Special Collections Finding Aids

Authors

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, histories of the depot, reports, minutes of meetings, petitions, photographs, maps, and press releases documenting the history of what was the oldest railroad depot in continuous use in the United States, and the determined, yet unsuccessful efforts of Memphis organizations to save it from destruction, 1964-1968.

Source Collection

Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Keywords

Historic preservation—Tennessee.; Memphis Landmarks Commission.; Railroad depots.; Shelby County Historical Commission.

Date

2022 December

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