Letter from Library Director Lamar Wallis to Reverend Eugene Luening, president of the Memphis chapter of the Tennessee Council on Human Relations: "Dear Mr. Leuning: Thank you for your letter of December 14 concerning the desegregation of the...
correspondence; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Wallis, C. Lamar; Loeb, Henry;
Letter from Library Director Lamar Wallis to Mayor Loeb and City Commissioners: "Gentlemen: At its regular meeting today the Memphis Public Library Board of Directors instructed me to ask the City Commission to meet with the Library Board on...
correspondence; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Cunningham, Jesse; Hall, E. M.;
E.M. Hall, a broker of fruits, vegetables and produce wrote this letter to head librarian Jesse Cunningham: "Dear Mr. Cunningham: I have not taken the time to call or write you commending you on your stand on the mixing of the races for...
A letter from library board president Wassell Randolph to attorney H.T. Lockard, stating that the board voted to uphold their original decision that denied Mr. Turner's application. The letter also states that the board is preparing to take bids...
A letter from H.T. Lockard, attorney for Jesse H. Turner, to Wassell Randolph, president of the library board, asking for reconsideration of the board's decision to deny access to the Main Library for Mr. Turner and his family. Letter is labeled...
A letter from H.T. Lockard, attorney for Jesse H. Turner, to Wassell Randolph, president of the library board, requesting access to the Main Library for Mr. Turner and his family. Letter is labeled as "Exhibit 'A'" and copied to Mayor...
A three-page letter from library board president Wassell Randolph to attorney H.T. Lockard, denying Jesse Turner's application to use the Main Library. The document is labeled as "Exhibit 'B'".
Summons addressed to Mr. Jesse Cunningham for United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division, Civil Action File No. 3525. Jesse H. Turner v."R. A. Trippeer and William F. Murrah, et al constituting to...
A handwritten letter from an unknown author to librarian Jesse Cunningham. A total of twenty-seven and a half pages, the letter discusses the author's belief that the races should be kept separate. The author is African-American.
A handwritten letter from an unknown author to Mr. and Mrs. C. Lamar Wallis. A total of twenty-eight and a half pages, the letter discusses the author's belief that the races should be kept separate. The author is African-American.
A newspaper clipping, presumably from the late spring or early summer of 1958. The article includes the names of students and faculty members of local organizations who support the integration of the Memphis libraries.
law; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.;
A letter sent from Edward P. Russell to Wassell Randolph, Walter Chandler, William F. Murrah, and C. Lamar Wallis: "The Clerk of the Court has written as follows: 'It having come to the attention of Judge Miller that there is a dispute as to...
law; libraries; civil rights; desegregation; Wallis, C. Lamar; Gianotti, Frank;
A copy of a letter sent from Lamar Wallis to Frank Gianotti: "Dear Mr. Gianotti: -- As you requested by telephone today I have copied below the resolution of the Library Board concerning integration: -- At a special meeting of the Board of...
