Digital Library of Tennessee

Sharing Stories from the Volunteer State

The Digital Library of Tennessee provides free access to unique materials from museums, libraries, and archives across the state.

Digital Library of Tennessee highlights include:

• Winning the Right to Vote

  Explore Tennessee's pivotal role in the ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution which gave women the right to vote.

• Mapping Tennessee History

  Examine historical maps with a wide range of themes: travel, agriculture, business, geology, the Civil War.

• Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee

  View photos that document school integration, the sanitation workers strike, and key leaders in the movement.

• Tennessee in the Great War

  Check out the Volunteer State's contributions to the United States' World War I efforts.

• Vintage Postcards

  Take a stroll down memory lane by scrolling through postcards from repositories around the state.

• Hank Williams

  Listen to more than 100 performances in the collection of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.