Memphis Public Libraries

Memphis, West Tennessee

Selected by History Department Senior Manager G. Wayne Dowdy

 

Thousands of images and documents about our current historical moment are available online, but there is no guarantee that they will be freely available in the future. In the History Department at the Memphis Public Libraries, archivists are - in the words of Wayne Dowdy - creating their own content by making physical copies of digital documents and recording contemporary oral histories. Listen to him explain why he believes this work is critical.