Angelo Cortese Collection

Processed by Maddie Kellas and Brad Bierdz

2016

Memphis & Shelby County Room

Memphis Public Library and Information Center 3030 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38111

Angelo Cortese Collection

Biographical Note Angelo Cortese was born into a music-loving family in Marsicovatre, Italy on December 11, 1886 and moved as a baby to London, Ontario, where his family happened to live across the street from Guy Lombardo. The Lombardo and Cortese families inspired each other to excel as musicians. Angelo was encouraged to begin music lessons at an early age by his father, a professional violinist, and he eventually became an accomplished harp player and studied in Paris with world famous harpist Alphonse Hasselmans. His talent on the harp was so great, he eventually came to be known as “America’s Premier Harpist.” Along with his brothers, Joseph and Jack, the Cortese brothers toured together as a harp, violin and flute trio, called the Cortese Trio. After moving to Memphis in 1911 to join the Memphis Symphony Orchestra as a harpist, Angelo convinced his brothers to move to here as well. Together, they formed the Cortese Brothers music booking agency in 1912 and brought many world-renowned artists here, including Rachmaninoff, Amelita Galli-Curci, Freda Hempel, the Chicago Civic Opera and many opera and symphony companies. Angelo also served as a principal in the O.K. Houk Piano Company and ran and taught at the Southern Conservatory of Music in Memphis, which was the largest harp school of its kind in the U.S. A muscle ailment forced him to formally retire as a full-time musician and the music booking business folded in 1929 at the beginning of the Great Depression. Yet, Angelo continued playing harp for many years at funeral services at J.T. Hinton & Son along with his brother, Joseph, who played violin. Angelo and Joseph together co- owned Krosstown Kleaners while Angelo also began a successful and long career as a real estate broker.

Angelo Cortese Collection

Scope and Contents

Amounting to 1.25 linear feet, the material housed in the Angelo Cortese Collection was donated to the Memphis and Shelby County Room by Cortese’s family after his death. The large majority of the material relates to Angelo’s career as a real estate broker. Included in the collection are receipts, correspondence, trust deeds, legal documents, contracts and itemized lists of building materials and their cost. The material covers the first decade of the 1900s to the 1940s and provides a great deal of insight into the real estate and home construction and maintenance businesses during that time. The collection consists primarily of the seemingly mundane paperwork necessary to run a business, but when viewed together, the papers give a fascinating view of the many aspects of running a successful real estate brokerage. In addition to providing a great deal of information about the cost of building materials and repairs and modifications to structures in the first half of the 20th century, the collection shows the amount a typical person might pay for bills such as property taxes or water bills. Many prominent local businesses are represented in the papers, including Marx & Bensdorf and Union Planters Bank & Trust Company. A few items in the collection relate to Angelo’s involvement in the Kiwanis Club, his music booking business and his work as a musician. A humorous short story about the Kiwanis is included, along with pricing information for harps and seating diagrams of music venues. The material is divided into seven themes: Insurance, Legal Information, Financial Information, information about Individuals with Accounts, Correspondence, Notes, and Miscellaneous. Single photocopies or scans of unpublished writings in these papers may be made for purposes of scholarly research.

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Container List

Box Folder Folder Name Number Number 1 1 Insurance 1 2 Insurance Information I 1 3 Insurance Information II 1 4 Insurance (E.E. Crawford & Co., Inc. 1 5 Insurance (Tornado) 1 6 Insurance (Fire) 1 7 Insurance 2 1 Building Contracts 2 2 Sale Contracts / Bills of Sale 2 3 Rent Contracts 2 4 Loan Contracts 2 5 Lease Contracts 2 6 Savings Slips 2 7 Estimate/Invoices 2 8 Bonds/Cancelled Bonds 2 9 Coupons 2 10 Mortgage Contracts 2 11 Quit Claim Deeds/ Deeds 2 12 Trusts 2 13 Auto Securities Co. 2 14 Legal Information I 2 15 Legal Information II 2 16 Settlements 2 17 Title Guaranties, 1925-1927 2 18 Abstract of Titles , 1926-1940 2 19 Title Guaranties, 1940 2 20 Abstract of Titles, 1906-1925 2 21 Strother & Company Rent Records, 1926-1927 2 22 Legal Information: Coleman vs Coleman court case 3 1 Contracts (1920-1926) 3 2 Contracts (1927-1940) 3 3 Trusts and Deeds (1923-1925) 3 4 Trusts and Deeds (1926) 3 5 Trusts and Deeds (1927) 3 6 Trusts and Deeds (1928-1935) 3 7 Warranty Deed (1925-1940) 4 1 Taxes 4 2 Tax Receipts (1914-1919) 4 3 Tax Receipts (Home, 1922-1932) 4 4 Tax Receipts (1920-1924) 4 5 Tax Receipts (1925-1926) 4 6 Tax Receipts (1926-1932) 4 7 Tax Receipts (1927) 4 8 Tax Receipts (1928) 4 9 Tax Receipts (1929-1930) 4 10 Tax Receipts (1931) I 4 11 Tax Receipts (1931) II 4 12 Tax Receipts (1931) III 4 13 Tax Receipts (1934) I

