Nashville Banner Reporter Reference Files: Series I. Biography, 1890-1999 (bulk 1932-1997) Collection Summary Creator: Nashville Banner Title: Biography Series Inclusive Dates: 1890-1999 (bulk 1932-1997) Summary/Abstract: A wide variety of materials, mostly from 1932-1997, documenting individuals, and used by Nashville Banner reporters for reference in the course of their daily work. Items were originally housed in the Banner Clippings Files and were removed for preservation purposes by Nashville Public Library staff to form this collection. Physical Description/Extent: 12.25 cu. ft. Series: I. Biography Linking Entry Complexity Note: Forms part of the Nashville Banner Reporter Reference Files, part of the Nashville Banner Archives. Accession Number: RT-102 Language: English Stack Location: Closed stacks Nashville Banner Room Repository: Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37219 Biographical/Historical Sketch The Nashville Banner newspaper began publication on Apr. 10, 1876 and ceased publication Feb. 20, 1998. Scope and Contents of the Collection The Nashville Banner Reporter Reference Files, Biography Series has information about notable people who received news coverage in the Nashville Banner newspaper. Most of these individuals were important to the city of Nashville; state government; or the region of Middle Tennessee, though a few national figures are also included. The types of people documented include politicians, mayors, governors, criminals and victims of crimes, educators, journalists, doctors, businesspeople, celebrities, attorneys, judges, musicians (including musical groups and bands), artists, authors, editors and journalists of the Nashville Banner, and many others. Most materials date from the 1930s to the 1990s, though a few individual items may be as early as 1890. Formats include press releases, wire service stories, brief biographies or biographical information sheets, brochures, booklets, telegrams, clippings and magazine articles, and speeches. Occasional correspondence, transcripts of court proceedings, and stories written but not printed in the Banner (sometimes designated with the notation, "not run"), may also be encountered. The series also includes files collected by editors of the Nashville Banner like Ed Huddleston and Charlie Moss. Quantity of materials is usually Banner Reporter Ref. Files Page 1 of 45 Last updated: 9/27/2016 Series I. Biography less than ten items for each individual, although some people may have several folders of materials. Some items are photocopies. All of the materials in this collection were originally housed in the Banner Clippings Files, but were removed by library staff for preservation purposes. Thus, although the Banner Reporter Reference Files is a separate collection, due to its size, it nevertheless bears a very close relationship and indeed should be viewed as an extension of the Banner Clippings Files. Information in both instances was compiled and used by reporters at the Nashville Banner as references when writing about significant individuals of the time. Researchers are advised that due to its being a much more comprehensive resource, the Banner Clippings Files will likely be a more useful and productive source of information than the isolated items to be found in the Banner Reporter Reference Files. Some of the more notable individuals documented in the Biography Series of the Banner Reporter Reference Files include several people that were important to the Nashville Banner, including George Armistead, Jack Knox, Will Allen Dromgoole, and E.B. Stahlman, Jr. as well as various members of the Stahlman family. Also included are items focusing on politicians such as Ed Crump, Cordell Hull, Frank G. Clement, Henry A. Wallace, Luke Lea, Albert Gore, Sr., and Estes Kefauver. Other notable individuals include: nineteenth century iron magnate Montgomery Bell; murder victim W. Haynie Gourley and the charges against Bill Powell; Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa; businessman Sam Fleming; Seeing Eye founder Morris Frank; segregationist John Kasper; poet, psychiatrist, and Fugitives member, Merrill Moore; and noted Civil Rights attorney, Avon Williams. There are also unique items within the collection, such as the personal diary of female journalist and literary author Will Allen Dromgoole (ca. 1890); a FBI wanted poster from 1947 for bank robber Earl Bircham; materials relating to the disappearance of 6-year-old Dorothy Distelhurst from East Nashville in 1934, and the subsequent criminal investigation; and an unusual Korean War propaganda piece featuring the Nashville wife of prisoner of war, Harold E. Stahlman. Organization/Arrangement of Materials Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name of individual. Restrictions Restrictions on Access: In library use only. Available by appointment. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). Some items may be too fragile to be photocopied. Banner Reporter Ref. Files Page 2 of 45 Last updated: 9/27/2016 Series I. Biography Index Terms Personal Names: Armistead, George Harrison, 1861-1950 Bell, Montgomery, 1769-1855 Bircham, Earl Clement, Frank Goad Crump, Edward Hull, 1874-1954 Distelhurst, Dorothy 1928-1934 Dromgoole, Will Allen, 1860-1934 Fleming, Sam M., 1908-2000 Frank, Morris Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 Gourley, W. Haynie d. 1969 Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 Kasper, John, 1929-1998 Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 Knox, Jack, 1910-1985 Lea, Luke, 1879-1945 Moore, Merrill, 1903-1957 Stahlman, E. B. (Edward Bushrod), 1843-1930 Stahlman, E. B., 1898-1974 Stahlman, Harold E. Stahlman family Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 Corporate Names/Organizations: Nashville Banner University of the South -- Biography Vanderbilt University -- Alumni and alumnae Conference Names: Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights – Tennessee -- Nashville African Americans – History – 20th century – Sources Anti-communist movements – United States – Press coverage Artists--United States--20th century--Biography Authors, American – 20th century -- Biography Business enterprises -- Tennessee Businesspeople – Tennessee -- Biography Campaign literature -- Tennessee Celebrities – United States – 20th century Civil rights workers – Tennessee Banner Reporter Ref. Files Page 3 of 45 Last updated: 9/27/2016 Series I. Biography Clergy – Tennessee – Nashville -- Biography Communism – Public opinion Country music – Tennessee – Nashville Country musicians – Tennessee – Nashville – Biography Crime – Tennessee – Nashville Criminals – Tennessee – Biography Education – Tennessee – Nashville Educators – Tennessee – Nashville Elections – Tennessee Governors – Messages Governors – Tennessee – Biography Jews – Tennessee – Nashville – Biography Journalism – Political aspects Journalists – Tennessee – Nashville Judges – Tennessee – Nashville Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons Korean War, 1950-1953 — Propaganda -- Sources. Lawyers – Tennessee – Nashville Legislators – United States – Biography Local government and the press – Tennessee – Nashville Mayors – Tennessee – Nashville Medicine – Tennessee – Nashville Murders – Tennessee – Nashville Music trade – Tennessee – Nashville Musicians – Tennessee – Nashville – Biography Newspaper editors – Tennessee – Nashville Obituaries – Tennessee – Nashville Physicians – Tennessee – Nashville Politicians – Tennessee Popular culture -- Tennessee Religion – Tennessee – Nashville Religious leaders – Tennessee – Nashville Reporters and reporting – Tennessee – Nashville Segregation – Tennessee – Nashville Sound recording industry – Tennessee – Nashville Speeches, addresses, etc., American—Tennessee--Nashville Trial transcripts – Tennessee – Nashville Trials – Tennessee – Davidson County Women – History -- 20th century -- Sources Women – Tennessee – Nashville Women authors, American – Tennessee -- Sources Women in politics -- Tennessee Women journalists – Southern States Women journalists – Tennessee -- Nashville Banner Reporter Ref. 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Biography Places: Chattanooga (Tenn.) – Biography Memphis (Tenn.) – Biography Memphis (Tenn.) – Officials and employees Memphis (Tenn.) – Politics and government – 20th century Middle Tennessee – Biography Middle Tennessee – Officials and employees Middle Tennessee – Politics and government – 20th century Nashville (Tenn.) – Biography Nashville (Tenn.) – History – 20th century – Sources Nashville (Tenn.) – Intellectual life – 20th century Nashville (Tenn.) – Officials and employees Nashville (Tenn.) – Politics and government – 20th century Nashville (Tenn.) – Religious life and customs Nashville (Tenn.) – Social conditions – 20th century Nashville (Tenn.) – Social life and customs – 20th century Southern States – Biography Southern States – History – 20th century – Sources Southern States – Politics and government – 20th century Tennessee – Authors Tennessee – Biography Tennessee – History – 20th century – Sources Tennessee – Officials and employees Tennessee – Politics and government – 20th century Tennessee – Social conditions – 20th century Genre/Document Types: Articles Biographies (documents) Booklets Brochures Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Interviews Legal documents News bulletins Notes Pamphlets Photographs Press Releases Telegrams Transcripts Occupations: Artists Authors, American Banner Reporter Ref. 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