Memphis Heritage is proud to announce that this year’s calendar is
sponsored in its entirety by Elvis Presley Enterprises. This unique 18th
month edition will focus on vintage Don Newman photographs as they relate to
Elvis Presley. Supplemented by anecdotes, images of artifacts and documents
from the Graceland Archive, the calendar offers a glimpse of Elvis’ Memphis,
the footsteps of the King of Rock and Roll as he walked the streets so
eloquently photographed by Don Newman.
Peter Guralnick, noted music historian and author of critically
acclaimed Elvis Presley biographies including Last Train to Memphis, Careless
Love, and Elvis Day by Day writes a special introduction to this
year’s calendar.
This
year’s calendar release celebration will occur on Friday,
November 26th from 7:00 – 9:00
at the MHI headquarters located at 509 S. Main Street.
Angie Marchese, manager of the Graceland Archives Department, will be
available during the unveiling. Photographs used in the calendar and a few
significant Elvis Presley documents will be exhibited at MHI through December.
Following this same theme, in March 2005 Graceland will unveil an
extraordinary yearlong exhibit using several mural-size Don Newman photographs
in conjunction with actual artifacts and archives from the vaults of their
repository.
All paid MHI members will receive one free calendar and can purchase ten
(10) or more at a discount. This 18 month calendar will sell for $10 (slightly
more on the web to cover handling and mailing charges.) The calendars will be
available for purchase through the Memphis Heritage gift shop at 509 S. Main,
or on line at www.memphisheritage.org. Davis Kidd Booksellers, Otherlands,
and Burke’s Bookstore will also be selling the calendars. All profit from
the sale of these calendars goes to aid Memphis Heritage in their ongoing
historic preservation efforts.