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Box Folder Folder Name Number Number 4 14 Tax Receipts (1934) II 4 15 Tax Receipts (1934) III 4 16 Tax Receipts (1934) IV 4 17 Tax Receipts (1935) 4 18 Tax Receipts (1935-1941) 4 19 Tax Receipts (1938-1939) 4 20 Tax Receipts (1940-1941) 4 21 Tax Receipts (1942) 4 22 Tax Receipts (1943) 4 23 Tax Receipts (1944 and 1945) 5 1 Bills 5 2 Checks (1908-1944) 5 3 Receipts (1920-1926) 5 4 Receipts (1927) I 5 5 Receipts (1927) II 5 6 Receipts (1928-1929) 5 7 Receipts (1930-1932) 5 8 Receipts (1932-1947) 5 9 Receipts (No Date) 5 10 Payment Slips 5 1 Trustee’s Sale Agreement 5 2 Trustee’s Deed 5 3 Certificate of Survey 5 4 Payment Agreement 5 5 Financial Letters 5 6 Financial Records 5 7 Bond Receipts (Marx & Bensdorf) 5 8 Financial Statements 5 9 Credit Memorandums 5 10 Business Papers (Wallin-Dickey & Rich Lumber Co.) 5 11 Business Papers (H.A. Carroll & Company) 5 12 Business Papers (Rhodes-Jennings Furniture Company) 5 13 Business Papers (Contract Agreement Draft, W.H. Norwood) 5 14 Financial Records 6 1 Trustee’s Sale Agreement 6 2 Trustee’s Deed 6 3 Certificate of Survey 6 4 Payment Agreement 6 5 Financial Letters 6 6 Financial Records 6 7 Bond Receipts (Marx & Bensdorf) 6 8 Financial Statements 6 9 Credit Memorandums 6 10 Business Papers (Wallin-Dickey & Rich Lumber Co.) 6 11 Business Papers (H.A. Carroll & Company) 6 12 Business Papers (Rhodes-Jennings Furniture Company) 6 13 Business Papers (Contract Agreement Draft, W.H. Norwood) 6 14 Financial Records

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Box Folder Folder Name Number Number 7 1 Judah Gabay: 1947-1952 7 2 Lucile Beaty: 1949 7 3 Hattie Irving: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1927) 7 4 Hattie Irving: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1928) 7 5 Hattie Irving: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1929) 7 6 Jeff Hamilton: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1931-1932) 7 7 Joe O’Neal: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1926) 7 8 Joe O’Neal: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1927) 7 9 Joe O’Neal: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1928) 7 10 Joe O’Neal: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1931) 7 11 Joe O’Neal: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1936-1940, 1946-1947) 7 12 Frieda Rosen: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1925) 7 13 Frieda Rosen: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1926) 7 14 Frieda Rosen: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1927) 7 15 Frieda Rosen: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1928) 7 16 Frieda Rosen: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1929) 7 17 B. Smith: Union Planters Bank & Trust Co. (1927) 8 1 Smith Lumber Company 8 2 Building Material Receipts (Fred Dhuy Plastering Contractor) 8 3 Building Material Receipts (Borum Plumbing & Heating Co.) 8 4 Tutt & Tutt Plumbing Co. 8 5 Arkansas Power & Light Co 8 6 Memphis Sash & Door Co. 8 7 Memphis Builders’ Hardware Co. 8 8 Building Material Receipts (J.P. Jordan other papers) 8 9 Building Material Receipts (Receipts and Payroll: W.H. Norwood) 8 10 Building Material Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1925) I 8 11 Building Material Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1925) II 8 12 Building Material Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1926) 8 13 Building Material Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1927-1928) 8 14 Building Materials (McIlwain Lumber Co.) 8 15 Building Material receipts (1925) I 8 16 Building Material Receipts (1925) II 8 17 Building Material Receipts (1926) I 8 18 Building Material Receipts (1926) II 8 19 Building Material Receipts (1927) 8 20 Building Material Receipts (1928-1929) 8 21 Plumbing Receipts (Frank W. Moylan Plumbing) 8 22 Plumbing Receipts (Dugan Plumbing Company) 8 23 Building Material Receipts (J.P. Jordan Order #1) 8 24 Building Material Receipts (J.P. Jordan Order #2) 9 1 Notes I 9 2 Notes II 9 3 Notes III 9 4 Notes IV 9 5 Notes V 9 6 Notes (1930-1934)

