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A Bird's-Eye View of Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1938

Pamphlet titled "A Bird's-Eye View of Coahoma County" published by the Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce, Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1938. It describes some of the attributes of the "Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt".
Address to Republican voters, Duval County, Florida, 1908

A pamphlet titled " Address of the Republican County Executive Committee to the Republican Voters of Duval County, Florida" dated September 26, 1908. The committee states that after consideration, it will not nominate an independent county ticket for the forthcoming election. It urges voters to support the five Taft and Sherman Republican electors, as well as the Republican state ticket, listed in the pamphlet.
"A Good Little Devil" movie flier, 1915

Flier advertising the movie “A Good Little Devil”, “At the Imperial Thursday June 10th [1915]”. The 1914 silent movie starred Mary Pickford and it was her first feature-length film.
American Airlines timetable, Memphis, 1978

Timetable for American Airlines flights to and from Memphis, Tennessee, June 1978.
Attala, Mississippi, fair program, 1870

Premium list and program for the fourth annual fair of the Attala Agricultural and Mechanics' Association held at Kosciusko, Mississippi, beginning October 18, 1870. The cover is missing.
Blue Mountain Female College, Mississippi, announcement, 1876

Announcement for the Fourth Annual Session of Blue Mountain Female College, in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, for the year 1876 to 1877. The booklet is incomplete. The College was founded in 1873 as a women's college by Confederate Brigadier-General Mark Perrin Lowrey. Blue Mountain Female Institute, as it was called at first, started with 50 students with Lowrey and his two daughters serving as the faculty. In 1877, the college was officially chartered by the State of Mississippi. M.P. Lowrey, his sons W.T. and B.G., and grandson Lawrence Lowrey, served as the first four presidents. The College was turned over to the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920 and became fully co-educational in 2005.
Bonton Recital program, Memphis, 1915

Handbill program for the "Bonton Recital under the Auspices of the Reds, Featured by the Lords of Creation at the Gilfield Baptist Church", March 17, 1915. This may be connected with Kortrecht High School, Memphis, Tennessee, since Blair T. Hunt, Jr., a future principal, is giving the invocation.
Bruce Magazine, Memphis, 21:3, 1942

Vol. 21, No. 3 of "Bruce Magazine" published by E.L. Bruce Co. of Memphis, Tennessee, in Fall 1942. The magazine was aimed at the firm's clients for its wooden flooring. The E. L. Bruce Company was founded in 1911 by Edwin L. Bruce in Kansas City, Missouri, as a successor to his Bruce Lumber Company established in 1886. It manufactured flooring and its headquarters were in Kansas City, Missouri (1911-1913), Little Rock, Arkansas (1913-1921) and Memphis, Tennessee (1921-1961). The company was merged into the Empire National Corporation in 1961 which subsequently changed their name to the E. L. Bruce Company.
Bruce Magazine, Memphis, 22:4, 1943

Vol. 22, No. 4 of "Bruce Magazine" published by E.L. Bruce Co. of Memphis, Tennessee, in July/August 1943. The magazine was aimed at the firm's clients for its wooden flooring. The E. L. Bruce Company was founded in 1911 by Edwin L. Bruce in Kansas City, Missouri, as a successor to his Bruce Lumber Company established in 1886. It manufactured flooring and its headquarters were in Kansas City, Missouri (1911-1913), Little Rock, Arkansas (1913-1921) and Memphis, Tennessee (1921-1961). The company was merged into the Empire National Corporation in 1961 which subsequently changed their name to the E. L. Bruce Company
Charles Lindbergh welcome program, Louisville, Kentucky, 1927

Program of the banquet for Colonel Charles A. Lindberg held by the Louisville, Kentucky, Board of Trade on August 8, 1927, during Lindbergh’s tour of the country after his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean the previous May. Lindbergh flew his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis", on a three-month, 22,350-mile (35,970 km) tour on behalf of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics between July 20 and October 23, 1927, during which he visited 82 cities.
Chicago and Southern Air Lines schedule, 1947

A schedule for Chicago and Southern Air Lines for 1947 flying from United States airports to Havana, Cuba. The airline began in California as Pacific Seaboard Air Lines and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1934 after winning a U.S. Post Office airmail contract. In 1935 the company was renamed Chicago and Southern Airlines. It began flying to Latin America from New Orleans in 1946. In 1953, it merged with Delta Air Lines.
Christian Brothers College high school prospectus, Memphis, 1935-1936

The high school prospectus of Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, for 1935-1936. Christian Brothers College was established in 1871 at 612 Adams Avenue as a combined elementary school, high school and college. The college division was suspended in 1915 and the elementary school closed in 1922. In 1940, the college moved to a site on East Parkway and reopened as a junior college. In 1953 it became a 4-year college and was renamed Christian Brothers University in 1990. The high school moved to a site on Walnut Grove Road in 1965.
Clara Conway Institute, Memphis, commencement invitation, 1891

Invitation to the commencement exercise of the Clara Conway Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, to be held at the Lyceum Theatre on June 4th, 1891. The card features photographs of the senior class. Miss Conway is in the center of the left hand photograph and in the same image Mamie Jones is identified in pencil as fourth from the left. The school was established in 1877 by Clara Conway (1844-1904), a prominent educator in Memphis, to provide the highest level education to the city's girls, including a kindergarten. By 1885 there were 270 pupils that necessitated the construction of a new building on Poplar which was soon replaced by a bigger building as enrollment continued to grow. The school closed in 1893 though Conway continued to teach. The Conway Memorial Pergola was erected in Overton Park in her honor in 1909 but was destroyed in a storm in 1936.
Clara Conway Institute, Memphis, commencement program, 1886

