Library to chronicle Nashville flood.(news desk)(Nashville Public Library )(Brief article)

In early May, when the Cumberland River rose nearly 12 feet above flood stage (40 feet), to 51.86 feet, the city of Nashville endured all the fury of a "1000-year flood event," as the Army Corps of Engineers described it.

Yet as the disaster unfolded, staff of the Nashville Public Library felt a heightened sense of responsibility to chronicle this devastating chapter in the city's history.

Within two weeks of the flood's end, under the direction of Andrea Blackman, special collections division manager, the library initiated the Nashville Flood Digital History …