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Guide to subject headings used in the Indexes to Early Memphis Newspapers Compiled by Joyce McKibben University of Memphis Libraries 2015 A 6th of June celebration 8th of January Celebration Abandoned buildings Abandoned children Abandoned infants Abandoned property Abbeville, Miss. - Skirmishes Abduction Abnormalities, human Abolitionists Abortion Absenteeism (military) Accidents - Deaths - Lawsuits - Liability Accordions Accounting - Study and teaching Acrobats Actors - Benefits - Salaries Adoption - Corrupt practices Adultery - Laws Advance on Little Rock (September-October 1863) Adventures and adventurers Adversity Advertising - Laws - Outdoor Use: Outdoor advertising - Rates Advice Aerial locomotive Africa - Colonization Africa, North African Church (Memphis) African Methodist Episcopal Church Aged Agitators Agrarian movements Agrarianism Agricultural and industrial fairs Agricultural colleges Agricultural development Agricultural diversity Agricultural loans Agricultural machinery - Contests - Price Agricultural science Agricultural societies Agricultural workers See also: Black agricultural workers - Crimes against - Wages Agriculture See also: Food Crops - Economic aspects - Export-import - Laws - Prices - Subsidies - Taxation Agua Nueva, Mexico - Skirmishes Ailanthus tree Airplanes - History Air pollution Airplanes - History Airships Alabama - Boundary - Description - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Constitution - Economic conditions - Governors - Legislators - Legislature - Military campaigns - Supreme Court - Union occupation Alabama, Confederate Armies of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Confederate Department of Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) - Siege, 1836 - Hoaxes Alaska - Annexation to the United States - Purchase Albinos Alcohol and accidents Use: Drinking (alcoholic beverages) and accidents Alcohol and crime Use: Drinking (alcoholic beverages) and crime Alcohol and health Alcoholic beverages - History Alcoholism - Deaths Alexandria, La. - Skirmishes Alexandria, La., Advance, 1864 Algodonia All Saints' Day Allatoona Pass, Ga., Engagement, 1864 Alleys - Paving Alligators Allopathic medicine Alpacas Amateur theater Amazon River - Exploration - Navigation Ambassadors Ambassadors (US) Ambrotype Ambulances American bison American fiction American loyalists American Party Use: Know Nothing Party American Turner Society Americans Amite River (La.) - Skirmishes Ammunition - Accidents - Explosion Amnesty Anecdotes Anecdotes, historical Anesthesia Angels Anglo-Americans Anglophobia Animal burials Animal control Animal fighting Animal magnetism Animal oddities Animal shelters Animal shows Animal welfare Animals - Mistreatment - Treatment Anthrax Anti-abolitionism Anti-Americanism Anti-Catholicism Antietam, Md., Battle, 1862 - Casualties Antiques Antiquities - Hoaxes Antiquities, Egyptian Anti-Semitism Anti-slavery movements Antlers Apache Indians Apartment houses Appomattox Campaign (March-April 1865) Apportionment (election law) Apprentices - Runaway April Fool's Day Aquariums - Memphis, Tenn. Aqueducts Aquia Creek, Va., Attack, 1861 Aquifers Arapaho Indians Arbitration Archaeology Architects Architecture Arctic - Explorations - Art Arithmetic Arizona - Military campaigns Arkadelphia, Ark. - Capture Arkansas - Auditors - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Constitution - Coroners - Description - Economic conditions - Finance - General Assembly - Governors - Growth - History - Legislators - Misconduct - Legislature Use: Arkansas - General Assembly - Military campaigns - Partition - Politics and government - Statehood - Supreme Court - Tax Collectors - Travel - Treasurers - Union occupation Arkansas, Confederate Armies of Arkansas, Union Department of Arkansas Board of Medical Examiners Arkansas Circuit Court Arkansas Post, Ark. - Capture, 1863 Arkansas River - Navigation - Skirmishes - Traffic Arkansas River Valley Arkansas State Militia Armor Armies - Records Armistice Army of Northern Virginia Army of Tennessee - Officers - Selection - Organization Army of the Cumberland Army of the Frontier Army of the James Army of the Mississippi Army of the Potomac Army of the Shenandoah Army of the Tennessee Army of West Tennessee Armyworms Arsenals - Accidents Arsenic Arson Art - Exhibitions - Moral aspects - Study and teaching Art galleries Art museums Art, Japanese Artesian wells Artifacts Artificial limbs Artificial nipples