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Box Folder Folder Name Number Number 10 1 Correspondence 10 2 Correspondence II 10 3 Correspondence III 10 4 Correspondence (Union Planters Bank) 10 5 Correspondence (1926 – 1940) 10 6 Correspondence (Hernando Bank) 10 7 Correspondence (S.M. Williamson Incorporated) 10 8 Correspondence (Marx & Bensdorf) 10 9 Cards and coupons 10 10 Photographs 11 1 Miscellaneous documents 11 2 Miscellaneous notes 11 3 “A Kiwanian’s Hunting Expedition” 11 4 Surveys 11 5 Harp research 11 6 Miscellaneous (personal papers) 11 7 Miscellaneous (newspaper articles) 11 8 Miscellaneous (Kiwanis Club, 1934-1939) 11 9 Miscellaneous (concert and theater programs) 11 10 Miscellaneous (concert hall seating plans) 11 11 Miscellaneous (land surveys)

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Box 1 – Insurance

Box one includes several companies’ insurance forms, receipts and letters.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Insurance I 53 Includes receipts and other forms from S.M Williamson & Co., Outten and Sullivan, Turley- Bullington & Tobin, J.S. Tobin Company, Whitfield King & Co., McDonnell & Pendergrast, Mark & Bensdorf, The Union Central Life Insurance Co., and J.L. Sackett & Co.

2 Insurance II 25 Includes insurance forms from Churchill & Strother, S.M. insurance company, H.L. Sullivan Company, and McDonnell & Pendergrast

3 Insurance III 19 Includes insurance and rental agency forms from Van Court Rental Agency, D.A. Fisher Inc., H.L. Sullivan Company, Whitfield King & Co., Turley-Bullington & Tobin, Oppenheimer, Picard and Co., The Union Central Life Insurance Co., and Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company

4 Insurance (E.E. 5 Includes correspondence from E.E. Crawford regarding Crawford Co., Inc.) insurance

5 Insurance (Tornado) 8 Includes tornado insurance policies from Fidelity and Guaranty Fire Corporation

6 Insurance (Fire) 10 Includes fire insurance policies from London & Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. And the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company

7 Insurance 5 Includes Dwelling and Barn forms

Box 2 – Legal Information

Box two includes forms and documents that relate to property and assets transference, such as contracts, trusts, deeds, invoices and estimates.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Building Contracts 8 Includes contracts between the City of Memphis and private citizens for the building up of bought/ or pre- purchased property within the city limits

2 Sale Contracts/ Bills of 14 Includes contracts between various companies, such as Sale the Cortese Brothers, Union and Planters Bank and Trust Company, Price-Barwick Co., and private citizens buying property or significant objects. This folder also includes receipts for such items.

