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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…

Activismreport.pdf
Report from spring 2015, HIST 4851.

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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.

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This is a PDF of a letter from the Special Collections section of the University of Memphis Library. Hope Bespalow writes a letter to Merrill Dan, a lieutenant in the United States army. They were both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. The letter is…

Infidelity.pdf
This is a PDF of a letter from the Special Collections section of the University of Memphis Library. Hope Bespalow writes a letter to Merrill Dan, a lieutenant in the United States army. They were both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. The letter is…

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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…

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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…

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In this newspaper article found in the Commercial Appeal, Michael Clark writes about the anguish that has come about from the expansion of a church. Bellevue Baptist Church had been gradually expanding, each time taking more and more land that used…
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