An early conceptual design for the first floor of the proposed Central Library on Poplar. Ultimately, the building completed in 2001 strongly resembles the building proposed here in 1996.
An early conceptual design for the first floor of the proposed Central Library on Poplar. Ultimately, the building completed in 2001 strongly resembles the building proposed here in 1996.
government; journalists; mayors; nuclear fuels; power plants; TVA; utilities; writers;
Paul Coppock joined the Commercial Appeal as a cub reporter in 1929, and during the thirties he reported on Memphis and Shelby County government. In the early 1940s he became city night editor, and it was during this time he began to write “The...
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.
books; celebrations; disease; entertainment; epidemics; festivals; insurance; Mardi Gras; public service; recreation; social life; yellow fever;
A leading citizen of Memphis in the decades after the Civil War, Colton Greene is best remembered as the originator of the Memphis Mardi Gras. Little is known of Greene’s early life other than that he was born in South Carolina in 1832. Greene...
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...
The Chandler Collection includes information about various dwellings, lots and commercial properties in Memphis, with materials from 1968 to 2002. Some items deal with the homes and buildings demolished to pave the way for the proposed...
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...
Flooding impacted the society, business environment and ecology of the Mid-South. These mostly man-made disasters interrupted and permeated all aspects of life until the mid-twentieth Century. Floods were so frequent and sometimes so devastating...
