A dedication party for the book, "Lieutenant Lee of Beale Street." George W. Lee and daughter Gilda are standing on the left hand side of the photograph.
Description on the back reads "Christmas Party - Atlanta Life - Memphis Agency"; a photo of two African American women standing in front of an artificial Christmas tree.
Description on the back reads "Atlanta Life Memphis Agency Christmas Party"; a photo of two African American men standing in front of an artificial Christmas tree with gifts under it and a picture of George W. Lee on the wall.
Description on the back reads "Atlanta Life Memphis Agency Christmas Party"; a photo of two African American women standing in front of an artificial Christmas tree.
African Americans; Cotton Makers' Jubilee; social life;
Photo from the 1950 Jubilee Party showing the royal court. Included in this photo are Gracie Brown, Melvin Conley, Cornelia Crenshaw, Elmer Henderson, Patricia Cummings Hooks, Betty Johnson, George W. Lee, Mary Dell Moore, Bill Nabors, Joe Lee...
Memphis Street Railway Company; parties; children;
Children gather around a table with household products and appliances at the Memphis Street Railway's Safety Party. The young man on the right (with the western shirt) has a name tag that reads, " Wallace Henry III." [Photographer's ID:...
campaigns; elections; Green Party; LaDuke, Winona; Nader, Ralph; politics;
A flyer for the Green Party candidates in the 2000 election, Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke. The flyer compares Nader's platform to that of Gore and Bush.
A sample ballot of the "Walter Chandler Ticket," the Democratic Party Ticket. Includes members of both parties: Adlai E. Stevenson, John Sparkman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Robart F. Atkins, Richard M. Barber, Albert Gore,...
civil rights; Dixiecrats; politics; States' Rights Party;
A brochure put out by the States' Rights Party outlining their take on the Fair Employment Practices Commission and Truman's proposed Civil Rights Bill.
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...
Edward Hull Crump was born near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1874. He was raised by his mother, Mollie Nelms Crump, after his father, a cotton planter and former Confederate officer, died during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. When he was 19...
agriculture; business; disease; economy; epidemics; family; home keeping; landowners; land speculation; political parties; politics; slavery; social life; weather; women; yellow fever;
Little is known about Anna (Annie) W. Conner; however, more can be ascertained about her ancestry. John O’Connor, the first of Annie’s ancestors to settle in America, migrated from Ireland in 1745 and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, and...
African Americans; Beale Street; cemeteries; Church family; Church Park; civil rights; Elmwood Cemetery; government; NAACP; parks; politics; public service; Republican Party; women;
Sara Roberta Church, daughter of Sara Parody Johnson and Robert Reed Church, Jr., was born in Memphis into one of the nation’s most prominent African American families. Her grandfather, Robert Reed Church, Sr., was acknowledged as the South’s...
