1956 Christmas Lighting Contest
Civic Life
This letter was sent from the Christmas Lighting Committee to encourage “friends” to enter the City Beautiful Commission’s annual Christmas Lighting Contest. This letter encouraged citizens to “Make Memphis Shine at Christmas Time”. This letter indicated that this contest was for entry into the 1956 Lighting Contest’s Negro Division. The displays were to be judged on beauty and the expression of Christmas spirit. The Contest is co-sponsored by the City Beautiful Commission and the Commercial Appeal.
City Beautiful Commission
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
1956
Gillespie, P. T.
Gerber, C. C.
Goldsmith, J.
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1957 Fire Prevention Week
Civic Life
The Commission Government sent a letter to “the housekeepers of Memphis”, to promote Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, 1957. The letter encouraged Memphians to get with neighbors and friends and to check homes and neighborhoods for fire hazards. Residents were asked to clean up any bad conditions, including high grass and weeds and trash in attics, basements, and garages. The letter reminded homeowners that low fire insurance rates were dependent on good citizens to “Keep Memphis the Nation’s Cleanest City”. The letter let residents know that the Fire Department would have speakers available to speak before any group for Fire Prevention Week. The Fire Prevention Parade was held on October 5, 1957 at 11:00 A.M. on Main Street.
Commission Government, Department of Public Works
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
October 1, 1957
McCormack, Mary
Knott, J. R.
Nelms, T. C.
Henderson, Elaine
Grashot, Miriam
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1958 Best Kept and Beautified Alley Contest
Civic Life
The City Beautiful Commission sent a letter to their Representatives to encourage them to participate in the 1958 Best Kept and Beautified Alley Contest. Members were asked to invite all Garden Clubs, P.T.A’s, Civic Clubs and any others to participate in the contest. The city-wide contest began May 5th through August 15, 1958 and was sponsored by the City Beautiful Commission. A Committee of Judges were selected and patrolled the alleys entered in the contest. Only entered alleys would be judged and prized were awarded at the City Beautiful Fall meeting.
City Beautiful Commission
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
May 2, 1958
Davis, Alice D.
Davis, G.
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80, She's Still Educator
Education
This article was written by Charles Edmundson and published in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. There is a hand written date of March 10, 1962 on the article. This article tells of Mabel Williams Hughes’ journey through education. The main focus of the article citing her age at 80 and still being just as driven about education as she was began teaching in county schools.
Edmundson, Charles
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
March 10, 1962
Commercial Appeal
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Activism
Report from spring 2015, HIST 4851.
Items featured in this collection can be found in the relation field below.
Newall, Jeannie
Smith, Jessica
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<a title="Women's Equailty Day" href="http://umhist4851.omeka.net/items/show/70" target="_blank">Memphis Women Discuss Women's Equality Day</a>
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<a title="Reagan, John H. Letter to Meriwether, Elizabeth" href="http://umhist4851.omeka.net/items/show/75" target="_blank">Reagan, John H. Letter to Meriwether, Elizabeth</a>
<a title="The Cotton Maker's Jubilee: interview with Mrs. Ethel Venson" href="http://umhist4851.omeka.net/items/show/76" target="_blank">The Cotton Maker's Jubilee: interview with Mrs. Ethel Venson</a>
And So They'll Be Wed
Media
Margaret and Bob were featured on the front page of a newspaper showing how she had waited for him to return home and how they were soon to be married.
Duersken, Menno
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
May 21, 1943
Memphis Press-Scimitar
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Barbara Cason and Diane Parrish
Entertainment
Barbara Cason and Diane Parrish standing together on the set of the Front Street Theatre's 1959 production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The two women were frequent stars of the Front Street Theatre, and well-established in the public Memphian consciousness at the time.
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
1959
Front Street Theatre
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Barbara Touliatos Given Divorce
Entertainment
This selection paints a broader picture of the motivations behind the Touliatos divorce, and gives some insight into details of the trial. It focuses on the charges Barbara had brought to light, as well as the reception she received from the court for her claims. In this piece, Barbara mainly brings up professional disputes that had cropped up from time to time over the course of their marriage. She also brings the subject of physical abuse--in the form of George Touliatos pursuing a stage act of mild violence too zealously--to light. Notably, all of these incidents of marital dysfunction are closely tied with the Front Street Theatre itself, highlighting how important it was to the Touliatos' lives.
Mississippi Valley Collection
The University of Memphis Libraries
July 6, 1961
Memphis Press-Scimitar
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