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Nashville Maps

Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo): SEE Library of Congress Sanborn Maps Collection
Maps show building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information.
How to search FIMo
How to interpret Sanborn Maps
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 This link opens in a new window
Nashville sets (1888-1950s)

Map of Nashville (1860)
Map of Nashville and vicinity (1877)
Bird's Eye View of Nashville (1880s)
Atlas of the City of Nashville (1908)
Find "Index OA" and "Index OB" to determine which plate to use.
Shoppers and Visitors Map of Downtown Nashville (1956)
More Maps of Nashville (DPLA)
Nashville / Davidson Co. Parcel Viewer

Directories and Newspapers

Nashville City Directories (1853-1881)

Historical Nashville Tennessean This link opens in a new window
Fulltext digital archive of The Nashville Tennessean newspaper, 1812-2002.
Tennessean, The (Nashville) (1812-5 days ago) This link opens in a new window
2002-Present
Includes full-page and article level PDFs for 1812-1922 and full-page images and PDFs for 1923-present (with 5 day embargo).

Chronicling America
Includes access to several Nashville papers from the late 19th century and the African American newspaper, the Nashville Globe (1907-1918).

Newspapers.com Library Edition This link opens in a new window
Nashville Banner (1880-1963) and other TN newspapers
Newspapers.com LibGuide (support and training)
Title List (World Collection(Excel)
Title List (Southeast Collection(Excel)

Photos

Metro Nashville - Davidson Co. Archives: Photos
Nashville Public Library Digital Collections
More Online Primary Sources: Nashville
TSLA Photographs & Image Search
Digital Library of Tennessee
Search for primary sources held at archives, libraries, and museums in Tennessee.

Historic Districts / Properties

Book Catalogs

HathiTrust Digital Library

WorldCat Discovery (formerly WorldCat Local) This link opens in a new window
Search for books and articles at MTSU and worldwide in this global catalog of books, serials, manuscript collections, etc.
How to Search in WorldCat Discovery