IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A straw hat adorned with a band of ...

The ongoing celebration marking the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary is getting a spotlight at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a new exhibit. "The Grandest Stage: The Opry at 100 ...

Comedic entertainer Minnie Pearl once famously said of fans, "Just love 'em and they'll love you right back." Proving that credo true in Nashville on Monday night (Oct. 22), a group of 200 of her ...

Minnie Pearl Thomas peers out from her front porch, watching an old station wagon cough by on the street. A mid-afternoon breeze carries laughter from down the block, and somewhere in the distance, a ...

Sarah Ophelia Colley, who portrayed the character Minnie Pearl on country music’s Grand Ole Opry for half a century, never intended to make a career of playing the endearing bumpkin she created.