Tennessee History: A Research Guide
Photograph Collections
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Primary Sources: Archival Collections

Memphis Shelby County Photograph Collection [online]. Memphis: Memphis Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2001 [cited 12 June 2002]. Available from: http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/history/MSPhoto.htm.
Brief description of a collection of 11,000 local and regional photographs.

Nashville Local History Indexes: Nashville Photographs at the Metro Archives, 1940-1976 [online]. Nashville: Nashville Public Library, n.d. [cited 12 June 2002]. Available from: http://wendy.library.nashville.org:82/screens/opacmenu.html.
"The Photograph File indexes 9,118 photo negatives in the Metropolitan Photographer Collection from 1950-1987. These negatives are stored at the Metro Archives and depict Nashville buildings, streets, people and events. The index will describe the photo and give the date, if known, and the dimensions of the photograph."


Primary Sources: Digital Collections



Primary Sources: Selected Books & Articles