Cal Alley cartoon on university status, 1957

Creators

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Source Collection

University Archives, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.ua.uhist.002_010.001

Description

A cartoon drawn by Memphis "Commercial Appeal" cartoonist Cal Alley celebrating the change in status of Memphis State College (Memphis, Tennessee) to Memphis State University in 1957. The drawing is inscribed by Alley to J. Millard Smith, the president of the university. Governor Frank Clement signed the Bill approving the change in status for Memphis State College on January 24, 1957, and Memphis State University came into being on July 1, 1957.

Date

1957

Recommended Citation

"Cal Alley cartoon on university status, 1957" (2021). University Archives Publications Images. 6.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-ua-pub-gallery1/6