Susanne Conlan was born in Boston in 1863. She came to Memphis in 1889 following her marriage to Thomas Murphy Scruggs, a prominent Memphis attorney who later became a judge. Susanne Scruggs was active in the Progressive Movement in Memphis, and...
Maxine Atkins was born in 1929, the youngest of the three children of Joseph and Georgia Rounds Atkins. Maxine graduated from Booker T. Washington High School at age 15 in 1945. She went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Spelman...
activism; African Americans; authors; Beale Street; business; civil rights; desegregation; education; Elks; insurance; military; politics; post office; public service; public speaking; race; Republican Party; writers;
The George W. Lee Collection was given to the library by his daughter Gilda Lee Robinson in 1985. The large collection includes extensive and wide-ranging correspondence, copies of many of Lee’s speeches, hundreds of newspaper and magazine...
art education; arts; clubs; education; Free Art School; James Lee Memorial Academy of Arts; Memphis College of Art; neighborhoods; public service; residences; women;
The Memphis Art Association was organized in 1914 by Florence McIntyre, a local artist and supporter of art education in Memphis, and members of the Nineteenth Century Club, a local women’s club dedicated to community-wide philanthropic...
African Americans; education; public service; schools; teachers;
James Ashton Hayes, distinguished Memphis educator, was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1865. Hayes received his A.B. degree in 1911 from Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, where he was an active participant in scholastic and athletic groups. --...
Memphis State University; education; Ray, Russell; music;
Registration receipt for Russell Lloyd Ray. Total charge: $82.50. Courses include 5 Music classes, Physical Education, Music History, ROTC, Education, and English.
art education; arts; clubs; historic preservation; museums; neighborhoods; public service; women;
Florence Makin McIntyre is remembered as the First Lady of Memphis Art. She was born in Memphis in 1878 and grew up in her family home, the Pillow-McIntyre House, at 707 Adams Avenue in the historic Victorian Village neighborhood. As a child she...
Berl Olswanger, known as “Mr. Music,” was a highly talented and popular musician and civil leader in Memphis from the 1940s through the 1970s. During his career he worked as a performer, composer, band leader and music teacher. -- Olswanger...
Note on back reads: "Four libraries in the senior high schools are operated by the Board of Education. These libraries contain 10,651 books and last year the circulation figures reached 60,154 or nearly an average of 6 per book. Good...
Notes on back: Vollentine School -- 6th Grade -- Mrs. Audrey Epperson, Teacher -- Visual aids in Education -- Lesson on conservation of our natural resources.
Notes on back read, "Fountain Training Class - showing proper procedure in making fountain drinks" and "An example of working industry to provide training." [Item marked for publication.]
The Elks Exalted Ruler is pictured in a tuxedo with two men holding a Certificate of Award from the Department of Education. The ceremony was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
agriculture; Bedford family; cotton; Duke family; education; family; finding aids; Germantown, Tennessee; immigration; Nashoba; newspapers; public service; Shelby County; slavery; social life;
The Britton Duke Papers are a chronicle of an early Germantown, Tennessee, family. The papers were donated to the Memphis and Shelby County Room by Louise Duke Bedford, great granddaughter of Britton Duke, and her nephew, Edward C. Duke. The...
George C. Furber, Yuka [?], CA, to "My Dear Friend" [Duke]. Discussion of welfare and education of Roelef Duke, references to publishers. Appended: Note, Roelef Duke to "Father and Mother." Information on welfare, church and...