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Box 2 – Legal Information, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 3 Rent Contracts 1 Includes a rental contract between Cortese and H.W. Strother & Company

4 Loan Contracts 4 Includes contracts between Cortese and the American Building and Loan Association

5 Lease Contracts 1 Includes a lease agreement between J.R. Manley and W.F. Kippur, Raymond Hill, and B.L. Coleman

6 Saving Slips 2 Includes two forms from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company

7 Estimate/ Invoices 4 Includes invoices and estimates from Marx & Bensdorf, Hull-Dobbs-Kessinger Co, and Balton and Sons

8 Bonds/ Cancelled Bonds 1 Includes a cancelled bond from Marx & Bensdorf

9 Coupons 4 Includes coupons from Marx & Bensdorf

10 Mortgage Contracts 1 Includes a mortgage agreement between Nolan Cox and Union Planters National Bank & Trust Company

11 Quit Claim Deeds/ 2 Includes a Quit Claim Deed for W.S. Turner Jr. Deeds

12 Trusts 1 Includes a trust form for Nolan Cox from Union Planters National Bank & Trust Company

13 Auto Securities Co. 20 Includes receipts and forms from Auto Securities Co.

14 Legal Information 16 Includes a trustee’s sale, a certificate of survey, water (1926-1933) I contracts with the city of Memphis, various permits, mortgage clauses, and a partial agreement for release of assets

15 Legal Information 9 Includes a contract for the sale of real estate, a contract (1934-1947) II with an extension agreement, an indenture agreement, and an Indemnity Bond

16 Settlements 18 Includes various settlements from companies such as the Union Planters Bank & Trust Company, S.M. Williamson & Co., and other settlement sheets between discrete participants

17 Title Guaranties, 11 Includes title guaranties from Union Planters Bank and 1925 -1927 Trust Company

18 Abstract of Titles, 8 Includes abstract of titles from the Bluff City Abstract 1926-1940 Co.

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Box 2 – Legal Information, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 19 Title Guaranties, 1940 8 Includes title guaranties from Union Planters Title Guaranty Company and loan payment schedules

20 Abstract of Titles, 1900- 4 Includes abstract of titles from the Bluff City Abstract 1925 Co.

21 Strother & Company 39 Includes receipts, statements and payment records for Rent Records, H.W. Strother & Company 1926-1927

22 Legal Information: 3 Includes records of a court case Coleman vs Coleman Court Case

Box 3- Real Estate Information

Box three Includes real estate contracts, trust deeds, and warranty deeds.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Contracts (1920-1926) 13 Includes real estate contracts from McRee Realty Company and Hammond Sons Real Estate Brokers

2 Contracts (1927-1940) 17 Includes rental contracts from Union Planters Bank and Trust Company

3 Trusts and Deeds 11 Includes trust deeds from Union Planters Bank and (1923-1925) Trust Company

4 Trusts and Deeds (1926) 10 Includes trust deeds from Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. and Union Planters Bank and Trust Company

5 Trusts and Deeds (1927) 8 Includes trust deeds from Union Planters Bank and Trust Company and S.M. Williamson & Co.

6 Trusts and Deeds 10 Includes trust deeds from Union Planters Bank and (1928-1935) Trust Company and the American Building and Loan Association and a Chattel Trust Deed

7 Warranty Deed Includes warranty deeds from Union Planters Bank and (1925-1940) Trust Company

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Box 4- Tax Receipts

Box four Includes tax receipts for real estate transactions.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Taxes 23 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and receipts from Commercial Publishing Company

2 Tax Receipts 23 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis (1914-1919)

3 Tax Receipts 6 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis (Home, 1922-1932)

4 Tax Receipts 25 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis (1920-1924)

5 Tax Receipts 26 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1925-1926) Shelby County

6 Tax Receipts 21 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1926-1932) Shelby County

7 Tax Receipts (1927) 15 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

8 Tax Receipts (1928) 29 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

9 Tax Receipts 26 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1929-1930) Shelby County

10 Tax Receipts (1931) I 40 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

11 Tax Receipts (1931) II 41 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis

12 Tax Receipts (1931) III 45 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis

13 Tax Receipts (1934) I 28 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis

14 Tax Receipts (1934) II 34 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis

15 Tax Receipts (1934) III 39 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

16 Tax Receipts (1934) IV 10 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

17 Tax Receipts (1935) 26 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

18 Tax Receipts 47 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1935-1941) Shelby County

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Box 4- Tax Receipts, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 19 Tax Receipts 23 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1938-1939) Shelby County

20 Tax Receipts 41 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis (1940-1941) 21 Tax Receipts (1942) 31 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

22 Tax Receipts (1943) 30 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and Shelby County

23 Tax Receipts 36 Includes tax receipts from the city of Memphis and (1944 and 1945) Shelby County

Box 5- Financial Information

Box five includes tax forms, bills, checks, receipts and payment slips, all of which involve Angelo Cortese.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Bills 24 Includes bills from the Commercial Publishing Company, the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Memphis, Gray Brothers Electrical Contractors, and Orgill Bros. & Co.

