Correspondence, to Memphis Mayor Ingram, from the Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, 1964

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A copy letter to Memphis Mayor William B. Ingram, from the Citizens to Preserve Overton Park and Chairman, Mrs. Ralph W. Handy (Marie Handy), Memphis, Tennessee, 1964 October 14. This is about the concern of the routing of Interstate Highway 40 through Overton Park in Memphis.

Identifier

sc.0061.002_012.002

Date

1964 October 14

Keywords

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park; Civic planning; Community activism; Interstate 40; Interstate Highway System--Memphis; Overton Park Expressway Controversy; Parks and recreation; Ruffin, Marie Handy, 1916-2009

Recommended Citation

"Correspondence, to Memphis Mayor Ingram, from the Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, 1964" (2026). Documents. 19.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mhruffinpapers1/19