Campaign material supporting Roosevelt's Democrats. Outlines improvements the Democrats have brought to the black community, via the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration, housing changes, the Civilian Conservation...
"Defense Survey Lists Those Available for Service - Miss Mattie E. Malone, executive secretary of District No. 1, Tennessee State Nurses Association, is directing a census of registered Memphis nurses available for voluntary military and...
Hooks, Benjamin L.; Presidential Medal of Freedom;
"The White House announced Monday that Benjamin L. Hooks of Memphis, the former national executive director of the NAACP, will receive one of eight Presidential Medals of Freedom at a ceremony next week."
Ethel Taylor Maxwell was born in Memphis in 1915 and enjoyed a long and prominent career as a musical singing star and later as a teacher of music. She credited her parents with encouraging her early interest in music and supporting her artistic...
Henry Loeb, III was born into a wealthy and prominent family in Memphis in 1920. After graduating from Brown University and serving as a Naval lieutenant World War II, he returned to civilian life in Memphis. As Secretary of Loeb’s...
attorneys; law; mayors; military; politics; public service; railroads; transportation; World War I; World War II;
Roane Waring was born in 1881 in Memphis. He graduated from Christian Brothers College and received a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1902. Returning to Memphis to practice law, he represented the Memphis Street Railway in several...
Bazemore family; Memphis Skeet and Trap Club; Shelby County Penal Farm; war; World War II;
This inclusive collection of Memphis- and wartime-themed materials was generously donated to the Memphis Public Library by S. Carolyn Bazemore, the presumable daughter of Marvin and Mary Bazemore, in 2005, and for this reason, the collection bears...
agriculture; business; clubs; festivals; law; military; public service; secret societies; social life; warehouses;
A. Arthur Halle was born in Memphis in 1889. He attended the Linden Street School, Memphis University School, Betts Academy in Stamford, Connecticut, and Yale University, where he studied law. Halle’s time at Yale ended prematurely because of his...
