Local Historical Resources

Organizations

• Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Tennessee Historical Society
• Tennessee Genealogical Society - Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center Library
• West Tennessee Historical Society
• Shelby County Archives
• University Libraries, The University of Memphis
  • Special Collections
    • Digital Commons
    • National African-American Photographic Archive
    • The Internet Archive
      • Memphis Search for Meaning Committee Records (Sanitation Workers Strike, 1968)
      • Records of The University of Memphis (includes Oral History transcripts, yearbooks, bulletins, schedules of classes, telephone directories, commencement programs, Tennessee county history series)
      • Memphis Press-Scimitar Morgue File, 1926-1983
  • Library Guides
    • Bridging Cultures — Muslim Journeys
    • Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Historical Newspapers
    • Mississippi Delta
    • Reference Books in History
    • Religious Studies
    • Women’s and Gender Studies
• Memphis Public Library and Information Center
  • Dig Memphis — The Digital Archive of the Memphis Public Library & Information Center
  • History, Genealogy and Social Sciences
• Center for Southern Folklore
• Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at The University of Memphis
• Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project
• American Research Center in Egypt, Tennessee Chapter (Memphis)

Museums

• National Civil Rights Museum
• Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
• Dixon Gallery and Gardens
• Art Museum of The University of Memphis
• National Ornamental Metal Museum
• Chucalissa Museum and archaeological site
• Pink Palace Museum
• Children’s Museum of Memphis
• Davies Manor Plantation
• Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul Museum
• Stax Museum of American Soul Music (Soulsville, USA)