Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
3801 Green Hills Village Drive,
Nashville, TN 37215
Phone: 615-862-5880
Organization type: Local government archives
Access: 9:30-5:30 Monday-Thursday; 9:00-5:00 Saturday
Total Volume: 15,212 cubic feet
Holdings
TYPES:
- Original documents,
- photographs/negatives,
- microfilm,
- prints/illustrations,
- maps,
- audio tapes,
- video tapes.
DESCRIPTION:
- Selected records include county government and the old City of Nashville records;
- deed instruments, 1781-1955;
- will books and original wills, 1781-1925;
- marriages, including licenses and bonds, 1789-1981;
- court minutes, 1781-1955; birth records, 1881-1912;
- death records, 1874-1912; naturalizations of citizens, 1789-1905;
- photographs, 1936-present;
- motion pictures of Nashville events, 1960s;
- video and audio cassettes, 1976-1980;
- Metropolitan Council sessions on audio cassette, 1976-1995;
- manuscript collections, early 1840s-present;
- Chancery Court case files, 1840-1955;
- Nashville Merchant’s Licenses, 1894-1922.
- Special collections include:
- Civil Rights Collection;
- Formation of Metropolitan Government;
- Nashville Banner Newspaper Photographic Collection.
DATES: 1780-1991