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...

Scope and Contents This is a small collection of materials generated by the evangelist healer and spiritual leader Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, known and self-proclaimed as the "Black Billy Sunday." Included in the collection is a letter to members from a New Orleans lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) which McPherson signed as a committee secretary for the Lodge about a trip to Cleveland for the 1926 Grand Lodge Session; the letter authors propose that they should turn out in large number...