June 2026
First issue of the "MVC Newsletter" published in January 1977 by the Mississippi Valley Collection, University Libraries, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee. It mentions the donation of the Church family papers (R.R. Church, Sr., was a former slave) and the purchase of a map of President's Island, concerning the activities of the U.S. Freedman's Bureau in Memphis in 1862.
MVC Newsletter first issue, January 1977. You can also read this issue in our Other Publications collection here.
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Text from this post is by Grace Neeley, Archivist/Librarian, Assistant Professor, Special Collections. She can be reached at gneeley@memphis.edu
The Item of the Month is a specially selected item (book, photograph, ephemera, artifact, etc.) that members of the University Libraries' Special Collections Department would like to highlight each month to show the breadth and variety of their collections.
