June Newsletter and Meeting

22 Tuesday May 2012

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The June newsletter is now available and includes a full description of the upcoming program for June: WTHS June 2012 Newsletter

In case anyone has trouble accessing the newsletter online, here are the important details:  Shelby County Archivist Frank Stewart will present a program on Shelby County’s historical markers and memorial texts.  Mr. Stewart will introduce us to the website that is being built to index these markers and give us a look at the incredible variety of historical markers in the county.

The meeting will take place at 7:00 pm, June 4th, in the Wunderlich Auditorium of the Campus Center at Memphis University School (6191 Park Avenue, SE corner of Park and Ridgeway.)

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Join us and feel free to bring a friend!

Index to Early Memphis Newspapers

18 Friday May 2012

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A big thank you and a heartfelt congratulations go out to Joyce McKibben on the launch of the Index to the Civil War in Memphis Newspapers 1860-1866.

The database focuses primarily on local and regional events but includes coverage of events throughout the United States and the Confederate States during the Civil War.  Coverage includes the following papers: Memphis Appeal, Memphis Argus, Memphis Avalanche and the Memphis Bulletin.

This database joins the Index to the Memphis Appeal and the Index to the Obituaries of the Memphis Appeal to allow unprecedented accessibility to early Memphis history.

Meeting Tonight

07 Monday May 2012

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Get out of the rain and join us tonight for the May Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Wunderlich Auditorium at Memphis University School (6191 Park Avenue).

We’ll take care of a little business and then Sarah Frierson will do a show-and-tell session on digital resources for historians, genealogists and history enthusiasts.  Feel free to share your favorite website or digital tool.

See you tonight!

UPDATE: The handout from the program is available here and will be permanently available on the Resources & Links page.  I’ve added several sites that were suggested by last night’s attendees – Thanks for sharing!

 

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Lecture – Coming Soon

22 Thursday Mar 2012

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Britain’s Cherokee Frontier
a lecture by
Dr. John Oliphant
The Open University, United Kingdom
April 5, 2012
7:00 pm
University Center Fountain View Room (UC 350)
University of Memphis
(Parking available in Zach Curlin Garage)

Reception 6:30 pm, Lecture at 7:00 pm
Questions and discussion to follow

Sponsored jointly by:
University Libraries, Department of History, The Open University, West Tennessee Historical Society, C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities

April Meeting

19 Monday Mar 2012

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Don’t forget, the April meeting of the West Tennessee Historical Society is just around the corner.

Join us at 7:00 pm on Monday, April 2nd, in the Wunderlich Auditorium at Memphis University School (6191 Park Avenue).

WTHS VP Vince Hughes will speak about the manhunt for Rev. Martin Luther King’s killer.

See you there!

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Sultana Exhibit: March 6-26, 2012

05 Monday Mar 2012

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Dates: March 6 – 26
Times:  Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.  FREE
Location: Bella Vista Commons Shopping Center on Highway 77 (between West Memphis and Marion)
Contact:  Diane McAdoo, Marion Chamber of Commerce (870-739-6041, diane@marionarkansas.org)

The exhibit contains actual pieces of wood salvaged from the wreck and bricks from its boilers; letters, photographs and personal belongings from survivors; a scale model replica of the Sultana handcrafted by John Eagan; a five-minute documentary featuring Arkansas State University historian Louis Intres; and the flag from an East Tennessee Sultana survivors’ group that met annually until 1928, when only four survivors remained.

There is also going to be a Civil War Show and Sultana Panel Discussion on Sunday, March 11 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in Marion at the Old Gymnasium on Military Road.

March Meeting of the WTHS and WesTAM

28 Tuesday Feb 2012

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On Saturday, March 3, at 10am, the West Tennessee Historical Society and the West Tennessee Association of Museums will hold a meeting at the Parkers Crossroads Visitors Center (20945 Highway 22N, Interstate 40, Exit 108).

A joint meeting of the two organizations will be held from 10 to 11am.  This will be followed by a discussion from a distinguished panel made up of (ret.) Professor Lonnie Maness, State Rep. Steve McDaniel, and Dr. Doug Cupples.  The discussion, from 11am until noon, will focus on the importance of Parkers Crossroads and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s first West Tennessee campaign in the Civil War. In addition, curator Ron Westphal from the Tennessee State Museum will be present to display some artifacts from 19th century Tennessee.

Light refreshments will be available at the meeting, and a Dutch Treat lunch will follow at Bailey’s Restaurant – just north of the interstate.

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