2 Checks (1908-1944) 28 Includes checks from E.E. Meacham & Son and Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.

3 Receipts (1920-1926) 44 Includes receipts from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. and the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Memphis

4 Receipts (1927) I 60 Includes receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company, Pilkington Retail Lumber Co. and O.K. Houk Piano Co.

5 Receipts (1927) II 63 Includes receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company

6 Receipts (1928-1929) 34 Includes receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co. and S.M. Williamson & Co.

7 Receipts (1930-1932) 36 Includes receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company and American Building and Loan Association

8 Receipts (1932-1947) 33 Includes handwritten receipts and receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co.

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Box 5- Financial Information, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 9 Receipts (No Date) 11 Includes receipts from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co. and tapes from an adding machine

10 Payment Slips 42 Includes a variety of payment slips from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co., Exchange Bank & Trust Co., F.G. Rahm Plumbing Co., and Marx & Bensdorf

Box 6- Financial Information

Box six includes deeds, checks, receipts and payment slips, all of which involve Angelo Cortese.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Trustee’s Sale 1 Includes a trustee’s sale agreement with James and Agreement Lena Morgan

2 Trustee’s Deed 3 Includes a trustee’s deed with Bessie and Johnnie Oliver

3 Certificate of Survey 2 Includes a survey for a lot in the S.W. Jefferson Estate subdivision

4 Payment Agreement 3 Includes a payment agreement for a property in the James A. Carnes subdivision

5 Financial Letters 12 Includes correspondence with Outten & Sullivan Fire Insurance, Sohm, Humphreys & Ling attorneys, and Clarence C. Ogilvie attorney about financial matters

6 Financial Records 21 Includes checks from Marx & Bensdorf and settlement sheets from Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company

7 Bond Receipts (Marx & 26 Includes bond receipts Bensdorf)

8 Financial Statements 4 Includes a statement from Memphis Opera Association and East End Garden

9 Credit Memorandums 7 Includes credit memos from Memphis Lime & Cement Co., Inc.

10 Business Papers 22 Includes a business card, statements of account and (Wallin-Dickey & Rich checks Lumber Co.)

11 Business Papers (H.A. 10 Includes statements and receipts for building materials Carroll & Company)

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Box 6- Financial Information, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 12 Business Papers 2 Includes receipts (Rhodes-Jennings Furniture Company)

13 Business Papers 2 Includes contract agreements (Contract Agreement Draft, W.H. Norwood)

14 Financial Records 27 Includes receipts, statements and correspondence from Bond Hardware Co., S.R. Hungerford Lumber Co., Farrell-Calhoun Co., Inc. and Hunt-Berlin Coal Co., Inc. for building materials

Box 7- Individuals with Accounts

Box seven includes documents, cards, and bills, all of which were credited to seven individuals who had accounts with Angelo Cortese.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Judah Gabay: 1947-1952 20 Includes bills and slips all regarding Judah Gabay’s account with Cortese

2 Lucile Beaty: 1949 47 Includes bills and slips all regarding Lucile Beaty’s account with Cortese

3 Hattie Irving: Union 4 Includes bills and slips all regarding Hattie Irving’s Planters Bank & Trust account with Cortese Co. (1927)

4 Hattie Irving: Union 13 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folder three, all regarding Hattie Irving’s account with Co. (1928) Cortese

5 Hattie Irving: Union 2 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders three and four, all regarding Hattie Irving’s Co. (1929) account with Cortese

6 Jeff Hamilton: Union 11 Includes bills and slips all regarding Jeff Hamilton’s Planters Bank & Trust account with Cortese Co. (1931-1932)

7 Joe O’Neal: Union 18 Includes bills and slips all regarding Joe O’Neal’s Planters Bank & Trust account with Cortese Co. (1926)

