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Patricia and Harold Shaw at LeMoyne-Owen College Alumni Salute, Memphis, circa 1971
Patricia Walker Shaw and Harold Shaw representing the Universal Insurance Company at the LeMoyne-Owen College Alumni Salute for President Odell Horton around 1971. The clipping from an unidentified newspaper shows the Shaws seated to the right with Odell Horton standing on the left and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weathers, standing on the right.
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Patricia Walker Shaw Nominated to Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Board, 1973
Patricia Walker Shaw discusses her nomination to the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Board as the first black woman to hold a position on any Memphis city board of commissioners. Clipping titled “Black Will Be First Woman Nominated to LG&W Board”, 'Commercial Appeal', Memphis, September 6, 1973.
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Patricia Walker Shaw nominated to Memphis utility board, 1973
Unidentified newspaper clipping titled “Memphis Mayor Names Black Woman to Utility Board”, 1973. Patricia Walker Shaw nominated to Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Board as the first black woman to hold a position on any Memphis city board of commissioners.
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Patricia Walker Shaw visits Charlottesville office, 1973
Patricia Walker Shaw addresses Universal Life Insurance Company employees in Charlottesville, Virginia, during 50th anniversary celebrations. From clipping titled “Local Agency of Black Insurance Co., Visited by Granddaughter of Founder”, 'Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune', Vol. 19, No. 51, February 22, 1973.
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US magazine, Memphis, 1954
The first issue of 'US' magazine published in Memphis, Tennessee, in February 1954. The magazine described itself as "The first national, pictorial magazine of its kind ever published by and about Negro Americans in the South!" The magazine features an article on pages 21-22 on Patricia Shaw's grandmother, Lelia O'Neal Walker, and her parent's house is featured on page 28. There are also articles on Beale Street, Jacques A. Beauchamp, Jack and Jill Mothers' Club and Dr. H.H. Humes.
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