User:Zantastik/Orange Mound notes
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Notes for the upcoming Orange Mound article
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[edit] Web-based sources
- Commercial Development Potential In the Orange Mound Neighborhood -- a study done at the University of Memphis.
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- Orange Mound Connection - the Orange Mound Collaborative newsletter (all the articles listed online appear to be about 5 years old)
[edit] Books
- Education and community assessment, Orange Mound neighborhood, Memphis, TN. Elmer Dean Butler and Carol P. Etheridge. University of Memphis. 1993.
- An early history of Orange Mound Day Nursery Marian Brown ; edited by Barbara Turner. Memphis, Tenn. 1992.
[edit] Perodicals
- Orange Mound Connection(at main library)
- Memphis Press Scimitar
- Tri-State Defender
- Commercial Appeal
[edit] Articles
- Neighborhood & Family Initiative Survey: The Orange Mound Neighborhood, Memphis, TN.
October, 1993. Yacoubian Research.
- The Neighborhood & Family Initiative: Orange Mound Perceptions. 1993. The Orange Mound
Collaborative.
- Oral History Project is Open Mike for Voices of Experience. Pamela Perkins. August 12, 1999. The Commercial Appeal
- Orange Mound 'A special place' and how it came to be. Tri-State Defender. Arthur L. Webb. December 31, 2003.
[edit] Interviews
to complete
[edit] Possible candidates
- Tyler Glover `The Mayor of Orange Mound.' [1]
[edit] Places to visit
- Orange Mound Community Service Center
- Orange Mound Park
- Orange Mound Grill
- Orange Mound Development Center -- 989 Tunstall Street Memphis, TN 38114 (E-mail: omdevcorp@aol.com)
- Orange Mound Neighborhood Association
- Area churches
- Deadrick cemetary
[edit] General Notes
"Orange Mound was named such b/c there was an abundance of Osage Orange trees in the area when it was still rural. I had many Italian relatives who lived and farmed there about 80 years ago." [2] -- verify this.
- Formally Deadrick Plantation (1000 slaves lived there, many residents descend from them)
[edit] Music
- Orange Mound Community Choir
- Orange Mound Records - the website if of little use, though
- 8 Ball and MJG - well-known rap group from the area
- DJ Zirk - DJ, producer, rapper
[edit] Notable Residents
- Larry Finch - former basketball player and University of Memphis head coach