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Box 7- Individuals with Accounts, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 8 Joe O’Neal: Union 23 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folder seven, all regarding Joe O’Neal’s account with Co. (1927) Cortese

9 Joe O’Neal: Union 15 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders seven and eight, all regarding Joe O’Neal’s Co. (1928) account with Cortese

10 Joe O’Neal: Union 9 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders seven, eight and nine, all regarding Joe Co. (1931) O’Neal’s account with Cortese

11 Joe O’Neal: Union 34 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders seven, eight, nine and ten all regarding Joe Co. (1936-1940, 1946- O’Neal’s account with Cortese 1947)

12 Frieda Rosen: Union 4 Includes bills and slips all regarding Frieda Rosen’s Planters Bank & Trust account with Cortese Co. (1925)

13 Frieda Rosen: Union 12 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folder twelve all regarding Frieda Rosen’s account Co. (1926) with Cortese

14 Frieda Rosen: Union 12 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders twelve and thirteen all regarding Frieda Co. (1927) Rosen’s account with Cortese

15 Frieda Rosen: Union 11 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders twelve, thirteen and fourteen all regarding Co. (1928) Frieda Rosen’s account with Cortese

16 Frieda Rosen: Union 4 Continuation of the bills and slips that are also found in Planters Bank & Trust folders twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen all Co. (1929) regarding Frieda Rosen’s account with Cortese

17 B. Smith: Union Planters 6 Includes bills and slips all regarding B. Smith’s Bank & Trust Co. (1927) account with Cortese

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Box 8- Receipts

Box eight includes receipts for construction materials, maintenance and repair of houses and other structures.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Smith Lumber Company 2 Includes receipts

2 Building Material 1 Includes receipts for plastering a house Receipts (Fred Dhuy Plastering Contractor

3 Building Material 2 Includes receipts for plumbing and construction work Receipts (Borum in houses Plumbing & Heating Co.)

4 Tutt & Tutt 6 Includes receipts for plumbing work in houses Plumbing Co.

5 Arkansas Power & 5 Includes a phone bill and utility bills Light Co.

6 Memphis Sash & 2 Includes receipts Door Co.

7 Memphis Builders’ 5 Includes receipts for building materials Hardware Co.

8 Building Material 5 Includes receipts for construction of doors in houses Receipts (J.P. Jordan other papers)

9 Building Material 15 Includes receipts for maintenance work Receipts (Receipts and Payroll: W.H. Norwood)

10 Building Material 29 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1925) I

11 Building Material 2 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1925) II

12 Building Material 22 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1926)

13 Building Material 8 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (Pilkington Lumber 1927-1928)

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Box 8- Receipts, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 14 Building Materials 9 Includes receipts for lumber (McIlwain Lumber Co.)

15 Building Material 25 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis receipts (1925) I Lime & Cement Co.

16 Building Material 42 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis Receipts (1925) II Lime & Cement Co.

17 Building Material 26 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis Receipts (1926) I Lime & Cement Co.

18 Building Material 29 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis Receipts (1926) II Lime & Cement Co.

19 Building Material 11 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis Receipts (1927) Lime & Cement Co.

20 Building Material 5 Includes receipts for building materials from Memphis Receipts (1928-1929) Lime & Cement Co.

21 Plumbing Receipts 3 Includes receipts for plumbing work (Frank W. Moylan Plumbing)

22 Plumbing Receipts 6 Includes receipts for plumbing work (Dugan Plumbing Company)

23 Building Material 10 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (J.P. Jordan Order #1)

24 Building Material 6 Includes receipts for lumber Receipts (J.P. Jordan Order #2)

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Box 9- Notes and Mortgage Information

Box nine includes notes, mortgage notes and mortgage bonds.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Notes I 21 Includes notes on supplies, repairs and modifications to homes along with prices

2 Notes II 28 Includes notes on supplies, repairs and modifications to homes along with prices, a Claimant’s Statement from the Board of Water Commissioners, City of Memphis Water Department

3 Notes III 28 Includes envelopes from Memphis businesses, including Marx & Bensdorf, Inc. and H.L. Sullivan & Company Insurance and notes on building repair supplies, repairs and modifications along with prices

4 Notes IV 15 Includes notes on building repair supplies, repairs and modifications along with prices and a concert diary with notes possibly about accounts held by Cortese

