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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.025a_010.001
Description
Memphis State College President J. Millard Smith (center) points to a display board honoring the forthcoming change in status of the college to a university on July 1, 1957, during a visit to the campus by Tennessee Governor Frank Clement (right) on May 28, 1957. Gene Roper is at left. Clement had signed the bill authorizing the change in status to Memphis State University earlier in the year. Photographer: Barney Sellers.
Date Created
2021
Date
1957 May 28
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State College President Smith and Governor Clement, 1957" (2021). University of Memphis. 61.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/61
Keywords
Memphis State College., University of Memphis.
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