"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...
Letter from Library Director Lamar Wallis to Reverend Eugene Luening, president of the Memphis chapter of the Tennessee Council on Human Relations: "Dear Mr. Leuning: Thank you for your letter of December 14 concerning the desegregation of the...
law; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.; Creson, Larry; Montedonico, John S.; Randolph, Wassell;
A copy of a letter from library board president Wassell Randolph to attorneys Russell, Creson and Montedonico: "Gentlemen: -- The Board of Directors of Cossitt Library have resolved that in view of the city ordinance requiring separate rest...
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...
E. William Hale was born in 1875 in Oxford Mississippi, and moved with his family to Whitehaven in 1894. In addition to running a farm, the Hale family owned a general store at the corner of Highway 51 and Whitehaven-Capleville Road in rural Shelby...
appropriations; Crump, E. H.; government; immigration; law; legislation; military; pardons; parole; passports; politics; post office; public service; rural routes;
Kenneth McKellar was born in 1869 near Richmond, Alabama. In 1892, after receiving a Bachelor’s, Master’s and law degree from the University of Alabama, he moved to Memphis. He began his extensive political career when he was selected as a...
Gideon Johnson Pillow was born in 1806 near Columbia, Tennessee. He attended the University of Nashville and went on to practice law in Columbia with his good friend James K. Polk. Pillow and his wife Mary Martin Pillow had 14 children. -- Pillow...
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...
civic clubs; Cold War; neighborhoods; segregation; social life;
The Peabody-Bellevue Club was a local civic club in Memphis, whose activities included participation in the area events that included city beautification and safety awareness during the Cold War era. The club also contributed to the area wide...
discrimination; gender equality; National Organization for Women; nonprofit organizations; politics; women;
The National Organization for Women (NOW), a dedicated women's rights advocacy coalition, was founded in 1966, amid much controversy over the proposed direction of the women's rights movement. In its nascent stages, the national chapter of NOW...
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...
Morris Solomon was born in Lomza, Poland in 1894. As a young man he moved to Memphis, where his relatives owned a small grocery store called the Sunset Market. Solomon became a police officer in 1919, starting out as a patrolman and going on to...
Blair Theodore Hunt prominent Memphis educator, clergyman and civic leader, was the son of former slaves Blair Theodore and Emma Clark Hunt. He was a graduate of LeMoyne College and also received degrees from Morehouse College, Roger Williams...
