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    Publication Date

    7-21-2021

    Abstract

    The collection consists of photographs and papers belonging to cotton warehouseman Norris C. Blackburn. The photographs include images taken by Blackburn of the measures taken to counter the great 1937 Mississippi flood around his company's plant. The papers are mostly photocopies of correspondence and clippings related to Blackburn's work in the cotton industry and his interest in sport.

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    Source Collection

    Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

    Keywords

    Blackburn, Norris C., 1898-1994.; Cotton trade--Tennessee--Memphis.; Floods—Tennessee—Memphis--Photographs.; Union Compress and Warehouse Company.

    Date

    2014 March

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    In Copyright