subj14. Holdings related to the Military

Scope and Contents The papers of prominent Memphis civic leader, politician, and insurance professional George Washington Lee, more commonly known as Lieutenant Lee, reflect his affiliation with the Republican Party for over five decades. Correspondence includes letters from several Republican United States Presidents from either before or during their presidency, including Calvin Coolidge (1924), Herbert Hoover (1928), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952), and Richard Nixon (1964). Other correspondents...

Content Description

This collection contains a 39-page manuscript entitled "The Life and Culture of Blacks in Charlotte County, 1776-1825." The subject is Charlotte County, Virginia, and both free Blacks and slaves are discussed. Appendices list free Blacks, mulattoes, Black land owners, and a bibliography.

Content Description

The Thomas J. Lupo collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles on outstanding service by African Americans in the U.S. armed services.

Content Description This collection contains seven letters, mostly written by Mary A.S. Bailey, a girl in her early teens during the Civil War. The letters were written from Keokuk, Iowa, to a cousin, Florence Hatch, of Perry, New York. One letter was written by J.W. Adams of Brockport to a D.S. Morgan, an American citizen who was visiting London, England. The letters discuss local events and the progress of the war.Additionally, the collection formed by historian Francis J. Manno contains mostly...

Content Description Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...

Scope and Contents The McClennan Family papers document the life and career of African American physician Alonzo C. McClennan of Charleston, South Carolina, as well as members of his family. McClennan's marriage to Ida Ridley, his experience as the second African American midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, his efforts to establish a hospital in Charleston, his founding of a school for training nurses, and his participation in the organization of a medical association of Black physicians, dentists, and...

Content Description

This collection includes research notes, collected articles and photographs, and a short script by James Alfred Miller of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation about Siah Carter and other African Americans who staffed the USS Monitor during the Civil War.

Content Description

This collection consists of articles on Calvin Moret, a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII, and the Tuskegee Airmen. The collection also includes a recording of his talk at the Friends of the Amistad Research Center in April 1996.

Scope and Contents The papers of E. Frederic Morrow document the administration of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as it relates to business, commerce, civil rights legislation, and economic conditions for minorities in the southern United States. The collection encompasses 5.0 linear feet of correspondence, autobiographical manuscript drafts, photographs, and speeches that are mainly professional in nature related to Morrow's work as the first African American to serve as an executive assistant...