Prior to World War II, Enschede, the largest cotton manufacturing city in the Netherlands, and Memphis, the Mid-South’s cotton-exchange center, maintained firm business ties. Enschede, situated six miles from the German border, was completely...
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...
agriculture; business; cotton; education; family; Farrow family; landowners; neighborhoods; public schools; public service; social life; weather; women;
Kathryn Farrow was born in 1883 to Catherine Gooch and George Ferdinand Farrow. She was a schoolteacher for many years, and her father was a civic leader who helped to organize a public school system in Whitehaven. -- George Farrow’s father,...
Gamble, Frederick; music; social life; Witzmann, Emile;
Emile Frederick Augustus Witzmann was born in Germany in 1841 but lived his young adult years in Paris. He spoke seven languages and was known throughout his life as a voracious reader of books, enjoying reading them in their natural languages. ...
architecture; Central Gardens; historic preservation; midtown; neighborhoods; social life;
The Central Gardens Historic District is one of the iconic midtown neighborhoods of Memphis, Tennessee. Spanning 83 blocks, nearly 511 acres, and encompassing approximately 1,540 structures, the neighborhood has maintained its present-day...
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...
Looking at the flags at the tip of Mud Island. Taken from Confederate Park, between Jefferson and Court on the bluff, looking out toward the flooded southern tip of Mud Island and the Mississippi River.
The Mud Island River park completely surrounded by water. Taken from Confederate Park, between Jefferson and Court on the bluff, looking out toward the flooded southern tip of Mud Island and the Mississippi River.
The flags of Mud Island and part of the River Park. Taken from Confederate Park, between Jefferson and Court on the bluff, looking out toward the flooded southern tip of Mud Island and the Mississippi River.
Looking at the flags at the tip of Mud Island. Taken from Confederate Park, between Jefferson and Court on the bluff, looking out toward the flooded southern tip of Mud Island and the Mississippi River.
advertising; buildings; Business Men's Club; Loeb's Laundry;
A brochure advertising Memphis, compliments of Loeb's Laundry. Published between 1903 and 1910, the brochure sought to encourage people (and businesses) to move to Memphis "to show a population of a quarter of a million in 1910."...
Dorman family; Weiner, Charles A.; Weiner family; wills;
The will of Charles A. Weiner details how his estate will be split between his children: Luise Anna Weiner, Adolph Charles Weiner, Erna May Dorman, and Rose Barbara Coradini.
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...
Notes on front: Printed: Cossett [sic] Library, Memphis, Tenn. Photo by Coovert. Handwritten: 10-30-06 - This is between the River and Front Street, the busy wholesale street of the city. Emmett.
The block due south of the Cossitt Library (Front Street between Union and Monroe). Cossitt Library and the Custom House can be seen in the background.
