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Charles "Emmie Lee" Wadlington, wife of Evergreen developer, 1979

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Wadlington, Charles T. (Emmie Lee)
Tilly, Bette
Williams, Barbara
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Mid-Memphis Improvement Association (MMIA), Neighborhood Histories, Community development, Memphis Zoo
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19790501_Charles_Emmielee_Wadlington
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Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
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http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33987
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This is an interview with Charles "Emmie Lee" Wadlington, whose husband's family developed the Evergreen Subdivision. She talks about who local streets are named after, how Natch the bear started the Memphis Zoo, and who owned businesses. Futhermore, she discusses how the neighborhood changed as she grew up.