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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.os003_010.008
Description
Richardson Towers, a residence hall at Memphis State University at the corner of Central Avenue and Patterson Street, Memphis, Tennessee, December 27, 1974. Photographer: Jim Shearin. Called Central Towers when it was constructed in 1967, the building was renamed after Dr. John Richardson, a former Dean of the Graduate School and acting president of the university, in 1974. It was demolished in 2016.
Date Created
2021
Date
1974 December 27
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State University, Richardson Towers, 1974" (2021). University of Memphis. 70.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/70
Keywords
Memphis State University., University of Memphis.
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