late Treaty of Peace between the United States and the Spanish Dominions
This map, done by cartographer Joseph Purcell, was published in 1792. This map is part of the Robert A. McGaw Collection at Vanderbilt Library Special Collections. The subject of this map is the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, with a…
Wise Blood
Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connors first novel, tells the story of a returning World War II veteran who, haunted by a lifelong crisis of faith, resolves to form an anti-religious ministry in an eccentric southern town. Althogh neglected by most critics…
"An Interview with Robert Penn Warren and Flannery O'Connor" from Vanderbilt Literary Magazine, "Vagabond"
In April 1959, Flannery O’Connor traveled from her home in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Nashville. She visited with the Cheneys, and agreed to sit for an interview at Vanderbilt with fellow writer and friend Robert Penn Warren. She spoke with Penn…
[Portraits of Flannery O'Connor]
A series of portrait photographs of Flannery O'Conner was taken at the Smyrna home of Brainard and Fannie Cheney. The Cheneys affectionately called their home "Cold Chimneys" and many of Cheney's letters to Flannery were written from there. By 1955,…