Artillery - Accidents Artillery companies Artillery companies, Confederate Artillery companies, Union Artillery shells Artists Artists' models Arts Ashepoo River, S. C., Affair, 1864 Assassination - History Assault and battery Assembly, right of Asthma Astrology Astronomical observatories Astronomy Asylums Athens, Ala. - Capture - Skirmishes - Union occupation Athens, Ala., Action, 1864 Athens, Ala., Capture, 1864 Athens, Tenn. - Capture - Skirmishes - Union occupation Athens, Tenn., Raid, 1862 Athens, Tenn., Raid, 1863 Atlanta, Ga. - Bombardment, 1863 - Capture - Charter - Destruction - Evacuation - Finance - Mayors - Strategic aspects - Union occupation Atlanta, Ga., Battle, 1864 Atlanta, Ga., Siege, 1864 Atlanta (Ga.) Board of Health Atlanta (Ga.) City Council Atlanta Campaign (May-September 1864) - Casualties Atlantic Ocean - Travel Atmospheric telegraph Atrocities See also:Civilians - Crimes against Auctions - Laws Auditoriums Auger (drill) Aurora Borealis Augusta, Ark. - Civil War, 1861-1865 Austin, Tex. - Description Austria - Foreign relations - Revolution, 1848-1849 Austro-Prussian War, 1866 Authors Use: Writers Automation Automatons Autumn Avalanches Use: Landslides Averell’s Raid through West Virginia (August 5-31, 1863) Averell's Raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (November-December 1863) Awards and honors Aztecs B Baby shows Bachelors Bacon Baden (Germany) - Foreign relations Badges, medals, etc. Bail Bakeries - Laws Baker's Creek, Miss., Battle, 1863 Use: Champion's Hill, Miss., Battle, 1863 Bailiffs Ballet Ball's Bluff, Va., Battle, 1861 Ball's Mill, Miss. - Skirmishes Ballet Balloon sculpture Baltimore, Md. - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Union occupation Bandits Use: Outlaws Bands Bands (military) Banjo Bank failures Bank fraud Bank notes - Laws - Lawsuits - Theft Bank robberies Bankruptcy - Laws Banks and banking - Executives - Finance - Lawsuits - Regulation - Security measures - Taxation Baptism Baptism (Masonic) Baptists - Separation Barbecues Barbershops Bardstown, Ky. - Skirmishes Bardstown, Ky., Raid, 1865 Barge lines - Accidents Barges - Accidents Barnburners Party Use: Free Soil Party Barometers Barracks Bars and taverns - Laws - Taxation Bartlett, Tenn. - Description - History - Mayors Bartlett (Tenn.) Circuit Court Barton's Station, Ala. - Skirmishes Baseball Batchelder's Creek, N. C. - Skirmishes Batesville, Ark. - Capture Batesville, Miss. - Civil War, 1861-1865 Bathing Baths Baths (public) Baton Rouge, La. - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Skirmishes - Union occupation Baton Rouge, La., Battle, 1862 - Casualties Battery Wagner Use: Fort Wagner (Charleston, S.C.) Battlefields Battles - Casualties Baxter Springs, Kan., Massacre, 1863 Bayonets Bayou Boeuf, La. - Skirmishes Bayou Bourbeau (La.), Engagement, 1863 Bayou Gayoso (Memphis) Bayou Metaire (La.) Bayou Metoe (Ark.), Action, 1863 Bayou Pierre (La.) - Skirmishes Bayou Pierre, Miss.) - Skirmishes Bayou Teche (La.) Bayou Teche (La.), Campaign, (October - November 1863) Bayous Bear Creek, Miss., Action, 1863 Bear hunting Bears Beauty Beavers Bee-keeping Beech Grove, Tenn., Battle, 1862 Use: Mill Springs, Ky., Battle, 1862 Beef Beer and brewing industry - Taxation Beer gardens Beersheba Springs, Tenn. - Civil War, 1861-1865 Bees - Disease Begging Belgium - Foreign relations Bells Belmont, Mo., Battle, 1861 - Casualties Berkley Springs, W. Va. - Skirmishes Bermuda Hundred Campaign (May 1864) Berwick Bay, La., Action, 1863 Bestiality Bethel Church, Va., Battle, 1861 Use: Big Bethel, Va., Engagement, 1861 Bethel Station, Miss. - Civil War, 1861-1865 Bethesda Church, Va., Battle, 1864 Beverly Ford, Va., Engagement, 1863 Bible - Translations Bible (King James version) Bible Ridge, Va. - Skirmishes Bible societies Bicycles See also: Velocipedes Big Bear Creek, Ala. - Skirmishes Big Bethel, Va., Engagement, 1861 Big Black River (Miss.), Raid, 1863 Big Black River (Miss.), Skirmishes Big Black River (Miss.), Expedition from (October 1863) Big Black River Bridge, Miss. - Skirmishes Big Black River Bridge, Miss., Engagement, 1863 - Casualties Big Black River, Miss., Expedition from, 1863 Big Creek, Ark. - Skirmishes Big Mound, N.D., Action, 1863 Big Sewell Mountain, W. Va. - Skirmishes Big Springs, Tenn. - Skirmishes Bigamy - Religious aspects Billiards - Licenses Biological warfare Bio-magnetism Bird stores Birds - Diseases Bird's Point, Mo. Births Black actors Black agricultural workers - Discrimination - Wages Black baseball