Mapping Memphis
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Description
“Mapping Memphis” is a spatial humanities project that analyses how historic geographic data can offer new insights into urban heritage and community. It does so using a primary source largely underrepresented in digital humanities research: funeral home ledgers. From 1904 to 1929, T. H. Hayes and Sons Funeral Home, the oldest African American owned business in Memphis, Tennessee recorded demographic and funereal information for over 4,000 African American individuals. The project focuses on the physical locations recorded in each entry that inadvertently offer a glimpse into the decedents’ homes, offices, and community spaces in early twentieth century Memphis. “Mapping Memphis” plots these individual locations onto a digital map, creating a visual representation of Memphis’ social and physical layout a century ago.
Abbie Norris-Davidson is an Assistant Professor in the University of Mississippi Libraries where she is the Digital Initiatives Librarian.
Link to: Mapping Memphis
Publication Date
2-1-2022
Relational Format
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Recommended Citation
Norris-Davidson, Abbie, "Mapping Memphis" (2022). Digital Humanities. 2.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/dighum/2
