correspondence; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Cunningham, Jesse; Hall, E. M.;
E.M. Hall, a broker of fruits, vegetables and produce wrote this letter to head librarian Jesse Cunningham: "Dear Mr. Cunningham: I have not taken the time to call or write you commending you on your stand on the mixing of the races for...
law; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.; Randolph, Wassell;
A letter from attorney Edward P. Russell to library board president Wassell Randolph: "The plaintiff's attorneys have not yet filed their statement of costs as required by the Federal Rules and may not do so for an indefinite time, if ever. ...
correspondence; Wallis, C. Lamar; Randolph, Wassell; libraries; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.;
Letter from Lamar Wallis to Mr. Edward P. Russell, Sr. of Canada, Russell and Turner: "Dear Ed: I congratulate you on your astute handling of our case in federal court. With proof that was admittedly weak you maneuvered with admirable skill...
"In a half-century as a performing artist, Duke Ellington may never have played on a worse piano. He may never have had a smaller nor younger audience - so young that they probably did not know who Duke Ellington was. -- But his little...
The African American Life in Memphis, Tennessee collection touches on the vast contributions of African Americans in the Bluff City. The papers address the early struggles of African American and reflect the rich and productive lives they have led...
correspondence; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Wallis, C. Lamar; Luening, Eugene A.; First Unitarian Church;
"Dear Mr. West [sic], -- We have tried to find any information available concerning the use of rest rooms in public facilities in other southern communities, as you suggested in your letter of December 16th. [sic] to me as president of the...
Caption: Hon. Isham G. Harris -- Bureau, Engraving & Printing. -- Text on separate paper: Copied from the Courier Journal - Of all the men in the South in 1861 Isham G. Harris was best fitted for President of the Confederacy. Had he been...
"If you live in the cradle of the blues, you might easily have missed out on the rebirth of one of Memphis' favorite sons. -- That's because it is happening on the West Coast, where Dixieland and blues-tinged jazz from the W.C. Handy era have...
academia; education; politics; religion; science; social life;
The Egyptians, formally organized in 1913, was begun by a small group of Memphians whose common bond was the desire to have a forum for the presentation and discussion of intellectual issues of interest to the members. -- The organization’s...
"Friday May (June 6,) 1930 -- Dear Miss Brown:
This day marks the climax of your high school career and I hope that you have not anything, but pleasant memories of your stay here. As I've watched your activities I have thought of you as a...
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...
correspondence; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Wallis, C. Lamar; Loeb, Henry;
Letter from Library Director Lamar Wallis to Mayor Loeb and City Commissioners: "Gentlemen: At its regular meeting today the Memphis Public Library Board of Directors instructed me to ask the City Commission to meet with the Library Board on...
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...
A one-page memo preceeds a two-page incident report from Mrs. Langley, assistant in the children's department. "Dear Walter: -- Enclosed is a statement covering an incident in the library at McLean and Peabody yesterday morning, December 15,...
correspondence; Wallis, C. Lamar; Randolph, Wassell; libraries; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.;
Memo from Lamar Wallis to Wassell Randolph: "Dear Mr. Randolph: First I thought I would let this whole matter drop where it was, but after thinking it over I thought I should write the attached letter to show Ed Russell that I have no sympathy...