5 Notes V 12 Includes Mortgage Notes from S.M. Williamson & Co.

6 Notes (1930-1934) 7 Includes Mortgage Bonds from Marx & Bensdorf

Box 10- Real Estate and Music Booking Papers

Box ten includes correspondence about real estate concerns, Angelo Cortese’s music booking business, cards, coupons and photographs.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Correspondence 22 Includes correspondence with O.K. Houk Piano Co. about the purchase of a piano and correspondence with H.W. Strother & Company Rental Agents, Turley- Bullington & Tobin and H.L. Sullivan & Co. Fire Insurance about real estate concerns for various structures

2 Correspondence II 14 Includes sympathy cards, a Memphis Kiwanis Club Ballot dated November 27, 1934 and letters and envelopes related to real estate transactions

3 Correspondence III 6 Includes correspondence with the Metropolitan Musical Bureau regarding musical acts a contract for a musical act and letters from the South Side Business Men’s Club soliciting help for the Cynthia Milk Fund

4 Correspondence (Union 7 Includes letters from Union Planters Bank about real Planters Bank) estate concerns

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Box 10- Real Estate and Music Booking Papers, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 5 Correspondence 18 Includes correspondence regarding real estate concerns (1926-1940) with Mente & Co., Inc., McDonnell & Pendergrast Incorporated and H.L. Sullivan & Co. Fire Insurance

6 Correspondence 5 Includes correspondence with Hernando Bank about (Hernando Bank) real estate loans

7 Correspondence (S.M. 14 Includes letters about real estate insurance and loans Williamson with S.M. Williamson & Co. Incorporated)

8 Correspondence (Marx 5 Includes letters about real estate insurance and loans & Bensdorf) with Marx & Bensdorf

9 Cards and coupons 8 Includes business cards for E.L. Bruce Co., a safe deposit box record and real estate cards from the Memphis division of the Tennessee Inspection Bureau

10 Photographs 3 Includes two pictures of a house labeled 381 N Decatur and a photo labeled June 1938 of a man labeled “? Meyer picking oranges”

Box 11- Real Estate, Kiwanis Club and Music Booking Business Papers

Box eleven includes real estate papers, information about the Kiwanis Club in Memphis and Angelo Cortese’s music booking business.

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 1 Miscellaneous 28 Includes canceled checks from Guaranty Bank & Trust documents Co. and other real estate coupons and receipts

2 Miscellaneous notes 16 Includes notes and a sketch about real estate matters

3 “A Kiwanian’s Hunting 1 Includes a copy of an illustrated humorous story about Expedition” A Kiwanian’s adventure by Hobson Vandiver

4 Surveys 2 Includes a plan for a hotel for Mr. F.B. Cianotti by George Mahan and a survey of Georgia Avenue, S. Orleans Street, Dixon Avenue and McKinley Street

5 Harp research 1 Includes a letter from the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. in New York regarding the features and prices of two harps

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Box 11- Real Estate, Kiwanis Club and Music Booking Business Papers, continued

Folder Folder Name Number of Description of Contents Number Items 6 Miscellaneous (personal 4 Includes a description of a book about Chickasaw papers) Indians and Fort Assumption in Memphis, a report on the Tennessee lamb crop for 1969 and an election fact sheet from May 1976 prepared by the League of Women Voters of Memphis-Shelby County

7 Miscellaneous 9 Includes a section of the El Dorado Daily News (El (newspaper articles) Dorado, Arkansas) from January 29, 1924 and concert reviews clipped from newspapers

8 Miscellaneous (Kiwanis 34 Includes correspondence, committee lists, officer lists Club, 1934-1939) and a newsletter, all related to the Kiwanis Club in Memphis

9 Miscellaneous (concert 11 Includes local and other programs from the Beethoven and theater programs) Club, the Memphis College of Music, the Overton Park Shell, Ellis Auditorium, the Ravinia Festival for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cast biographies

10 Miscellaneous (concert 4 Includes seating plans for the Municipal Auditorium in hall seating plans) Jackson, Mississippi, North Hall at the Memphis Municipal Auditorium and other venues

11 Miscellaneous (land 3 Includes land surveys for Ayers Street and Hollywood surveys) Street