This collection contains the personal, religious, educational, and political possessions of Memphis Tennessee Garrison. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, programs, books, financial documents, publications, newsletters, plaques, certificates, a diary, and a jewelry box. The materials document Garrison’s various roles on the local and national levels of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as well as her participation in other civil rights activities.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Memphis Tennessee Garrison Papers, 1898-1981. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Memphis Tennessee Garrison Papers, 1898-1981.
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Students at Athens, Ohio, 1911, Memphis Tennessee Garrison seated 1st on left
Female students at Athens, Ohio, 1911, Memphis Tennessee Garrison seated first on left, b&w. This was believed to have been made at Ohio University, where Memphis attended briefly. Inscription on photo reads 1911-Athens, Ohio.
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4 friends: Georgia, Viola, Memphis Tennessee Garrison, and Myrtle, ca. 1910's
4 friends: Georgia, Viola, Memphis Tennessee Garrison, and Myrtle, ca. 1910's, b&w. 4 friends; the one named Viola may be Violet Russell.
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Hotel Berry, Athens, Ohio, ca. 1910
Hotel Berry, Athens, Ohio, ca. 1910, b&w. No postmark, no addressee Memphis attended school here, briefly in early 1900's.
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Group photo of "colored students and residents", Bluefield State College?,1909
Group photo of "colored students and residents", possibly Bluefield State College,1909, b&w. Everything in this folder went through a flood, probably the 1937 flood. Garrison (1890-1988) was an acitvisit in the NAACP in WVa. Garrison appears to be the young woman, seated, 2nd to right of man with hat in his hands. If it was 1909, it could have been students from Bluefield State college.
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Memphis Tennessee Carter 2nd grade teaching certificate in WVa schools, Dec. 14, 1907, col.
Memphis Tennessee Carter 2nd grade teaching certificate in WVa schools, Dec. 14, 1907, col. Certificate is for 2nd grade teaching.
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Memphis Tennessee Carter third grade teaching certificate in WVa schools, Oct. 12, 1906, col.
Memphis Tennessee Carter third grade teaching certificate in WVa schools, Oct. 12, 1906, col. Certificate is for third grade teaching.
