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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis February – April 1962

Wayne Dowdy June 30, 2022 No Comments MemphisMemphis HistoryWayne Dowdy

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Your correspondent takes you to events that occurred in February, March,…

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A. Schwab Archives: Box 1 Finds and Theories

Caroline Carrico June 22, 2022 No Comments A. SchwabMemphis History

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. As I stood in the basement at A. Schwab looking over…

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S.C. Toof: A Memphis Institution

Caroline Carrico June 9, 2022 No Comments Madison AvenueOtto ZahnS.C. Toof

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. From its founding in 1864 to the present, Memphis-based printing company,…

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Victory House in Court Square: WWII in Memphis

Caroline Carrico May 24, 2022 No Comments Court SquareMemphis HistoryWorld War II

On the evening of May 13, 1942, a bugler called Assembly in front of a small house in Downtown Memphis’s Court Square. The Bartlett High…

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East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park

Mark Fleischer May 18, 2022 2 Comments East End ParkLenoxMadison AvenueMemphis HistoryTrolleyZippin Pippin

East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis?  Was there a roller coaster there,…

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Before the Tigers: The First University of Memphis

Caroline Carrico March 29, 2022 No Comments B.F. FarnsworthFort PickeringMemphis HistoryUniversity of Memphis

The University of Memphis, with its multiple campuses, R1 research designation, and high achieving NCAA Division 1 sports program, is an anchor in the Memphis…

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Who Is The Hiker & Why Is He There?

Caroline Carrico March 10, 2022 No Comments MemphisMemphis Historypublic artStatue

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021. Looking out over the Central and East Parkway intersection, tucked back…

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Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing: A Tom Lee Poem

Jeanine Jones February 24, 2022 No Comments Memphis HistorypoetryTom Lee

Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing By Jeanine Jones No walking on water or calming the sea Though, like the savior, he stretched his hands to thee…

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Gayoso Bayou and Catfish Bay: Where are They Now?

Caroline Carrico January 26, 2022 4 Comments Catfish BayGayoso BayouThe PinchWaterWolf River

Beginning as an open floodway and transformed to an underground drainage system, Gayoso Bayou has become one of Memphis’s hidden waterways. “Bayou” can either refer…

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History Literature

Feeding a Movement: Interview with Suzanne Cope

Chapter16 Community January 13, 2022 No Comments Aram GoudsouzianChapter16Suzanne Cope

Suzanne Cope profiles Black women who used food to fight for freedom By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org originally published January 12, 2022 We often associate the civil…

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