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  Agency Items, New York, 1914

  Vol. 331 of "Agency Items" published by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., New York, N.Y., on February 28, 1914. The newsletter was distributed by R.P. Lake & Son, managers of the agency for Mississippi and West Tennessee in Memphis. It features on page 11 a photograph of Brigadier General Richard P. Lake, United Confederate Veterans, with Colonel Henry C. Myers and Commander in Chief Bennett H. Young, at the Chickamauga Park Reunion of Confederate Veterans in 1913.

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  Channel Improvement and Stabilization: Lower Mississippi River, Cairo to the Gulf, 1968

  Poster titled "Channel Improvement and Stabilization: Lower Mississippi River, Cairo to the Gulf", published by the Mississippi River Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1968.

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  Elizabeth Messick High School, Memphis, Bulletin, 2:3, 1910

  Vol. 2, No. 3 of "The Elizabeth Messick High School Bulletin" published by the school's students in January 1910. Messick High School on Amboy Road in Buntyn, Memphis, Tennessee, opened in 1908 and operated from 1909 to 1981. It was named after Elizabeth Messick (1876-1951) who was superintendent of Shelby County Schools from 1904 to 1908 and was responsible for having the school built. The main building was demolished in 1982.

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  Elizabeth Messick High School, Memphis, Bulletin, 2:4, 1910

  Vol. 2, No. 4 of "The Elizabeth Messick High School Bulletin" published by the school's students in February 1910. Messick High School on Amboy Road in Buntyn, Memphis, Tennessee, opened in 1908 and operated from 1909 to 1981. It was named after Elizabeth Messick (1876-1951) who was superintendent of Shelby County Schools from 1904 to 1908 and was responsible for having the school built. The main building was demolished in 1982.

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  Elizabeth Messick High School, Memphis, Bulletin, 2:5, 1910

  Vol. 2, No. 5 of "The Elizabeth Messick High School Bulletin" published by the school's students in March 1910. Messick High School on Amboy Road in Buntyn, Memphis, Tennessee, opened in 1908 and operated from 1909 to 1981. It was named after Elizabeth Messick (1876-1951) who was superintendent of Shelby County Schools from 1904 to 1908 and was responsible for having the school built. The main building was demolished in 1982.

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  Emeline Holden Richmond diary, 1826

  Transcription of the diary of Emeline Holden Richmond (1807-1893), August 14-October 10, 1826, documenting her journey from New Jersey to Tennessee. Accompanied by Rev. James Holmes and other Presbyterian missionaries, she intended to become a teacher and missionary to the native Americans in Memphis. Published by Kik-Tha-We-Nund Chapter, NSDAR Indiana Society, March 1988.

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  Geddes Winston land grant, Virginia, 1786

  Land grant signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, on May 18, 1786, transferring 500 acres of land in Fayette County, Virginia, (later Kentucky) to Geddes Winston (1734-1794).

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  Greater Memphis & Mid-South Business News, 1957

  Vol. 3, No. 1 of "Greater Memphis & Mid-South Business News", published by Consolidated Publications of Memphis, Tennessee, for January-February 1957. The issue included stories on the history of transportation, Memphis churches, and Gordon's Transports, Inc.

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  Laurence Gardiner interview, 1988

  Transcription of an interview with Laurence B. Gardiner, a president of the Elmwood Cemetery Association, regarding Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee, on October 15, 1988. The interviewers were Dr. James O. Connelly, Jr. and Mrs. Joanne Moore.

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  Letter from Elizabeth Cromwell Armour, 1826

  Copy of a letter from Elizabeth Cromwell Armour of Jackson, Tennessee, to her brother Richard Cromwell, Jr., in Baltimore, Maryland, dated July 9, 1826. The letter mentions family matters. Elizabeth had married William Armour, a Jackson merchant, on May 17, 1825. Armour and his partner Robert Lake operated a store, a cotton gin and built boats that sailed to New Orleans carrying freight. A transcription of the letter is included.

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  Map of Memphis, Tennessee, 1969

  Map of Memphis, Tennessee, produced for Union Planters Bank by Graphic Publications, 1969. The map was enclosed in the booklet titled "Memphis-Now!" for new arrivals in the city.

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  Memphis-Arkansas Bridge erection schedule, 1948

  Blueprint showing the elevation of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge across the Mississippi River and the proposed dates for erection of the main steel in 1948.

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  Memphis Commercial, 1892

  Pages 9 and 10 of the May 12, 1892, issue of "The Memphis Commercial" newspaper, of Memphis, Tennessee. The issue celebrated the opening of the Great Bridge (later the Frisco Bridge), the first bridge across the Mississippi River south of St. Louis.

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  Nathan Bedford Forrest letter, 1875

  Copy of a letter from former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Memphis, Tennessee, to a fellow former general, Reuben Davis (1813-1890), of Aberdeen, Mississippi, August 30, 1875. In reply to a request by Davis for a cannon, Forrest says he will try to secure one from a friend in Cincinnati. Original letter held by Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen.

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  Plan of Memphis Navy Yard, 1844

  "Plan of the Navy Yard in the Harbour of Memphis, Tenn." drawn by W.P.S. Sanger, Engineer in the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1844. The plan shows the positions and dimensions of the proposed buildings at the facility on both sides of the Wolf River connected by a planned bridge.

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  State of Tennessee bond, 1861

  Printed $1000 bond of the State of Tennessee signed by Governor Isham Harris on June 1, 1861, with nineteen $40 interest coupons signed by Controller F. T. Dunlap. A faint impression of the state seal still remains. Interest on the 10-year bond was 8% annually, payable semiannually.

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  The Moon, Memphis, 1:14, 1906

  Copy of Vol. 1:14 of "The Moon", an illustrated weekly edited by W.E.B. DuBois and published in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 2, 1906. The magazine was the first nationally illustrated weekly produced by and for Blacks. The experience was short-lived, however, with only thirty-four issues produced from the end of 1905 through July or early August of 1906.

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  The Moon, Memphis, 1:30, 1906

  Copy of Vol. 1:30 of "The Moon", an illustrated weekly edited by W.E.B. DuBois and published in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 23, 1906. The magazine was the first nationally illustrated weekly produced by and for Blacks. The experience was short-lived, however, with only thirty-four issues produced from the end of 1905 through July or early August of 1906.