The William Fowler collection was given to the Memphis and Shelby County Room by Fowler’s grandson, John W. Fowler, in 1985. William Bingham Fowler, born in 1886, served the city of Memphis as an engineer over a span of 69 years. During this...
George W. Lee is pictured with three other
men at a celebration of his 40th anniversary with Atlanta Life Insurance Co., Memphis agency. It appears that he is being presented with a clock designed to look like a ship.
The calendar of events for the summer of 1966. The flyer was designed to be mailed. Events listed include story times, book discussions, film viewings, and radio and television programs.
biography; clothing; medicine; nursing; Warner, Lena Angevine; women;
A biographical sketch of Dr. Lena Angevine Warner, a Memphis nursing hero. Warner was active in building the City Hospital, served as executive chief nurse in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and designed the first official nurse's uniform.
George Mahan, Jr., distinguished and revered architect, was born in Memphis and spent his entire life in the city. He began his career at the age of fifteen, when he joined the architectural firm of Shaw and Pfeil as a student draftsman. ...
dengue fever; disease; Gorgas, William Crawford; LePrince, Joseph A.; malaria; Manson, Patrick; mosquito control; public health; Reed, Walter; sanitation; science; yellow fever;
The Joseph A. LePrince Collection provides significant information on LePrince’s life and work in public health and includes a wide range of materials pertaining to worldwide efforts to conquer insect-vectored diseases, especially mosquito borne...
The Sultana left Memphis on April 27, 1865 carrying three times the number of passengers for which it was designed. Tragedy struck later that evening when the boilers ruptured, causing the steamer to explode. Many were killed immediately from the...
acting; arts; directing; entertainment; plays; theater; World War II;
George F. Sparks came to Memphis in 1943 to serve as director of the Memphis Little Theatre, replacing Fred Sears, who had joined the army. Sparks, a thirty-one year old from Emporia, Kansas, had experience in both acting and directing. -- Sparks...
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...