Program for the tenth annual commencement of the Clara Conway Institute at 259 Poplar Street (later Poplar Avenue), Memphis, Tennessee, on June 10, 1886. The school was established in 1877 by Clara Conway (1844-1904), a prominent educator in Memphis, to provide the highest level education to the city's girls, including a kindergarten. By 1885 there were 270 pupils that necessitated the construction of a new building on Poplar which was soon replaced by a bigger building as enrollment continued to grow. The school closed in 1893 though Conway continued to teach. The Conway Memorial Pergola was erected in Overton Park in her honor in 1908 but was destroyed in a storm in 1936.
Clarkson Plumbing and Heating Supply Co. catalog, Memphis, 1935

Catalog of the Clarkson Plumbing and Heating Supply Company located at 267 Court Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, for 1935. The products in the catalog are numbered and a separate price list accompanied it.
Coffee County's Century of Progress program, Tennessee, 1936

A 48-page program published for the celebration of the "Century of Progress" by Coffee County, Tennessee, in 1936. The week of events was held in Manchester from May 23 to May 30.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Memphis, announcement, 1907

Second Annual Announcement of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Memphis, Tennessee, for the session of 1907-1908. The College of Physicians and Surgeons was founded in 1906 and was also known as the University of Memphis Medical Department. In 1911 it was absorbed by the University of Tennessee Medical Department.
Columbia Graphophone Company advertisement, circa 1915

Undated (circa 1915) advertisement from the Columbia Graphophone Company of New York City, advertising their graphophones and grafonolas designed to play Columbia gramophone records. The advertisement came from B. Lowenstein & Bros. department store music room in Memphis, Tennessee.
Columbia Institute May Festival flier, Tennessee, 1927

Flier for the Columbia Institute's May Festival held on May 12, 1927. Construction of the Episcopal girls' school in Columbia, Tennessee, began in 1835 and the first class of the Columbia Female Institute was offered in 1837. The Great Depression was responsible for its closing in 1932. The city bought the imposing 3-story, turreted building in 1944 but it burned down in 1959.
Columbian Household Guest, Memphis, 16:9, 1922

Vol. 16, No. 9 of "Columbian Household Guest", the Journal of the Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society based in Memphis, Tennessee, for October 1922. The cover of this issue features an illustration of the 22-story Columbian Mutual Tower that opened in Memphis in 1924. The Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society was founded in 1903 as the Columbian Woodmen. Membership was open to men and women. In 1923 there were 24,039 members in 831 lodges spread out across South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Under National President Lloyd T. Binford, a number of changes were made, including the change of name to the Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society, the dropping of fraternal titles and a move of the headquarters from Atlanta to Memphis.
Confederate monument unveiling program, Van Buren, Arkansas, 1899

"Official Programme of Exercises Attending the Unveiling of the Confederate Monument at Van Buren, Arkansas, October Tenth, 1899."
Daily Vicksburger, Mississippi, Carriers' Address, 1875

Carriers' address published by the pro-Democrat "Daily Vicksburger" newspaper of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on January 1, 1875. The document refers to the recent political troubles in Vicksburg when Democrats attempted to wrest control of the sheriff's office from black Republicans. On December 7, 1874, whites attacked African American citizens who had organized to defend Peter Crosby, the elected African American sheriff, with dozens of them being killed. Though Governor Adelbert Ames appealed to the federal government for help, Crosby was eventually forced from office in a process that had begun with the anti-Reconstruction Democratic Party efforts to prevent African Americans from voting in the 1874 city elections. The Democrats reasserted their control of the state in 1875 and forced Ames' resignation the following year.
Data Processing Institute catalog, Memphis, 1965

Catalog of the Data Processing Institute for 1965-1967 in Memphis, Tennessee. The institute was established in 1961 and was located at 220 N. Montgomery. It offered a two-year post-high school program to train computer programmers, systems analysts, data processing supervisory personnel and accounting machine operators.
DeShazo College of Music, Memphis, catalog, 1933-1934

Catalog for the DeShazo College of Music in Memphis, Tennessee, for the year 1933-1934. Located at 1264 Linden Avenue, the school was headed by Susie Laverne DeShazo who established the school in 1925 with her sister Jennie. Susie DeShazo was an accomplished concert pianist and had been teaching since 1915. When Jennie died in 1964, the school closed but Susie continued to offer private lessons. She died in 1981.
Designs for Churches, Public Buildings and Residences by John Gaisford, Memphis, circa 1911

A promotional booklet for the Memphis, Tennessee, architect John Gaisford (1875-1918), circa 1911. Gaisford was responsible for a number of important buildings in Memphis, most notably the Shelby County Court House. The booklet contains photographs of some of his buildings including churches, houses and public buildings. Gaisford was born on October 25, 1875, in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. He migrated to the United States in 1901, living for the first four years in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On June 1, 1904, he married Waneta Ralph (1874-1915) of Oil City, Pennsylvania. The following year, the couple moved to Memphis, living by 1910 with their daughter and other family members at 153 North Rembert Street. Waneta died on October 18, 1915, and John died on August 31, 1918.