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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, Jackson, Tenn., to Richard Cromwell, Jr., Baltimore, Md., 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. The transcription of the letter is as follows: Mr. Richard Cromwell Junr, Messers Hoffman Bend & Co., North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, With Politeness of Mr. Reynolds. Answered 11th August 1826. [page 1] Jackson July 9th 1826 Dear Richard, The gentleman who hands you this is Mr. Reynolds, a respectable carpenter who has been at work on our house, he is leaving Jackson for fear of sickness with which he has suffered severely for the last two seasons, he passes through Baltimore and has offered to take a letter from me and call to see you and answer any enquiries you may feel disposed to make concerning us. We are all back now. George went this morning to Gibsonport [Trenton, Tennessee] a small town 25 miles from here where Mr. Armour has established a small store, he has gone, to let the young man who attends it come here to see his friends, he will stay only a few days, he was so crazy to go that Mr. Armour was obliged to let him go, he improves every day in his manners is much more affectionate than he used to be, and talks a good deal about the accademy [sic] girls, and they praise his beauty and blush when they see me or hear his name mentioned, he only talks about them, but runs clear off when they come in the store, he has a young bear, which he calls the bar to plague George Smith, George Smith and our George are [page 2] are in partnership, a man brought the bear here for the boys, George S. was fully under the impression that it was a present, when they went out to tye him George Cromwell asked the man the price, he said three dollars and a half they could say nothing after thanking him so often for bringing him and had to pay it down. G.S. was out of all patience with G.C. for asking the price and thinks the man intended it for a present until he met such a temptation, and almost resolved to dissolve the partnership the price was unreasonable. The boys sent 7 dollars to Orleans by R. Lake. he bought a bag of coat buttons for 2.50 which they have sold for 5 dollars cash. and eleven white feather fans for 4 1/2 dollars 4 of which they sold at 1 dollar a piece, they think they are making money. Mr. Lake has 30 dollars to lay out for them in Baltimore. You would go into transports if you could see your little nephew, he is a sweet little fellow, improving every day. they all say here he is the image of young Mr. Cromwell, the whooping cough is all over Jackson. I am afraid he will get it. he is middling troublesome all day but sleeps all night We have had a spell of very hot weather lately, and thunderstorms every two or three evenings but they do not cool the air. Mr. Reynolds will tell you any thing about our building you may want to know, it will not be worth while to take him to see the girls, he might be a little like Ellis Thomas. however he is a very clever respectable man. Ann gives me the most agreeable account of you and John, you have no idea, or rather you must know how [page 3] much it gratifies me to hear that you are so clever. your younger brothers my dear Richard, will ever be obliged to you for the example you have set them. I hope my dear brother you are very respectful and affectionate to Mama, and consider how many sacrifices she has made for the health and advantage of her children, when I think how lonesome she must be and how bereaved she must feel at having all her children away it makes my heart ache. When she comes to town you ought to endeavour to make her time pass as pleasantly as possible and enter into any of her schemes and notions, if it had not been for her, you would never have been fixed as comfortably as you are, l long to see you all. I pine to see you. I want to show John to you, but I begin to doubt, whether I shall be gratified this fall. Mr. Lake will [missing word?] so late returning that it will be too dangerous a se[missing letters] to travel with John. Mr. Armour will put off his business in Baltimore till the spring if he can, and I think we ought to stay here this fall to see to the finishing off of the house yard garden planting trees etc but cannot tell how it will be till Mr. Lake comes home. tell Frances and John to write to us. Heath[?] is very negligent Ann is the stand by give me her after all. I am very lonesome and always fretting because Mr. Armour will not stay more with me. he is with me as much as possible. never leaves the house except with me. but I have no women to talk to, and enter into my plans for housekeeping and sewing, we are constantly wishing for one or two of the girls. the married ladies here fairly quarrel for the young girls to keep them company. George Smith [page 4] says he wishes Mr. Lake would bring one of our girls out with him. The boys tell me that Andrew has fallen in love with Mrs. Bradford’s girl that staid here and nursed John a month and wants to marry her. he has not mentioned it to us yet, she is an excellent girl. we are perplexed about it a little, he does not wish to come home. likes Jackson he is very useful and obedient. Write to me frequently your letters are always very welcome. George is going to write every day. my love to all in Conway St. and over the river. tell Ellen I could eat her without pepper and salt if I had hold of her. Mr. Armour sends his love he has just caught two fleas one in each hand. he is dreadfully tormented with them undresses two or three times a day to get them off. I am your affectionate sister E. Armour.

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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, 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, 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.